Press Release
London, UK | Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024
- Equans partners with Climate X to enhance climate resilience capabilities for buildings and infrastructure.
- The collaboration integrates Equans' sustainable facilities management and engineering with Climate X's climate risk analytics platform, Spectra.
- This partnership aims to future-proof properties, safeguard communities, and support a more resilient and sustainable built environment.
Equans, has announced a partnership with innovative climate technology analytics company, Climate X, to help organisations across the built environment become more resilient to the impacts of climate change.
Buildings and infrastructure owners across the public and private sectors will now be able to benefit from Climate X’s industry-leading climate risk analytics software platform, Spectra, alongside Equans’ expertise in facilities management, engineering and construction. The partnership will help organisations to better understand the impact of climate-related events on properties and infrastructure - enabling them to keep people, operations and buildings safe.
Climate change is causing the UK to experience extreme weather events more frequently, and this is expected to worsen even under low emissions scenarios. Adapting buildings and infrastructure to the effects of climate change is becoming a critical priority for UK organisations alongside the imperative to decarbonise.
Equans is a market leader in this growing field, and is well positioned to help customers across the built environment to address this challenge, supported by its breadth of capabilities from carbon consulting to sustainable facilities management, digital and energy services, and construction. The partnership with Climate X strengthens this offer by providing customers with insights on climate risk and adaptation solutions as part of Equans’ expertise in managing buildings and infrastructure.
This partnership will be transformative in helping organisations recognise the risk of climate change, adapt to it, and futureproof their buildings. "
James Graham, Divisional CEO of Digital & Energy Services at Equans UK & Ireland
James Graham, Divisional CEO of Digital & Energy Services at Equans UK & Ireland, commented: “We are pleased to be working with Climate X moving forwards. This partnership will be transformative in helping organisations recognise the risk of climate change, adapt to it, and futureproof their buildings. Combining Equans' market presence and delivery expertise with Climate X's advanced analytics software will unlock detailed insights to support the climate resilience of our customers’ estates across a broad range of UK sectors.”
Lukky Ahmed, CEO and co-founder of Climate X, commented: “We are thrilled to partner with Equans to advance our shared mission of empowering clients to build a more resilient and sustainable built environment. By combining Equans' extensive expertise in decarbonization and project delivery with Climate X's cutting-edge climate risk analytics, we will transform climate-related financial impacts into actionable, positive ROI adaptation measures. Together, we aim to safeguard assets, businesses, and communities against the increasing threats of climate change, contributing significantly to a more resilient future.”
About Equans
Equans is a subsidiary of the Bouygues group. In the UK & Ireland, Equans is a provider of sustainable facilities management and regeneration, and cutting-edge energy and digital services. Our 15,000 employees combine these activities to help businesses, communities, public sector organisations and government to embrace the energy transition towards net zero - and also the digital & industrial transitions that are together redesigning the way we move, work and live.
Globally, Equans is a world leader in the energy and services sector, with operations in 20 countries, 90,000 employees working on five continents and sales of 18.8 billion euros in 2023.
To find out more, visit equans.co.uk.
About Climate X
Climate X is the world’s only fully integrated climate risk platform, helping financial institutions to price, manage and build resilience to climate change impacts on the built environment. They provide climate financial risk data to global banks and asset managers, defending global economic stability against the impacts of climate change.
Climate X is redefining resilience against climate change. Their innovative solutions have transformed the approach of businesses and corporations towards climate challenges, enabling them to build and retrofit structures for a sustainable future.
By translating carbon emissions pathways into financial impacts, they help drive a significant shift in the financial sector. Banks and asset managers are now using their insights to drive positive impact and build resilience.
They are reinforced by notable figures such as David Carlin, Robert Wigley, Jackie Bennet OBE and Craig Robinson, who serve as advisors and are supported by CommerzVentures, Pale Blue Dot, Deloitte and Blue Wire Capital as some of its investors.
Climate X has received numerous awards, including FinTech Germany, Chartis’ Rising Star, and Deloitte’s Fast 50.
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