Civil Engineers Declare was established in July 2019, under the wider banner of Built Environment Declares, with signatories agreeing to the 13 points within our declaration.

Civil Engineers Declare is free to join. Many signatories use the simplicity and clarity of our shared declaration as a catalyst to drive effective change within their organisations. Many also use it as a tool to demonstrate their commitment to combatting the climate and biodiversity emergency in discussion with their clients and project partners. 

Signing our declaration

• Adds your voice to our collective effort to identify and drive the systems changes needed to address the planetary emergency;

• Many organisations use the declaration to demonstrate recognition of what the emergency means and the built environment's part in it - and your intention to be part of the solution;

• Brings you into a network that can help you build practical responses to the emergency;

• Helps us to enhance the support we can offer through our guidance, events and shared best practice, drawing on your examples and ideas; 

• Reinforces our advocacy on the key issues to governments, professional bodies and the media;

• Supports our ability to work constructively with other industry-based organisations and networks, and through Built Environment Declares with a growing number of groups across the UK and around the world;

• Builds recognitions of Civil Engineers Declare as an industry-recognised and focused initiative.

We encourage all our signatories to take part in our activities and to develop regional networks that can support them in this.

We welcome enquiries and ideas as well as offers of practical support from signatories and potential partners – contact us at [email protected].