| May 26, 2025

How shall we live? Housing as a driver for transformative change

With countries including UK, Canada, and US all planning to build millions of new homes in the coming years to address critical housing shortages, the real estate sector has the opportunity to reimagine how we will live and how our housing should perform. Ramboll has collaborated with the Human Nature Foundation and other leading architectural and consultancy practices to address these issues in a new report.

| May 21, 2025

A new way to build: Alliance contracting enables smarter German infrastructure

When it comes to delivering complex infrastructure, the model matters as much as the mission. That’s why a new rail project in northern Germany is not only important for the country’s connectivity — it’s also a breakthrough in how we collaborate, deliver, and drive value.

| May 18, 2025

Rewriting the rules of the rail market: Lessons from 11 paths to liberalisation

Rail is at the centre of Europe’s mobility ambitions — and its regulatory dilemmas. As passenger demand grows and climate targets tighten, governments are being asked to reform how rail is structured, funded, and operated. But beneath the surface of EU directives lies a much more complex and human reality: no two markets are alike, and liberalisation is not a copy-paste exercise.

| May 12, 2025

Biogenic carbon in timber buildings – how should it be considered?

Timber has a major role to play in decarbonising the construction industry and its ability to sequester and store carbon within harvested wood products is the ace up its sleeve. Or is it? Our review assesses the appropriate use of biogenic carbon when reporting embodied carbon, reflecting on current life cycle assessment methods and recent EU and UK legislation.

| May 4, 2025

Lower-emission steel: How to make the transformation profitable?

While the transition to lower-emission steel production is imperative for achieving climate neutrality, European steelmakers are on an expensive learning curve, facing the highest production costs in the world. In a new whitepaper, Ramboll experts reflect on key challenges and strategic pathways to ensure long-term profitability and viability of lower-emission steel.

| April 29, 2025

Chemical safety: uncovering challenges for manufacturers and downstream users

Chemical safety is a key focus for the European Union (EU), driven by stringent regulations and the critical need for effective communication across the supply chain. Despite increased efforts, challenges remain across the chemicals value chain, especially to manufactures and downstream users (DUs), including re-fillers, formulators and article producers.

| April 28, 2025

Defining net zero targets: Understanding changes in SBTi’s V2 corporate standard

The Science Based Targets Initiative has released a new draft guidance for the net zero targets and is seeking public feedback on the proposals. In this piece, our experts review the major changes that could impact your business.

| April 22, 2025

Industry collective discusses the role of refurbishment and adaptive reuse for Science

Ramboll recently brought together an industry collective to discuss the opportunities, challenges, and blockers with re-developing existing buildings for science. Here, we go through their findings.

| April 9, 2025

Embedding sustainability into corporate strategy and decision-making

Patrick Moloney explores how weaving sustainability into core business decisions can boost resilience, drive innovation, and create competitive advantage. Explore practical ways to integrate sustainability across governance, risk management, financial strategies, and operational practices.

| March 25, 2025

The alliance advantage: Why infrastructure needs a new delivery model

In early 2017, commuters in Helsinki were promised a new light rail line connecting the eastern and western suburbs. Large-scale transport projects are rarely delivered on time or ahead of schedule. Yet Light Rail Line 15 not only opened 10 months early but also close to 10% below budget. The secret? A procurement model that is turning traditional contracting on its head: the Alliance Model.