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Achieving net zero emissions in the UK by 2050 requires a profound transformation of the infrastructure systems that underpin society. To deliver this transformation, we collaborated with the best of the UK's expertise across government, industry and academia to form the Net Zero Infrastructure Industry Coalition (NZIIC).
Since 2019, our goal has been to rapidly mobilise the UK infrastructure sector to meet the net zero challenge by 2050, or earlier, and support the UK in becoming an international leader in net zero across the global infrastructure industry.
View our latest video to find out more about the work of the Net Zero Infrastructure Industry Coalition.
Since it was founded, the Net Zero Infrastructure Industry Coalition has continued to demonstrate its clear leadership, innovative thinking and collective expertise, supporting our goal of a good net zero; one that enables economic prosperity and a just transition.
Through our objectives, the Coalition is:
Since it was founded in 2019, the Net Zero Infrastructure Industry Coalition (NZIIC) has continued to demonstrate its clear leadership, innovative thinking and collective expertise, to support our goal of a good net zero. One that enables economic prosperity and a just transition.
If your organisation is passionate about the climate change agenda, join us in making an impact.
No city or region can achieve net zero in isolation. The scale and complexity of the climate challenge demands collaboration across public, private and community sectors.
Achieving Clear Assured Platinum accreditation demonstrates Mott MacDonald’s rapid and sustained progress on embedding equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) across the business. Anna Sirmoglou, EDI manager for UK and Europe, reflects on the achievements to date and how the commitment to making EDI business as usual has made a lasting impact.
The role of powers in delivering a place-based approach to net zero is explored by Mott MacDonald Fellow and global cities lead Clare Wildfire in this second article that provides an update to a report issued by the Net Zero Infrastructure Industry Coalition (NZIIC).
It is now seven years since the government legislated to cut greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050 but many organisations are still grappling with how to turn national ambition into local action.
Delivering decarbonisation fairer and faster was the theme of Carbon Crunch 2025 in London this autumn. Keynote speaker Nigel Topping, the new chair of the Climate Change Committee, along with other speakers at the event explored why fairer matters and how going faster is critical to competitiveness.
In 2023, Mott MacDonald’s report Zero Emissions English Airports: Target Further Analysis, produced for the Department for Transport, explored the commercial feasibility of decarbonising airport operations across England.
How Port of Dover is leading the way on the drive to net zero was presented at Carbon Crunch 2025 in London and the session explored why decarbonisation strategies must be translated into tangible activities.
We spoke to Richard about his career highlights, the importance of collaboration and how his team’s work is vital to society.
We spoke with Eimon about what her typical day looks like, how active listening empowers collaboration, and her advice to professionals looking to grow their careers.
Muhammad shares insights on how he is helping to build resilient cities, foster collaboration and champion sustainable change in Indonesia as part of his role in our water team.
We caught up with Roxanna to learn about her career journey, how trust empowers innovation, and why embracing curiosity helps her champion inclusion and growth across the organization.
Speedy Hire, the UK’s leading provider of tools and equipment, has launched an industry first Biodiversity Impact Score for construction hire equipment.
Mott MacDonald in partnership with WSP has been appointed by local development company BEC to deliver the site masterplan and programme management office (PMO) for Pioneer Park, a major new clean energy and economic development opportunity surrounding the Sellafield site in West Cumbria.
The NSPCC, in partnership with Mott MacDonald and sponsored by Related Argent, has published a major new report ‘Building Safer Communities for Children’, calling on the property sector to make children’s safety a core principle of how places are designed, built and managed.
The Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP) has published The UK Spaceports and Launch Operators: Industry Good Practice Guidance for the Assessment of Environmental Effect, developed by a range of space and environmental industry experts including Mott MacDonald.