SUSTAINABILITY & BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Sustainability advice from ambition through certification and delivery.

FD Advisory Group helps developers, asset owners, contractors and project teams establish credible sustainability targets, select the right rating pathway and translate commitments into practical design, procurement, construction and evidence requirements.

Our work connects sustainability strategy with real project decisions so outcomes are measurable, defensible and capable of being delivered.

THE PROBLEM WE SOLVE

Strong sustainability ambitions can unravel during delivery.

Many projects begin with credible environmental objectives but struggle to carry them consistently through design, procurement, construction and certification. Common issues include:

Sustainability targets established too late to influence key decisions
Rating commitments made without testing cost, programme or feasibility
Green Star or Infrastructure Sustainability credits without clear ownership
Design intent that is not translated into procurement or construction requirements
Evidence requirements that are unclear, incomplete or left until submission
Decarbonisation plans without accountable delivery pathways
Sustainability requirements fragmented across consultants and contractors
Bid commitments that exceed the project’s practical delivery capacity
Limited internal capacity to manage rating, compliance and audit processes

FD establishes the strategy, responsibilities, evidence systems and decision pathways required to move sustainability from aspiration into delivery.

WHO WE SUPPORT
Property developers and asset owners
Infrastructure owners and delivery authorities
Architects, engineers and design teams
Contractors and project-delivery alliances
Mining and industrial organisations
Government agencies and councils
Bid and tender teams
Boards and management teams
Investors or lenders requiring sustainability diligence on physical assets
OUR CAPABILITIES

From strategy through certification.

Sustainability strategy and planning

  • Project and organisational sustainability strategies
  • Objective, target and pathway development
  • Sustainability management plans
  • Materiality and priority assessment
  • Governance, responsibilities and reporting frameworks
  • Sustainable procurement requirements
  • Delivery roadmaps and implementation planning
  • Alignment with client and contractual requirements

Green Star advisory and certification

  • Green Star pathway and feasibility assessment
  • Credit mapping and scorecard development
  • Rating strategy and registration support
  • Design-team and contractor workshops
  • Credit ownership and responsibility allocation
  • Documentation and evidence guidance
  • Submission preparation and quality assurance
  • Technical-query and audit-response support
  • Certification close-out and lessons learned

Infrastructure Sustainability ratings

  • Infrastructure Sustainability rating strategy
  • Design and As Built pathway planning
  • Credit assessment and gap analysis
  • Evidence requirements and responsibility mapping
  • Sustainability-management-system integration
  • Design and construction coordination
  • Submission documentation and quality review
  • Audit preparation and response support
  • Rating-risk and close-out management

Environmentally sustainable design

  • Early-design sustainability advice
  • Passive-design and building-performance principles
  • Energy and water-efficiency strategies
  • Material and systems evaluation
  • Design review and performance requirements
  • Sustainable-building specifications
  • Architectural and engineering coordination
  • Aligning design intent with certification

Carbon, lifecycle and circularity

  • Decarbonisation pathways
  • Operational and embodied carbon
  • Life cycle assessment
  • Carbon-management planning
  • Materials and resource-efficiency strategies
  • Circular-economy opportunities
  • Recycled-content and low-carbon material requirements
  • Waste-reduction and recovery strategies
  • Net-zero planning and priorities

Bids, procurement and delivery support

  • Sustainability bid and tender strategy
  • Review of client and contractual requirements
  • Competitive but achievable commitments
  • Tender narratives and response development
  • Credit and deliverable schedules
  • Risk, assumption and dependency registers
  • Contractor and supplier evidence requirements
  • Design and construction-stage assurance
  • Compliance and audit-readiness reviews
HOW FD WORKS

A clear pathway from objective to evidence.

01
Define the outcome

Confirm the client’s objectives, contractual obligations, rating targets and measures of success.

02
Test the pathway

Assess feasibility, identify material risks and select a credible strategy before commitments are made.

03
Assign responsibility

Translate the strategy into clear scopes, deliverables, owners, dates and evidence requirements.

04
Integrate delivery

Work with designers, contractors, suppliers and client teams so sustainability influences real project decisions.

05
Build the evidence

Establish documentation and quality-assurance processes early rather than reconstructing evidence at submission.

06
Review and close out

Test compliance, resolve gaps, prepare submissions and support the project through audit and certification.

LED BY RECOGNISED DELIVERY EXPERIENCE

Technical rating knowledge grounded in major-project delivery.

This practice is led by Camila Fonseca Mazzo, Founder and Director of FD Advisory Group. Camila is a Principal Sustainability Consultant with more than seven years of experience across environmentally sustainable design, Green Star, Infrastructure Sustainability ratings and complex commercial, industrial and transport projects.

  • Delivery of Western Australia’s first 6 Star Green Star certified industrial building
  • Sustainability leadership on the METRONET Morley-Ellenbrook Line
  • World-leading Green Star railway-station outcomes
  • A Platinum As Built Infrastructure Sustainability rating under v2.0/2.1
  • Practical carbon-reduction and circular-economy initiatives across major infrastructure delivery
  • Sustainability strategy, documentation, evidence and certification across design and construction

Camila is a Green Star Accredited Professional across Buildings, Communities and Design & As Built, and holds current Infrastructure Sustainability Accredited Professional status. Her industry recognition includes being Shortlisted for the 2026 Built Environment Awards Emerging Professional, a Commendation in the 2024 NAWIC Emerging Talent Award and Highly Commended in the 2024 Infrastructure Sustainability Council Emerging Leader Award.

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STRONGER WHEN CONNECTED

Sustainability, energy and commercial decisions considered together.

Sustainability outcomes are stronger when they are connected to energy strategy, commercial structure, procurement and project delivery. For integrated engagements, Om Dolasia supports energy, infrastructure and commercial workstreams, helping test the cost, performance and implementation assumptions underpinning sustainability strategies.

DEFINED OUTCOMES

Honest about what certification requires.

FD provides strategy, technical advice, documentation, coordination and certification support. Final rating and certification decisions are made independently by the relevant rating authority. FD does not guarantee a particular rating or certification outcome; results depend on the project scope, design, delivery, evidence and actions of the broader project team.

Selected project experience described on this page was delivered by Camila as part of project teams in previous roles before establishing FD Advisory Group.

Discuss your sustainability objectives.

Whether you are setting early project targets, preparing a Green Star or Infrastructure Sustainability submission, developing a decarbonisation pathway or strengthening a bid, FD can help establish a credible route from objective to verified outcome.

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