Sustainability Matters

JANUARY 16, 2025

Consistent with the International Energy Agencys zero carbon buildings approach , homes built through the strategy aim to be energy efficient, fully electric and capable of being powered by renewables while driving reductions in embodied carbon. star NatHERS home energy rating.

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3BL Media

JUNE 26, 2024

June 26, 2024 /3BL/ - The International Living Future Institute (ILFI) Zero Carbon Certification offers organizations a valuable tool to demonstrate credible climate action. JPMorgan Chase “We are proud to have worked with ILFI over the past two years on our Zero Carbon pilots, including the world’s first Zero Carbon Certified branch.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 25, 2022

SOURCE: City Developments Limited. Maintains its ranking as the world’s most sustainable real estate management and development company for the fourth consecutive year. Reaffirms its commitment to strengthening emissions pathways and carbon reduction efforts to achieve net zero goal by 2030.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 21, 2022

One of 44 global signatories to pledge to WorldGBC’s Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment covering a whole life carbon emissions approach . Raised Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions intensity reduction target to 63% from new baseline year 2016, validated by Science Based Targets initiative .

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Sustainability Matters

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Cement producer Cement Australia, in conjunction with concrete supplier Holcim, is using GreenCem low-carbon cement technology for the first time for a commercial construction project in Adelaide. The new technology replaces general purpose cement with up to 80% fly ash and/or slag.

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3BL Media

APRIL 6, 2022

DESCRIPTION: One of 44 global signatories to pledge to WorldGBC’s Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment covering a whole life carbon emissions approach. Raised Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions intensity reduction target to 63% from new baseline year 2016, validated by Science Based Targets initiative. SOURCE: 3BL Alerts.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Also about one year ago, Nestlé launched its $2 billion sustainability fund , to support companies developing innovative packaging and recycling technologies through 2025. Its broader sustainability targets include getting to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. . Nestlé's circular recipe.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 24, 2022

New Zealand's Heavy Engineering Research Association (HERA) is developing a 'Materials Passport,' which focuses on how steel components can be reused. Manufacturing structural steel has traditionally been a high carbon activity. Zero-carbon steel isn’t yet commercially available. Taking a hybrid approach.

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3BL Media

JULY 12, 2023

Across these industries, manufacturers are reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions , using water more efficiently, and developing facilities with the employee’s wellness in mind. But how do you develop a sustainable manufacturing facility in an energy and resource-heavy plant with unique FDA requirements? What is sustainability?

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2022

Reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050 is impossible without urgent changes to national planning policy, analysis by CPRE, the countryside charity, appears to have found. We found not a single example of planning inspectors demanding changes to plans to ensure they reduce carbon emissions.

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3BL Media

APRIL 27, 2022

However, in the necessary drive towards a net-zero-carbon future, the present-day impacts of both insufficient and excess water—droughts and floods more frequent and severe due to climate change—on communities are at risk of being side-lined. How can the planning process evolve to enable innovative solutions to take hold?

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3BL Media

JULY 10, 2023

Reducing carbon emissions and ensuring a secure and affordable energy supply will require transitioning from fossil fuel-based energy systems to net-zero carbon sources.

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3BL Media

JUNE 26, 2024

Certification systems Certification systems provide frameworks and criteria for evaluating buildings against specific sustainability goals, helping to guide and incentivize the development of environmentally responsible structures.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

A new report, ‘Risk & Resilience: The role of cities in tackling the climate crisis’ , argues that climate resilience must be embraced as a guiding principle across urban development, given the extreme exposure of cities to climate risk. Coordination – multi-stakeholder engagement and institutional coordination is vital.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Throughout the report we stressed that we’re not just talking about the state-of-the-art city development. From zero carbon offices in London and climate-ready schools in Lagos, to well-ventilated homes in Vancouver and healthy hospitals in Victoria – the case for green, healthy buildings is clear across the world.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 27, 2022

The UK Government have set a legal requirement for the UK to be Net-Zero Carbon (NZC) by 2050. Projects like 100 Liverpool Street, for British Land, which surpassed an industry-leading embodied carbon target nearly a decade ahead of schedule, demonstrate that construction in the UK is able to make the move towards net zero.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 9, 2022

Many companies are aligning operations with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as well. Heat Pumps are up to five times more efficient than traditional natural gas alternatives and can be powered by clean electricity for zero carbon design. Our recent U.S. Implement heat pumps over natural gas alternatives.

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Sustainability Matters

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Researchers from UNSW Sydney have developed an online resource that provides a pathway to achieving ‘whole of life’ net zero carbon for Australian buildings by 2040. Carbon emissions within the built environment occur across all stages of a building’s life cycle.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 27, 2021

The authors say the result is a lack of understanding, obscuring the true impact of infrastructure projects on carbon emissions. The coalition believes a common industry-wide approach is essential to the availability, quality and transparency of data, underpinning initiatives to achieve net-zero carbon by 2050.

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Sustainability Matters

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

In Australian buildings, 74% of Sydney and 67% Melbourne CBD occupiers with tenancy requirements over 5000 m 2 were found to have net zero carbon targets. Over 80% of our investments impact outcomes align with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This is significant given that concrete represents 8% of global emissions.

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Sustainable Development Network

JANUARY 9, 2020

Degree World” was held in partnership with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) , ICLEI , and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). Zero-Carbon Cities This session looked at the decarbonization of buildings, including both embodied and operational emissions.

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Sustainability Matters

JANUARY 31, 2024

Businesses around the world are continuing to focus on sustainability in the race to net zero carbon emissions, and building construction and operations are critical areas where Australia can make significant contributions.

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Green Technology

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Nick Brown Education Sessions: What’s New for 2025 in the Energy Code Embodied Carbon and CALGreen Nick Brown is President of Build Smart Group, an independent energy consultancy focused on California’s residential and nonresidential energy modeling, energy code, and building performance.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

After doing some research in Prague on carbon negative building materials, I have relocated to Portland and am currently working as a project manager/sustainability lead on the PDX Airport Terminal Core Redevelopment (TCORE) Project. Sara Bogdan (formerly Lindenfeld) (2016). Manager Sustainability and ESG, JetBlue; New York .

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

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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3BL Media

APRIL 22, 2024

The milestone comes as Saint-Gobain continues to successfully execute its Grow and Impact strategy, which includes ambitious environmental sustainability goals such as reducing the company’s consumption of energy and water, and achieving net-zero carbon manufacturing by 2050.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 3, 2024

This project follows several other recent actions taken by the company to solidify its commitment towards sustainability: In October, Saint-Gobain announced CarbonLow TM , a new wallboard line that will contain up to 60% less embodied carbon. The Group’s commitment is guided by its purpose, “MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER HOME”.

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3BL Media

MARCH 5, 2024

The key question now is how best to ensure the development of green skills across the workforce to meet employer needs at this moment and in the coming years,” said LinkedIn Co-Founder Allen Blue. By 2050, Michelin is committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions across our business.”

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 19, 2024

This strategy includes ambitious environmental sustainability goals , such as reducing the companys energy consumption and achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. In October, Saint-Gobain announced CarbonLow TM , a new wallboard line that will contain up to 60% less embodied carbon.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Kayah George 25, Vancouver Tulalip and Tsleil-Waututh Nation water protector and filmmaker Kayah George used to play in a creek behind her grandmother’s house, but the water has become so contaminated by upstream construction that people started developing rashes. Clearly, he chose wisely. Now it’s become her mantra.

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Martin Brown

MAY 3, 2021

RESTORE may now be concluding but will leave a canon legacy of publications, papers and more that will spring further regenerative projects and development. Some 40 attendees shaped the work programme, collaborations and friendships for the next four years. RESTORE – Rethinking Sustainability for a Regenerative Future ).

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The grant from the APC’s latest collaborative research and development funding round will provide support to an innovative research project aimed at creating the requirements for a world leading metals processing facility, which has been spearheaded by sustainable materials firm EMR.

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3BL Media

MARCH 10, 2025

In an effort to maximize the efficient use of materials for construction and minimize waste, Saint-Gobain plans to repurpose many of the currently viable structures on the campus, utilizing repurposed materials to further reduce embodied carbon emissions on site through circular practices. "We

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