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Wood You Believe: Mass Timber Leading a Renaissance in Modern Construction

3BL Media

Reducing Embodied Carbon. For WSP and most of its clients and stakeholders, interest in mass timber is being driven primarily by a concern for reducing embodied carbon in buildings. To view the firm’s Embodied Carbon Action Plan, click here. [To Industry groups and professional organizations in the U.S.

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Nestlé and Microsoft on financing circular innovations

GreenBiz

That's the hope of several early movers in circular economy investing, who shared their insights at the GreenBiz 21 virtual event in early February. . Its broader sustainability targets include getting to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. . And in terms of how we integrate those with the rest of the decision process.

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CDL Ranked 5th Most Sustainable Corporation in the World and Top Real Estate Company Globally

3BL Media

Our unwavering commitment continuously spurs us to set new benchmarks, such as including embodied carbon in our net zero targets. As we join the global momentum towards net zero and do our part in decarbonising the environment, we hope to see more companies join the collective effort.

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Evolving Water Management to Strengthen Communities

3BL Media

How can communities minimise damage from the impacts of extreme weather events, such as floods and droughts, while protecting surface-water and groundwater resources and natural ecosystems? How can communities be prepared to manage the impacts of extreme weather events such as floods?

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Climate resilience must be guiding principle of urban development, argues new report

Envirotec Magazine

Global supply chains – global supply chains are fragile – supply chain resilience in the face of multiple, widely distributed, extreme weather events is critical to prevent price rises and shortages from cascading round the world.

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Academia, Cities, and the Private Sector Gather to Discuss "Systems Transformations for a 1.5 Degree World" alongside Global Climate Summit COP25

Sustainable Development Network

The event wouldn't have been possible without the collaboration and support of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) who are also host to the SDSN Spain Network , REDS (Red Española de Desarrollo Sostenible). Zero-Carbon Cities This session looked at the decarbonization of buildings, including both embodied and operational emissions.

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Regenerative Notes 6

Martin Brown

We are currently embarking on a series of RESTORE READY events across Europe – Paris, Madrid, Belgrade, Malmo and Sabden are still open for registration. RESTORE may now be concluding but will leave a canon legacy of publications, papers and more that will spring further regenerative projects and development. Zoom Regenerative.