#26 Saving Rossington

Placing the United Nations’ sustainable development goals at the heart of projects can regenerate UK communities. From a new 4km road link that saved a former mining community in Yorkshire, to a coastal replenishment scheme that brought new opportunity to Colwyn Bay in North Wales, we hear how incorporating the sustainable development goals is changing lives for the better. Embracing the SDGs means doing things differently. It means looking at local needs in a new way and asking what more can projects do to enhance environment and improve opportunities for all. Crucially this must happen now. The UK and 192 other nations have pledged to ensure that the SDGs are met by 2030. But our first ever national review of UK progress on these global goals shows that we have a long way to go if the UK is going to enable all people, from all backgrounds to fulfil their potential and live rewarding lives in a healthy environment. This episode was produced in partnership with Mott MacDonald. Photo credit: Rossington Parish Council GUESTS Nathan Baker, director of engineering knowledge, ICE Lord John Bird, Founder, The Big IssueJohn Cooke, Parish Councillor, Rossington Parish CouncilSimon Dawes, Head of Sustainable Business, The Environment AgencyNeil Firth, Head of Service for Major Projects and Infrastructure, Doncaster CouncilKen Guest, Chair, Rossington Parish CouncilJohn Huddleston, Communications & Corporate Affairs Director, Doncaster Sheffield AirportNigel Morley, Project Manager, Mott MacDonaldTaffy Osborne, Managing Director, Colwyn Bay WatersportsBenjamin Poulton, Project Manager, Colwyn Bay Waterfront Project, Colwyn CouncilDavide Stronati, Global Sustainability Leader, Mott MacDonaldIan Tuckett, Chief Executive, Coin Street Community Builders SUPPORTER Mott MacDonald: Opening opportunities with connected thinking. Mott MacDonald is a US$2bn engineering, management and development consultancy involved in:  solving some of the world’s most urgent social, environmental and economic challengeshelping governments and businesses plan, deliver and sustain their strategic goalsresponding to humanitarian and natural emergenciesimproving people’s lives  Its expertise by sector includes buildings, communications, defence, education, environment, health, industry, mining, oil and gas, power, transport, urban development, water, wastewater and more. Its skills encompass planning, studies and design, project finance, technical advisory services, project and programme management, management consultancy and beyond.The post #26 Saving Rossington first appeared on Engineering Matters.