ESG Today

JANUARY 8, 2025

Construction decarbonization software startup Tangible announced that it has raised $3 million in a funding round, with proceeds from the funding round aimed at reducing embodied carbon in the construction and real estate industries. Tostar said: Although embodied carbon is still a novel concept in the U.S.,

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 29, 2021

Simultaneously, the built environment is working on lowering the embodied carbon of buildings — emissions from the manufacture of building materials — which make up about 11 percent of total global emissions. We focused on the United Kingdom, where embodied carbon and reuse of building materials is at the forefront of discussions.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

million tonnes/year of carbon dioxide equivalent. This includes emissions from our own operations, plus all upstream supply chain and downstream logistics. While this is a lot of carbon, it is much lower than it was in 2001 – when we started monitoring our emissions. Another important factor in logistics is regionalisation.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Amazon announced today that its new Sacramento, California-based fulfillment center is on track to become the first logistics facility in the world to achieve Zero Carbon Certification by the International Living Future Institute. The ILFI certification is the first worldwide Zero Carbon third party certification standard.

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Sustainability Matters

JANUARY 23, 2024

The 1960s industrial precinct formerly owned by Phillip Morris has been transformed into a $200 million commercial community, sustainably retaining the existing structure throughout the build, resulting in savings of 19 million kg of embodied carbon.

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