Most sustainable city (current)

In 2022, Arcadis studied 100 global cities based on three dimensions (pillars) of sustainability: People, Planet and Profit measured against 31 indicators. These represent social, environmental and economic pillars of sustainability and offer an indicative picture of the health and wealth of cities for the present and the future. Each city receives a weighted score against the indicators which is then averaged across the three pillars. In the latest 2022 report, Norway's capital, Oslo, was ranked as the most sustainable city, excelling particularly in the Planet (environmental) category where it placed first. In People, it ranked 17th and in Profit, 39th.

The top 10 in the 2022 Arcadis Sustainable Cities Index were as follows:

1. Oslo, Norway

2. Stockholm, Sweden

3. Tokyo, Japan

4. Copenhagen, Denmark

5. Berlin, Germany

6. London, UK (which formerly took the top spot in the previous 2018 index)

7. Seattle, Washington, USA

8. Paris, France

9. San Francisco, California, USA

10. Amsterdam, Netherlands