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Owens Corning Breaks Ground for Sustainability Investment at Paroc Hällekis

3BL Media

Owens Corning, owner of Paroc AB, celebrated breaking ground on its new sustainability investment at the Paroc Hällekis plant in Sweden. When the project is finalized, the investment will reduce the embodied carbon from products produced in Hällekis.

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Net Zero for EU Real Estate Hinges on EPBD

Chris Hall

The opportunities in sustainable refurbishment are nonetheless very clear and not limited solely to energy performance, according to Njagulj, pointing to “embodied carbon retention, adaptive reuse, and wellbeing aspects”.

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This Week’s Fund News: New CBRE, NN Group Venture Targets Buildings’ Energy Efficiency

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including CBRE, NN Group, Nuveen, Shell Foundation, Low Carbon, Brown Advisory, and Aidu. . The programme will target a broad range of ESG themes, aligning with the objectives of the EU’s environmental taxonomy.

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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

Cristina Gamboa of the WGBC presented the future of buildings, “By 2030, new buildings, infrastructure and renovations will have at least 40% less embodied carbon, with significant upfront carbon reduction.” As of September 2019, at least 77 countries and 100 cities have committed to net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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The rental market has a carbon problem - here's how to solve it

Corporate Knights

When the planets align, the sustainability investments yield meaningful emission reductions and a payoff for the owner. Investors are shopping for rental buildings In fact, there’s good evidence in both Canada and the United States that investment capital is now flowing into rental apartments at a pace not seen in decades.

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The fight for a better tomorrow: Canada's top 30 under 30 sustainability leaders of 2022

Corporate Knights

Find a job that embodies your beliefs and you can spend every day chasing your mission.”. These included community engagement programs, an Indigenous-relations roadmap, a sustainable-construction training program, and R&D exploring the powers of life-cycle assessment to reduce the embodied carbon of building projects. “I