Embodied Carbon in Real Estate Materials

by | Aug 6, 2020 | All Resources, Owner

This report by the Urban Land Institute Greenprint Center for Building Performance explains embodied carbon to the real estate audience, makes the business case for reducing embodied carbon, and proposes potential strategies and pathways for a building developer to...

GHG Protocol: Scope 3 Emission Guidance

by | Aug 6, 2020 | All Resources, Owner

This document was developed by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) as a supplement or a companion document to a parent document, The GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting...

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...

Federal Buy Clean for Cement and Steel

by | Aug 6, 2020 | All Resources, Materials, Policy

Global Efficiency Intelligence Report (September 2021) The United States spends billions of dollars each year on government procurement. In 2018, the United States spent $110 billion in federal non-defense investments in physical capital that among other things,...