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As sustainable development consultants with deep technical expertise in the built environment, we work with a wide range of partners to tackle complex challenges in low and middle-income countries.
Collaboration for enduring change
We collaborate with governments, aid agencies, development banks and local communities to enable imaginative solutions to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
Our focus is on supporting the emergence of more resilient, liveable cities; enabling inclusive greener growth and finance; and delivering social infrastructure that enables better access to public services including in health and education.
Your development partner
Arup has decades of experience providing strategic advice, technical programme and project delivery across the world.
Throughout the project life-cycle we share knowledge and capacity with our partners, continuously learning and developing our methodologies for the future through our experience on the ground.
Being an employee-owned firm also enables us to invest in research and technology, creating new approaches to accelerate the transition to clean energy, strengthening the resilience of communities and natural systems, and contributing to a more equitable and sustainable future.
How we can help
We offer technical assistance, strategic advice and capacity building across a range of key areas:
Meeting global goals
Sustainable development principles guide our decision-making and we help our partners to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other key international agreements and commitments, including the 2015 Paris Declaration on Climate Change (2015), the 2015 Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, and the 2016 New Urban Agenda. We are a proud member of the UN Global Compact, bringing our principles-based approach to doing business to all of our projects and partnerships.
“Our Development Partners work in some of the fastest changing regions in the world, inhabited by around a third of the global population. Bound together by vulnerability to climate change, dramatic rates of urbanisation, economic and social transition, these are perhaps the places where we can have greatest impact in shaping a better world. ”
Jerome Frost Chair, UK, India, Middle East, and Africa (UKIMEA)
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Global Program for Safer Schools
As part of the World Bank-funded Global Programme for Safer Schools, AID assessed school infrastructure in 14 countries, developing diagnostic tools and construction guides to improve resilience of education facilities. These tools are designed to reduce the negative impacts of natural disasters on education and enable governments to invest more effectively.
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City Resilience Index
City Resilience Index enables city stakeholders to understand their city’s ability to adapt, survive and thrive in the face of a range of shocks and stresses. Over 100 cities worldwide have used the Cities Resilience Index to assess and improve their municipal systems.
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Handwashing in emergencies
'Jengu' is a family of durable handwashing units that we developed in partnership with the British Red cross and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Originally designed for use in humanitarian emergency settings, Jengu has also been a valuable resource in fighting the spread of Covid-19 in schools and public buildings.
Our people
We are planners, engineers, researchers and advisors from a variety of backgrounds, all committed to using Arup’s technical strengths to create change in settings where resources are a challenge. Our team offers decades of international experience across the project cycle – from project scoping, assessment and design, through to delivery and evaluation – ensuring the right blend of technical skills is applied to each step of the process.
Contact us about your project
You can access services through regional consultants around the world. Wherever you’re based, we can help you get the most out of your project at any stage of the development lifecycle.
