SmithGroup pledges to make landscape architecture a zero-emissions profession by 2040

SmithGroup joined 26 CEOs and leaders representing the world’s largest and most influential landscape architecture firms in signing and releasing a public letter committing our firms to achieve the goals laid out in the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Climate Action Plan, most notably a commitment to make landscape architecture a zero-emissions profession by 2040.

“Leaders of more than two dozen top-tier firms that influence billions of dollars in infrastructure spending and millions of acres of land have just pledged to make their profession zero emissions by 2040—this is a really big deal,” said ASLA CEO Torey Carter-Conneen. “These are people who have the skills and imagination to make it happen. They're already designing resilient waterfronts, parks that soak up stormwater, and urban forests that take greenhouse gasses out of the atmosphere and cool our cities. Landscape architects know how to get it done. Every sector of the economy has to tackle climate resilience, and landscape architects will do their part.”

“The ASLA has established an ambitious plan that is a galvanizing call to climate action,” said SmithGroup Vice President Michael Johnson, one of the signers who helped draft the letter. “This pledge recognizes the tremendous impact our firms can have working together to address the global climate crisis, and to collectively advocate for significant improvements in community resilience, emissions reductions, and human wellbeing as a profession.”

The full letter and list of signatories can be read here.