| June 10, 2025

The circular trilemma

Managing trade-offs across material security, market competitiveness, and responsible performance

| June 9, 2025

How to reduce the environmental impact of urban development

More than half the world’s population lives in cities, and this is set to rise to 6 billion by 2041. A landmark study supported by The Ramboll Foundation provides lessons in sustainable urban development.

| June 3, 2025

The high cost of doing nothing

New white paper: Sustainability has moved from a nice-to-have to a business imperative. Central to managing risk, building resilience, and securing long-term value, companies that fail to act can fall behind. Discover why and what you can do to stay ahead.

| 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 18, 2025

Light rail of the future – European lessons in urban mobility transformation

As European cities look to decarbonise, reduce congestion, and enhance liveability, light rail is becoming a key tool for sustainable mobility and urban transformation due to its blend of capacity, efficiency, and low-emission operations. This article explores the growing momentum for light rail across Europe through recent project experience, focusing on success factors, common challenges, and the critical importance of early public engagement and integrated planning.

| 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.