Kew Reach & Buro Happold Announce a New Collaboration

Kew Reach today announces a new partnership with Buro Happold, to accelerate the delivery of science-led nature positive solutions across the built environment and landscape restoration sectors.

The collaboration brings together Kew Reach’s specialist ecological and restoration expertise - underpinned by the Kew Method and world-leading science - with Buro Happold’s globally recognised engineering,  sustainability, environmental and design capabilities, including its established in-house ecology practice. This partnership will create a  strong, complementary platform to address complex environmental challenges, delivering measurable outcomes for biodiversity, climate adaptation and sustainable development.

The partnership aligns complementary strengths. Kew Reach, drawing on the botanical and ecological research heritage of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, translates scientific insight into practical, implementable solutions that restore ecosystems, enhance biodiversity and embed resilience at landscape and urban scales. Its particular strengths lie in landscape-scale restoration, the application of deep plant and ecosystem science, and linking restoration outcomes to long-term resilience and ecosystem services (e.g. Carbon) through the Kew Method. Buro Happold brings an innovative ecology practice supported by its multidisciplinary engineering and sustainability expertise. Its integrated teams of ecologists, environmental specialists and engineers embed habitat restoration, measurable biodiversity gains and climate‑resilient nature‑based solutions into planning, infrastructure and development projects worldwide. This breadth of experience ensures ecological science is fully integrated into complex design and decision‑making from the outset.

By bringing together the complementary scientific capabilities of both organisations, the collaboration will support clients and communities in developing nature-centric solutions that are both scientifically credible and technically integrated. Together, the organisations will explore co-developed approaches to biodiversity enhancement, ecosystem restoration, and nature-based adaptation strategies that can be scaled across sectors and geographies and aligned with wider sustainability and climate objectives.

Commenting on the partnership, Charlie Roper, Director of Business Development at Kew Reach:

“This collaboration with Buro Happold represents an exciting convergence of science and design thinking. Kew Reach’s scientific foundations, underpinned by the Kew Method, give us a unique lens on how to restore and enhance natural systems with measurable impact. Partnering with Buro Happold’s broad sustainability, ecology and engineering expertise opens new possibilities for integrating nature-positive outcomes into large-scale infrastructure, urban development and climate resilience projects. Our combined skill sets will enable clients to realise outcomes that benefit both people and planet, rooted in scientific credibility and practical delivery.”

Sam Holliday, Buro Happold’s Global Nature and Biodiversity Lead added:

"Kew Reach’s deep expertise in large‑scale ecological restoration, particularly its ability to link restoration design to long‑term carbon sequestration through the Kew Method, brings an exceptional scientific foundation to this collaboration. Coupled with Buro Happold’s global experience in shaping policy and project outcomes at city, regional and national levels, this partnership creates powerful new opportunities for clients who want their developments to be climate‑resilient, nature‑positive and scientifically robust."

The two organisations will begin engagement with select clients and pilot initiatives in the coming months, focusing on projects where biodiversity gain, ecosystem resilience and sustainable engineering intersect with spatial planning and long-term climate resilience.

About Buro Happold

Buro Happold is a global, multidisciplinary consultancy working across buildings, cities, infrastructure and the natural environment. With integrated teams spanning engineering, sustainability, ecology and environmental advisory services, the firm delivers nature‑positive, climate‑resilient solutions for clients around the world. Its science‑led ecology and biodiversity practice works across scales—from individual sites to national strategies—embedding measurable ecological outcomes and nature‑based approaches into planning, design and long‑term decision‑making.

Contacts

For further information about this partnership and how the organisations plan to collaborate, please contact:

Kew Reach: info@kewreach.com

Buro Happold Website: www.burohappold.com