CH2M HILL, Inc.
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2009)
Reporting Period: 2009
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Climate Change
- Environmental
- Social
- Governance
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Sea level rise and storm surge impacts
- Increased extreme precipitation events
- Increased treatment requirements
- Anticipated increase in regulations for wet weather management
- Higher energy demand
- Increased disrupted service from flood
- Increased emergency response and recovery
- Declining water quality
- Greater uncertainty in water supply
- Significant reductions and increased uncertainty in water supply
- Increased need to optimize water use: conservation, reuse, operations, and storage
- Increased regulatory impacts for many treatment components
- Increased potential issues with increased sewage concentration
Mitigation Strategies
- Increasing focus on conservation
- Using new water sources (seawater desalination, lower quality groundwater, wastewater reuse)
- Increasing storage and conveyance
- Increasing treatment
- Adapting to address plant or conveyance flooding damage
- Greater use of both green and gray infrastructure
- Implementing increased effluent treatment (including cooling)
- Encouraging greater use of recycling and reuse technologies
- Raising pump stations, building levees, relocating treatment plants
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Physical Risks
- Extreme weather events
- Flooding
- Sea level rise
- Drought
Transition Risks
- Increased regulation
Opportunities
- Green infrastructure
- Water reuse
- Wastewater recycling
Sustainable Products & Innovation
- Green infrastructure