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Working Group
Sustainability
The Sustainability Working Group promotes and encourages sustainable practices and decision making in the field of geotechnical and geoenvironmental science.
Strategic Plan
- To advocate and promote sustainable good practice within geotechnical and geoenvironmental industry.
- To influence and educate the AGS Membership and its clients on sustainability benefits, interventions, risks and aspirations within the field of geotechnical and geoenvironmental science to the benefit of both its members and the UK in general.
- To provide and signpost best practice sustainability guidance to the AGS Membership and its clients.
AGS Sustainability WG Terms of Reference and Modus Operandi
The Sustainability WG has identified a list of references which can be viewed here.
Publications
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AGS Annual Conference 2025
The AGS Annual Conference 2025 is taking place on Thursday 1st May at One Great George Street in Westminster, London. Chaired by Vivien…
How Can We Achieve an Equitable, Diverse, and Inclusive Industry?
The AGS are hosting a webinar this autumn entitled, How Can We Achieve an Equitable, Diverse, and Inclusive Industry? This virtual event…
AGS Annual Conference 2024
Registration for this event has now closed. The AGS Annual Conference 2024 will be taking place on Thursday 25th April at…
Articles
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Implementing systemic sustainability: reducing single use plastic with core liner recycling
Sustainability has become one of the most important factors to consider in any construction project, both within and outside of the ground…
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Early Careers Video: Discover a Rewarding Career in the Geo-Industry
Our new early careers video discusses the many different career paths which are open to graduates entering the geo-industry. If you’re…
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Do geotechnical engineers truly understand sustainability?
Photograph taken during restoration of the Walthamstow Wetlands (Ramboll, 2016) As an industry, we need to widen our sustainability focus away from…
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AGS Awards 2024
We’re delighted to announce this year’s AGS Award winners! Chosen from a select number of AGS Working Group Members, these winners were…
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Early Career Professionals: Call for Posters
The AGS is holding a sustainability-themed poster competition at this year’s Annual Conference, and we’d like to see how Early Career Professionals…
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Assessing the Possible Sustainability Benefits of using Instruments and Monitoring on Site
Overview The AGS has asked each of its working groups to discuss sustainability issues at their meetings and the Instrumentation and Monitoring…
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