Individuals and organisations are encouraged to reduce their climate impact every day. Companies are adapting and using sustainability policies as one way to demonstrate their work towards a sustainable future. The construction industry is one of the industries that affects the environment to a large degree. Within that industry, together with several others, project work is a common practice. Project managers have therefore an important role in making and guiding the projects to be more sustainable. Therefore, this thesis aimed to investigate how project managers in a consulting company experience that they can influence the sustainability work in their projects. A qualitative study was conducted. Background information and theories about corporate sustainability and competence needed to implement sustainability were performed through a literature review. Interviews were conducted with project managers from the consulting company WSP Management in Stockholm Sweden. The study shows that the project managers are aware about their opportunity to influence the sustainability work in their projects. However, the amount is strongly affected by the priority of the client and if resources are available. To improve and move towards a more sustainable approach the study shows that sustainability must be demanded from the permanent organization or the client, and not only be included because the project manager itself values it.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-374997 |
| Date | January 2019 |
| Creators | Larsson, Aron |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Industriell teknik |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | UPTEC STS, 1650-8319 ; 18040 |
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