Key Business Drivers

• the commercial advantage to be gained by developing or redeveloping land, other natural resources such as minerals and oil and gas, or buildings; this requires proper planning, design and evaluation of the potential effects of the proposed development;
• the necessity for public agencies, privatised utilities, regulated businesses and their agents to provide adequate infrastructure; again such provision requires proper planning, design, evaluation of environmental effects and risk management;

• the necessity to comply with legislation which relates to planning, environmental and health and safety matters; this regulation and legislation derives from the activities of both the European Union and national governments and continues to expand at a rapid pace; and
• the need to manage and, where possible, eliminate risk which may arise from environmental or health and safety issues; potential risks arise when, for example, assets are being purchased and/or developed or from the existence of substances which, if not properly disposed of or managed, could damage the natural environment or human health.

The world is beginning to take seriously the need to do something about the interconnected problems of:

• climate change and the need to reduce carbon emissions; and
• sourcing safe and secure energy supplies to enable global economic growth to continue.

RPS' skills and experience place us in a strong position to be able to benefit from the actions that will be taken to deal with these fundamental problems. This underpins our long term growth.