ESG Today

MAY 16, 2024

Microsoft launched a series of goals in 2020, including commitments to become carbon negative, water positive and zero waste by 2030, as well as to protect more land than it uses by that date. Smith and Nakagawa said: “Our challenges are in part unique to our position as a leading cloud supplier that is expanding its datacenters.

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3BL Media

MARCH 17, 2022

Reducing the carbon emissions associated with datacenter operations through efficiency and renewable energy can make a difference. A recent study estimated that in 2020, annual global datacenter energy use rose to 205 TWh: approximately 1% of global electricity consumption. Electricity : Build applications that are energy efficient.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Propelled by our purpose to challenge what’s possible for a more sustainable world, we are proud to lead our industry in reducing the embodied carbon of our products – enabling further emissions reductions for our customers and helping to lower their environmental footprints.”

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3BL Media

MAY 9, 2022

In particular, we recognize the growing demand for reduced embodied carbon, which is already shaping our approach to innovation throughout our operations. Since early 2020, the trend has accelerated, creating the need for multi-material and prefabricated construction solutions that can drive efficiencies.

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3BL Media

JUNE 3, 2025

Carbon storage: Studies have also shown mass timber can help store carbon and other pollutants for the life of the building. million tons of CO 2 per-year, spanning 50 years, from 2020 to 2070. These carbon benefits equate to 12-20% of the total U.S. harvested wood products carbon storage for 2020.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In 2014, the company set its first science-based 2020 Climate Commitments – accelerating innovation to achieve them two years ahead of schedule. 6, 9:00am GMT, livestream available ) Reducing the Emissions of Cities through Better Building Management and Clean Transport: Scott Tew, vice president of Sustainability, Trane Technologies (Dec.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 21, 2022

At COP26 in November 2021, CDL joined 44 companies worldwide to extend its pledge towards a net zero whole life carbon emissions approach. CDL’s sustainability reports have been externally assured since 2009, and the scope of assurance was expanded to cover SASB and CDSB in ISR 2021.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 21, 2024

For example, through the 2020 RECOVAS Partnership, with part funding from the Government’s Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC), we partnered with some of the largest vehicle manufacturers in the world, including Bentley, Jaguar Land Rover and BMW , to develop a circular EV battery recycling supply chain in the UK.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 28, 2023

CDL achieved a 10% reduction in total operational carbon emissions across all its business operations in Singapore compared to 2021. CDL also achieved a 22% reduction in embodied carbon emissions compared to the conventional equivalents.

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3BL Media

APRIL 6, 2022

At COP26 in November 2021, CDL joined 44 companies worldwide to extend its pledge towards a net zero whole life carbon emissions approach. CDL’s sustainability reports have been externally assured since 2009, and the scope of assurance was expanded to cover SASB and CDSB in ISR 2021.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 11, 2025

In line with its Operational Net Zero 2030 target, CDL has reduced its Scope 1 and 2 operational carbon emissions for assets under direct management and operational control by 25% from 2016 levels. It achieved a 38% reduction in Scope 3 embodied carbon in new developments compared with a 2016 baseline. The Group recorded a 52.1%

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In 2020, CO2 emissions from energy use in buildings reached 422 metric tonnes (Mt), more than 18% higher than the required goal value, according BPIE. It noted that EU building stock remains off track to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 and is also “far beyond the path” to meeting 2030 climate targets.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 3, 2021

There is a lot of embodied carbon in a building structure, especially in the concrete and steel. The report also argues that legislation must put a limit of embodied carbon per m2 of floor area that is brought into a building when it is constructed or renovated.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

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 Theresa Dearden 28, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea/Salt Spring Island, B.C.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic caused CO2 emissions from buildings and construction to fall significantly in 2020, but a lack of real transformation in the sector means that emissions will keep rising and contribute to dangerous climate change, according to the 2021 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

We have already exceeded our interim global business goal of cutting CO2 emissions by half by 2020. In 2020, the UK went without coal power for 180 of the 366 days. But the recovery in activity in the second half of 2020 and “a lack of clean energy policies” caused emissions to rise a further 2 per cent year on year in December.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

Mon, 06/29/2020 - 02:30. After doing some research in Prague on carbon negative building materials, I have relocated to Portland and am currently working as a project manager/sustainability lead on the PDX Airport Terminal Core Redevelopment (TCORE) Project. Where are they now? Catch up with 30 Under 30 alumni. Heather Clancy.

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ESG Today

MAY 28, 2025

Cement currently accounts for approximately 8% of global carbon dioxide emissions, with over 900 kg of CO2 emissions generated for every 1,000 kg of material produced. The agreement forms part of a series of actions by Microsoft to address the embodied carbon of its built environment.

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