Bechtel | Engineering the Next 100 Years

Bechtel delivers sustainability across its projects using a full-spectrum approach that involves its core engineering, procurement and construction functions, and strategic services.

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2030 goals and targets

Read about Bechtel’s long-term goals and targets to address global sustainability issues. These  include contributing 100 ideas to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and increasing resilience against natural hazards for millions worldwide.

Click here to read Bechtel’s 2016 Sustainability Report

Click here to read Build100 Blog – dedicated to addressing critical sustainability challenges

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Sustainable Development Goals

Bechtel's 2017 Sustainability Commitment
Bechtel Highlights Commitment to Sustainability in 2017 Top CEOs Association Report. The Business Roundtable (BRT) is an association of chief executive officers of leading U.S. companies working to promote sound public policy and a thriving U.S. economy.

Green Infrastructure

What’s Next for Bechtel’s Sustainability
As we look to the next 100 years, we see a century defined by sustainability. The truth is that we do not have a choice but to emphasize this core issue in every aspect of our work given the ever-increasing number of challenges we are all facing around the world. But the key question is how to turn our aspirations into reality?

Sustainable Development Goals

Bechtel Launches Long-Term Sustainability Targets
Bechtel, a global leader in engineering, procurement, and construction, announced a set of ambitious long-term targets to increase the company’s contributions to global sustainability. The goals and targets are part of Bechtel’s ongoing and comprehensive strategy to further integrate sustainability within the company.

Green Infrastructure

Bechtel Engineers a New Sustainability Agenda
GreenBiz editor in chief Joel Makower spoke with Tam Nguyen, the global head of sustainability for Bechtel. He lets us into the engineering firm's efforts around green infrastructure in the Philippines, the SDGs and building resilient communities.

Green Infrastructure

Bechtel Innovation and Sustainability: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Global stressors — from water scarcity to modern-day slavery — are reinventing traditional business models across heavy industries that support a more secure, sustainable future. As one of the largest engineering, procurement and construction companies in the world, Bechtel is uniquely positioned to be part of this transformation.

Green Infrastructure

Bechtel Helps Launch “Building Responsibly” Initiative to Promote Global Worker Welfare
Bechtel, the leading global engineering, procurement, and construction firm today announced the formation of a global coalition aimed at improving worker safety and productivity standards for construction and engineering projects as well as for their relevant supply chains. Together with Amec Foster Wheeler, CH2M, Fluor, Multiplex, and Vinci, Bechtel is launching the Building Responsibly initiative focused on advancing efforts of construction and engineering firms to more effectively align with international human rights frameworks, promote a healthier environment for workers, and further improve project delivery and quality for customers.

Research, Reports & Publications

Bechtel Releases Annual Sustainability Report
Bechtel announced today the release of its annual sustainability report, showcasing projects and innovations that are delivering sustainable cities, fostering cleaner energy, and preserving scarce water resources worldwide.

Green Infrastructure

How Infrastructure Companies Deliver Real Benefits
Sustainable infrastructure is a confluence of ideas. It’s physical, eco-friendly, and smart. It seeks to minimize costs and maximize the use of resources. It’s also global. The United Nations specifically mentioned infrastructure in its 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The role of infrastructure is to provide essential services to societies and industries, including transportation networks, energy grids, and wastewater-treatment plants. Such projects are critical to economic development and to connecting people and ideas.

Environment

Bechtel’s Latest Bridge: Low-Carbon Natural Gas
“At Bechtel, we are actively looking for ways to reduce the cost of carbon capture,’’ John Gulen, a senior principal engineer at Bechtel, said at the Concordia Summit in New York on Tuesday. Gulen spoke at a session addressing private companies’ role in achieving the U.N.’s sustainable development goals, which include affordable and clean energy.

Environment

Colorado Plant Begins Chemical Weapons Destruction
Bechtel has congratulated the workforce at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant on achieving a significant milestone—the initial processing of chemical weapons, bringing the U.S. a step closer to meeting treaty obligations to destroy its remaining chemical weapons stockpile. The milestone marks the first time that the Bechtel-led plant has handled mustard agent.

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