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Embodied Carbon Policy Toolkit

The Embodied Carbon Policy Toolkit is an array of resources to support the crafting of policies to radically reduce embodied carbon.

For questions regarding the use of CLF Toolkits in your region, email us or join a Carbon Leadership Forum Regional Hub to connect with other interested professionals in your city.

Policy Primer Educational Series

Policy is an essential step towards creating the scale of action required to rapidly reduce embodied carbon in construction. The policy primer series (toolkit) below begins with an introduction to procurement policies, also known as Buy Clean. Keep checking back to see additional primers on other carbon policy areas.

Several key forms of embodied carbon policies to look out for in 2023 include:

  • Procurement policies (like Buy Clean and material-specific variations)
  • Climate Action Plans
  • Building codes
  • City zoning, land use, and building regulations and incentives, including building and material reuse policies
  • Executive orders addressing embodied carbon of building and industrial sector emissions

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Policy Toolkit

Policy Toolkit

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Current Embodied Carbon Policy

Embodied carbon policies are spreading rapidly across the United States and the world. Click on the map markers below to learn more about existing and proposed policies. For more information about the individual policies, click on the headline for each policy.

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National Policy

State or Provincial Policy

  Local Policy​