Amey unveils Nature Positive Strategy to integrate biodiversity into UK infrastructure and services

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(IN BRIEF) Amey has launched its Nature Positive Strategy, setting out a new framework to embed biodiversity and ecological resilience into the design, delivery, and maintenance of infrastructure projects. The initiative supports the UK’s national priorities on sustainability and reflects Amey’s recognition that its extensive portfolio of roads, bridges, and public facilities can act as important wildlife corridors. By signing the Nature Positive Business Pledge and working with initiatives such as Rebuilding Nature and the Supply Chain Sustainability School, Amey is committing to transparent, collaborative action. ESG Director Emily Davies highlighted the company’s ambition to create infrastructure that benefits both people and nature while strengthening long-term climate resilience.

(PRESS RELEASE) OXFORD, 9-Sep-2025 — /EuropaWire/ — Amey has announced the launch of its first Nature Positive Strategy, a comprehensive plan that redefines how one of the UK’s largest infrastructure and services providers will approach biodiversity. The strategy moves beyond compliance, setting out how future projects will be designed and delivered to actively strengthen ecosystems while meeting the needs of communities across the country.

By embedding ecological resilience into transport networks, defence facilities, and justice estates, Amey is positioning biodiversity as a core element of national infrastructure. The move aligns with the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy 2025 and responds to the growing expectation that businesses play a central role in restoring the natural environment and accelerating the transition to a low-carbon economy.

Amey’s extensive asset base—spanning highways, bridges, public buildings, and international operations—offers unique opportunities to create habitat corridors and “stepping stones” for wildlife. The company sees this as a chance to generate measurable ecological gains while continuing to deliver essential public services.

Collaboration forms a key pillar of the strategy. Amey has signed the Nature Positive Business Pledge, joined Rebuilding Nature, an alliance that frames biodiversity as critical infrastructure, and continues its partnership with the Supply Chain Sustainability School to spread knowledge and drive change across its supply chain.

Emily Davies, ESG Director at Amey, said: “The new strategy provides clarity and direction for embedding biodiversity into everything we do. It’s a responsibility we take seriously: infrastructure should not only support communities but also create space for nature to thrive. By applying nature-positive thinking, we are laying the foundations for projects that deliver long-term value environmentally, socially, and economically.”

The Nature Positive Strategy also integrates with Amey’s wider sustainability agenda, including its work on decarbonisation and climate resilience, underscoring the company’s vision of infrastructure that safeguards the environment while serving future generations.

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