Urban Infrastructure Initiative (UII)

Envisioning a world where cities would provide a sustainable environment for people to live, work and play becomes more challenging every day as the urban population increases. More of the world's people now live in urban areas than in the countryside and their numbers are swelling by three million a week, mostly in developing countries.

Taking a system-wide approach

The WBCSD's Urban Infrastructure Initiative (UII) brings together a diverse group of companies that are collaborating to help urban authorities develop realistic, practical and cost-effective sustainability strategies. The project draws on the expertise of individual companies who already work with urban planners and engineers to provide services and solutions to urban sustainability challenges.

City authorities are often forced to tackle individual challenges in a piecemeal way, with priorities influenced by short-term financial and political considerations. But sustainability requires an integrated approach, taking a system-wide view of the interlinked challenges.

Developing cross-sector solutions for sustainable urban development

Working with authorities in key cities, the UII will help create transformation plans and translate strategic concepts into a feasible landscape solution for sustainable urban development. Collectively, WBCSD member companies can provide the research and analysis that will inform strategy, but crucially also bring the mindset and the ability to make things happen on the ground.

Members

Project Co-chairs

Project Core group

•  ACCIONA
•  AECOM
•  AGC
•  EDF
•  Honda
•  Nissan
•  Philips
•  TEPCO
•  TNT
•  Toyota
•  United Technologies

Contacts

Christian Kornevall, WBCSD Managing Director: kornevall@wbcsd.org
Claudia Schweizer, WBCSD Assistant Project Manager: schweizer@wbcsd.org