Our ambitious targets accelerate change and keep progress on track. We have pledged to design and deliver socially and environmentally regenerative buildings and assets by 2030, and as a first step to reach this, to design net zero carbon ready buildings and infrastructure by the end of 2025. Our approach connects carbon, water, biodiversity, energy, a circular economy and health and wellbeing to create a resilient and adaptable way of life. As part of this, as a practice Grimshaw also manages the environmental impacts of our business operations, especially in reducing carbon emissions and since 2020 we have been investing in re-afforestation projects to offset remaining emissions.
Our carbon commitments and capabilities:
Net Zero Carbon statement↗
Our collaborative and holistic approach:
Regenerative Design Policy↗
Our practice and business operations:
Group Carbon Reduction Plan↗
In 2024, Grimshaw launched Minoro↗, in collaboration with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and World Green Building Council and over 20 supporting organisations, including RIBA, the American Institute of Architects, Architecture 2030, and several national Green Building Councils from across the globe.
As the first free to use online platform hosting over 1,000 international policies, standards, methodologies and guidance, Minoro provides asset owners, investors, architects, consultants, contractors, and operators with clear pathways to carbon reduction.
Find out more here: minoro.org↗
How we operate as a practice and influence change through our projects is critical but also needs partnership: the issues confronting our planet are too large, too significant and too urgent to address alone. As a practice we are committed to the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and the United Nations Race to Zero campaign and has self-validated PAS2080 certification↗ demonstrating our management of carbon through using Minoro in our design services across the lifecycle of buildings and infrastructure. The practice is also a signatory of the World Green Building Council’s Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment↗, Architects Declare↗, and Architecture 2030, and is a member of Green building Council of Australia, UK Green Building Council and the US Green Building Council, the International Living Futures Institute and Responsible Steel↗.
Read more about our practice approach:
Group Environmental Policy↗
Track our carbon reduction progress:
Summary of GHG Emissions↗
Browse through our Sustainability and Regenerative Design case studies below.
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