SuRe® – the Standard for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure is a third-party-verified, global voluntary standard to drive the integration of sustainability and resilience aspects into infrastructure development, upgrade projects by providing guidance and serving as a globally applicable common language tool for infrastructure project developers, financiers and public sector institutions. Infrastructure projects wishing to undergo SuRe® certification are subject to independent third party audits provided by an independent accredited Certification Body. After initial certification, surveillance audits are carried out annually.

The Green Building Index (GBI) is Malaysia’s recognised green rating system to promote sustainability in the built environment and raise awareness about environmental issues and responsibility to the future generations. The GBI rating tool provides an opportunity for project developers and owners to improve green design and construction. The GBI assessments for townships assesses the sustainability of infrastructure projects at the scale of communities or small neighbourhoods. The evaluation process consists of a Planning Assessment, a Final Planning Assessment resulting in a pre-certification and a Completion & Verification Assessment which results in a final certification. To maintain the certification, reassessments are required every three years.

CEEQUAL Projects aims to assist in delivering improved sustainability performance and strategy of infrastructure projects. Projects are assessed by CEEQUAL-trained assessors across a range of management, environmental and social criteria, using the CEEQUAL Online Assessment Tool. Upon completion, each assessment gets externally verified by a CEEQUAL-appointed verifier and ratified by the Scheme Management Team.

CEEQUAL for Term Contracts has been specifically created for the sustainability assessment of civil engineering and public realm works that are undertaken through contracts over a number of years and in a geographical or operational area. The methodology has been amended to suit the way in which infrastructure contracts are conducted, managed and delivered. The tool intends to assure the strength of the contractor’s understanding of the client’s requirements, the teamwork generated amongst the parties, and the successful delivery of these requirements. The tool offers two question sets, one for maintenance works and one for new works, with two matching manuals and spreadsheets for capturing the scores and evidence. The assessments process is conducted by CEEQUAL-trained assessors and a CEEQUAL-appointed verifier in the first and the penultimate years of the contract with surveillance visits by the CEEQUAL verifier at least every year in between and in the final year before contract completion.