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or less in line with the ParisAgreement, it is essential to decarbonize our economy by 2050. We are proud to be leading the reduction of operational emissions by achieving our 2030 Sustainability Commitments , but in order to achieve global climate goals, we also need to reduce the embodiedcarbon in building materials and equipment.
There are materials, such as steel and concrete, that contain embodiedcarbon. In alignment with this working group, we completed our first nature impact assessment for our value chain as well as our manufacturing sites globally. But we are only a part. There are different energy sources that power a building.
With steel and concrete emissions said to be responsible for 15% of global emissions, their urgent decarbonization is critical to meeting the goals outlined in the ParisAgreement. The research and associated report were announced by Climate Group and Ramboll at Climate Week NYC.
Non-profit organisation’s report describes actions that would gear the buildings and construction sector towards a net zero future, through elimination of embodiedcarbon emissions. WorldGBC’s vision to fully decarbonise the sector requires eliminating both operational and embodiedcarbon emissions.
“Increasingly, government departments, project proponents, builders and developers are specifying that steel supplied by fabricators, rollformers, reinforcing suppliers, small manufacturers and steel processors must comply with best practice sustainable operations,” Beresford said. Image credit: iStock.com/schwartstock
He stressed the importance of local manufacturing for local circularity, completely eliminating the increasing dependency on heavy transport. As of September 2019, at least 77 countries and 100 cities have committed to net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Anirban Ghosh, CSO of Mahindra discussed the impossible mission: heavy transport.
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