Net-Zero Challenge: Global Supply Chains

by | Aug 6, 2020 | All Resources, Owner

The World Economic Forum in collaboration with Boston Consulting Group developed this report that shows how companies can decarbonize their supply chains. Five years after the adoption of the Paris Agreement, COVID-19 has reshaped the world and brought us to a...

Carbon Footprinting in Real Estate

by | Aug 6, 2020 | All Resources, Owner

GRESB is the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) benchmark for real estate portfolios and assets.  GRESB now includes embodied carbon disclosure.  This article provides an overview of carbon footprinting issues in the real estate sector.   Developing a...

UKGBC Guide on Scope 3 in Real Estate

by | Aug 6, 2020 | All Resources, Owner

The United Kingdom Green Building Council published this guide to improve knowledge and understanding of scope 3 emissions reporting for commercial real estate companies and the wider sector.  There is currently limited understanding about scope 3 in this sector, due...

RMI: Reducing Embodied Carbon in Buildings

by | Aug 6, 2020 | All Resources, Buildings, Construction, Owner, Policy

Low-Cost, High-Value Opportunities Report, July 2021 Authors Rebecca Esau, Matt Jungclaus, Victor Olgyay, Audrey Rempher. Authors listed alphabetically. All authors from RMI unless otherwise noted. Contacts Victor Olgyay Rebecca Esau Buildings account for at least 39%...

Embodied Carbon: Developing a Client Brief

by | Aug 6, 2020 | All Resources, Buildings, Owner

The UK Green Building Council developed Embodied Carbon: Developing a Client Brief to support clients in taking first steps in their critical role in reducing embodied carbon. “We know that clients will play a critical role in this work as what clients ask for, the...

Embodied Carbon Action Plan (ECAP)

by | Aug 6, 2020 | All Resources, Buildings, Construction, Owner

The Owners Carbon Action Network (ownersCAN) is a group of developers, users, and managers of buildings that are dedicated to measuring and reducing the embodied carbon of their projects. OwnersCAN was created to raise awareness and provide education on the importance...