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Nestlé and Microsoft on financing circular innovations

GreenBiz

Middaugh noted that Microsoft focuses on metrics around the use of recyclable materials; landfill diversion in terms of solid waste and the construction and demolition waste at its campuses, and an overlapping focus on embodied carbon. And in terms of how we integrate those with the rest of the decision process.

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New report says the building and construction sector can reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050

Envirotec Magazine

Non-profit organisation’s report describes actions that would gear the buildings and construction sector towards a net zero future, through elimination of embodied carbon emissions. WorldGBC’s vision to fully decarbonise the sector requires eliminating both operational and embodied carbon emissions.

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“Global warming won’t wait until 2050,” says European science advisory group

Envirotec Magazine

The overriding principle for a revision to the renewable energy directive must therefore be to strengthen requirements that will maximise reductions in GHG emissions before 2030 by increasing the use of truly no-carbon renewables together with the best energy efficiency measures in these sectors.

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Everything You Need To Know About Green Building Certification

3BL Media

In 2024, USGBC is doing a slow-release of LEED v5, which introduces new prerequisites such as "embodied carbon assessment" and "climate resilience assessment" to emphasize upfront environmental impact and long-term adaptability to climate change.

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The Business Imperatives of Sustainable Buildings

3BL Media

Also, in the context of COP26, many countries have made net zero commitments, generally to be achieved by 2050, which gives us much more certainty about the trajectory of net zero for countries, and by definition the building standards that we and our clients will be working on.

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Healthy Spaces Podcast: Season 4, Episode 11 - Spilling the Tea on Sustainability

3BL Media

Neiman Marcus Group is a female founded, female majority organization, and that definitely holds true in this building here at Bergdorf Goodman. Another thing that we're super proud of - our new commitment in terms of reducing embodied carbon by 40 percent by 2030. So today's topic is really important for us as a brand as well.

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Net Zero for EU Real Estate Hinges on EPBD

Chris Hall

According to the Commission’s definition, a zero-emission building would not generate carbon emissions on-site. It also encouraged the accelerated development of, and transition to, zero-emission building stock.

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