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Leading on Embodied Carbon

3BL Media

or less in line with the Paris Agreement, 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 embodied carbon in building materials and equipment.

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The Power of Partnership

3BL Media

There are materials, such as steel and concrete, that contain embodied carbon. 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.

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Nearly half of global companies are ready to pay a premium for lower emission steel and concrete

Envirotec Magazine

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 Paris Agreement. The research and associated report were announced by Climate Group and Ramboll at Climate Week NYC.

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Sustainability program launched across steel supply chain

Sustainability Matters

“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

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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

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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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.