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SteelZero commitments represent a new era in heavy manufacturing production

GreenBiz

The program brings together the top steel buyers across the globe — including construction companies, real estate groups and property developers — and challenges them to commit to procuring 100 percent net-zero emissions steel by 2050. Members include Lendlease, Mace Group, Multiplex Construction Europe and WSP UK.

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AWS Signs Deal for Fossil Free Steel for Data Center with SSAB

ESG Today

This process emits water vapor instead of carbon dioxide. AWS has worked with various companies in its supply chain to ensure that 70% of the structural steel used in several of its data centers in Sweden are derived from scrap-EAF sources, resulting in 10,000 fewer tons of embodied carbon emissions, the company said.

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Trane Technologies Champions Decarbonization, Sustainable Cooling and Climate Policies at COP29

3BL Media

The letter emphasizes the need for governments and business to double down on transformative policies and collaboration for the transition to net-zero emissions by 2050. The faster we transition to a low-carbon economy, the more we safeguard our planet to ensure a sustainable future for all.”

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Plan to transform aluminium supply chain gets £3.4 million from UK government

Envirotec Magazine

Plans to revolutionise the aluminium supply chain in the UK have been supported by a £3.4 The planned facility will be able to produce aluminium extrusion billet with less embodied carbon. The facility will also use post-consumer metals, replacing the conventional primary based supply and greatly reducing emissions.

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Why carbon tracking and reporting is necessary to hold corporations accountable

GreenBiz

More companies are committing to emissions reductions but still struggle to measure and verify the impact from corporate headquarters to global operations to supply chains. As more companies make "carbon net-zero" commitments, how will stakeholders — investors, employees, customers and regulators — hold these companies accountable?

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Wood You Believe: Mass Timber Leading a Renaissance in Modern Construction

3BL Media

The premiums seem to come from limited delocalized supply chain, a lack of standards in member sizes, connections, delivery method and installation trade responsibility, uncertainties in building officials’ responses to new systems. Reducing Embodied Carbon. To view the firm’s Embodied Carbon Action Plan, click here. [To

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Bearing and seal maker shares net-zero manufacturing journey

Envirotec Magazine

Rob Jenkinson is Net Zero Program Manager at Swedish bearing and seal manufacturing firm SKF. Reaching Net Zero operations by 2050 will require huge changes in industrial practices – such as how we use energy and source raw materials – but despite all the challenges, the target is achievable writes Rob Jenkinson.

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