{"id":4561,"date":"2024-06-26T17:22:11","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T17:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/en-ca\/sustainable-legacies-ca\/our-esg-services\/social-equity\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T18:20:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T18:20:05","slug":"social-equity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/en-ca\/sustainable-legacies-ca\/our-esg-services\/social-equity\/","title":{"rendered":"Social value and environmental justice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Social value and environmental justice are rising up the agenda. Maximizing the impact of your investment takes careful consideration and deep expertise.<\/p>\n

We deliver technical services that apply a sustainability lens to the economic, social, and environmental benefits and risks that affect your project.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll help you go beyond regulatory requirements to improve social outcomes for every member of your community.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Social value and environmental justice<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Social value and environmental justice are rising up the agenda. Maximizing the impact of your investment takes careful consideration and deep expertise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We deliver technical services that apply a sustainability lens to the economic, social, and environmental benefits and risks that affect your project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We\u2019ll help you go beyond regulatory requirements to improve social outcomes for every member of your community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Think and act strategically<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We offer a full suite of social value and environmental justice services, so you can be more strategic about the interventions you make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With enhanced public participation, community consultation and the promotion of local skills and employment, we\u2019ll help you ensure every project increases social value and meaningfully improves society and the planet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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From 2019-2020 we delivered c.$96 million of positive social value to the community in UK + Ireland, measured independently using the Social Value Portal which manages, measures and reports the impact of our social value activities in this region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Objective policy, program and infrastructure solutions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We develop policy and infrastructure solutions that provide opportunities for all communities to thrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve helped cities guide funding, investment and programmatic initiatives to address socioeconomic disparities in the job market and assess broadband availability.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Collaborative project approaches<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We create culturally and contextually appropriate strategies, often in collaboration with local partners, to ensure decision-making processes and project solutions are are robust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By engaging a wide range of stakeholder groups and assigning community ambassadors to key project development roles, we\u2019ve elevated the voices of communities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tools to measure social value<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We leverage open-source data and develop custom methods and tools that quantify and evaluate the holistic impact of projects and help pave the way to improved outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The demographic, socioeconomic, environmental and climate change data we\u2019ve synthesized through our work with public and private clients, including businesses in the technology and industrial sectors, is providing a complete picture of the communities in which our clients operate and wish to grow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Funding optimization for social investments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We help clients navigate funding sources and opportunities to pay for infrastructure that offers social benefits and tailor projects to be eligible for federal funding sources like the Justice40 initiative. We use our in-house developed Fund Navigator tool to facilitate this process. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Creating positive impact<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Our activities around social value include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n