You bet!  The trend amongst our clients is towards greater emphasis on the environmental impact of their operations, not only to satisfy legal requirements (which was often the justification for environmental efforts in the past), but also increasingly to improve their corporate image and to satisfy shareholder demands.  This makes good business sense for our clients because it can lower their cost of capital by allowing them to appeal to a broader range of ethical investors.  It also improves their ability to attract and retain top talent - especially the next generation of talent, who are increasingly demanding to know the impact of their work and that this impact be as positive as possible.

The majority of Fransen’s sustaining and upgrading work has always been focused on efficiency improvements, which generally result in both cost and environmental improvements.  Our goal is to help our clients to identify and reduce waste and increase their overall resource utilization.  In this way we help save money for our clients and reduce their environmental footprint at the same time.  Further emphasizing and broadening our understanding of the environmental impacts of our actions will allow us to add even more value for our clients.

The steps we have already begun to take and that we intend to accelerate include: reduce our own footprint, integrate environmental considerations into our engineering work, and further engage clients on this basis.