COMMENT Climate change is creating an unprecedented crisis for our world. We are becoming increasingly aware of the severe impact it is having on our environment and economy, but we know that decreasing our carbon emissions is our single most powerful lever in tackling the challenges it presents.
The built environment plays a significant role in carbon emissions, which means we have both a responsibility and an opportunity to make a difference. As a business we have committed to becoming net zero by 2030, and we’ve done a lot of work to identify how we’re going to achieve that, from working with occupiers to reduce their emissions to changing how we design and build to decrease embodied carbon emissions in the development process.
The transition to net zero requires innovative thinking and new approaches to decrease carbon emissions, and we are finding new ways to use more carbon-efficient materials in our buildings, such as using lower-carbon concrete and investigating timber-based solutions. We are also looking to rely less on fossil fuels to power our buildings and our business. We have built strong relationships with our occupiers to help reduce carbon. But how do we measure this impact to ensure the actions we are taking are making a difference?
