en.Wedoany.com Reported - The Environmental Industries Commission (EIC) has published "Delivering Natural Infrastructure: A Three-Point Plan," a document driven by members of the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE Group), aimed at securing the same policy status and resource allocation for nature-based solutions as roads, railways, and flood defenses.
The EIC, an industry body representing the environmental technology and services sector, describes the plan as an industry-backed practical roadmap. The core of the three-point plan includes: treating nature as infrastructure, coordinating government delivery of natural projects, and demonstrating its economic value.
Milda Manomaityte, CEO of ACE Group, stated that the engineering and infrastructure industry has always understood that the best solutions work with nature, not against it. He noted that what is needed now are policy frameworks, investment signals, and government coordination that reflect the true value of nature. Nature is already doing a great deal of work everywhere—absorbing floods, cooling cities, protecting coastlines, and sequestering carbon—but the systems to measure, coordinate, and assess these contributions remain immature. The three-point plan aims to change that.
Philippa Spence, Managing Director of Environment and Health at Ramboll, added that the case for nature-based infrastructure is already strong on economic, environmental, and social grounds, but what is missing is a framework to formally integrate it into government planning and decision-making. Collaborating with ACE and the EIC to develop this plan is a first step toward practical deliverability.
The EIC points out that nature-based solutions have already demonstrated results in climate resilience, biodiversity gains, carbon sequestration, and public health improvements, with life-cycle costs typically lower than engineering alternatives. However, these solutions remain excluded from mainstream infrastructure planning, lacking the valuation frameworks, cross-government coordination, or delivery structures applied to engineered assets. With the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority now operational, the EIC believes this is the right time to clearly articulate the point: nature is not a green add-on but one of the most cost-effective delivery mechanisms, and policy must adjust accordingly.
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