WSP Global Inc
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WSP Global Inc is screened out under 2 exclusion reasons spanning 1 issue category.
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WSP Global Inc. is a Canadian engineering and professional services firm that provides strategic advisory, engineering, and design services for infrastructure projects globally. The company has been identified as operating in and materially supporting activities in active conflict zones. A 2024 submission to the UN database of businesses operating in illegal Israeli settlements details that WSP is an integral part of the extension of the Jerusalem Light Rail, a project that facilitates the expansion of settlements in occupied East Jerusalem. In 2022, a coalition of 105 organizations submitted a request for WSP’s inclusion in that same UN database, citing its operations in illegal settlements.
Furthermore, the company has continued to secure infrastructure work in Saudi Arabia amid the Saudi-led war in Yemen. In December 2024, public protests across Canada marking eight years of that war specifically named WSP Global Inc. and demanded Canada end arms deals with Saudi Arabia, linking the company to the conflict economy. Engineering News-Record’s 2025 ranking of top international design firms also lists WSP Global Inc. as working in regions affected by conflict, noting that "the extent of the war zone" is a factor in global contracting. The company’s services in these contexts provide the engineering and logistical support that sustains infrastructure for parties engaged in armed conflict.
WSP Global Inc. has been contracted to plan, design, maintain, and extend the Jerusalem Light Rail (JLR), an Israeli public tramway system. This infrastructure project connects and services illegal Israeli settlements in occupied and annexed East Jerusalem, facilitating the movement of settlers into the occupied Palestinian territory. The company's role as the monitoring company for the project includes reviewing designs, monitoring quality and progress on behalf of the State of Israel, and ensuring the project is completed to specification.
In September 2022, Al-Haq and Just Peace Advocates submitted a report endorsed by over 100 organizations to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, calling for WSP's inclusion in the UN database of businesses operating in illegal Israeli settlements. The submission argues that by providing transport services supporting the maintenance of settlements, WSP is involved in activities that raise particular human rights concerns. As reported in February 2024, WSP remains part of a public-private partnership to extend the existing red line of the JLR, which has stops in six illegal settlement neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem.
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