The built environment and its impact on climate change
Many factors play into how you run your property portfolio: land use, material selection, logistics, life-time energy demand and embodied emissions. There’s lots to account for – with lots of scope to act. The choices you make, often at the point of design or acquisition, have impacts that are far-reaching, up and down the supply chain – from operational carbon emissions and energy costs to tenants, to end-of-life disposal options and designing for recovery. You need to get it right, as mistakes can be costly.
Clients, tenants and regulators are now turning to you for solutions to mitigate and adapt to climate change. There is a growing expectation of greater transparency and accountability. Building regulations are tightening up, planning frameworks are more onerous, and investors are asking tougher questions.
Data-driven insights for lasting climate benefit
You need to respond appropriately to legislation, as well as identify and act on areas of risk and opportunity within your operations and asset base.
The numbers are important – the legislators’ expectations on completeness and accuracy in reporting is ever-increasing. But the numbers don’t tell the whole story. We know it’s important to share how you're making positive impact through biodiversity improvements, liveability and well-being, tackling fuel poverty and ensuring affordability, and designing for climate resilience.
Making build environment sector more sustainable
We work across the built environment sector to quantify environmental impacts, set strategies and targets aligned to operational priorities, and implement carbon management approaches.
We also showcase the positive impacts your business has on climate change – including sustainable sourcing and supply chain management, material selection to reduce embodied carbon, major works programmes aligned to your sustainability objectives, reducing and reusing waste materials, and ongoing technical innovation to improve the sustainability of our built environment.
We follow best practice in sustainability reporting, including verification and certification services to help you gain strong credentials for your environmental performance. We support you to ensure you remain compliant and competitive in an increasingly demanding market.
Our sustainability auditors work with you to identify the most significant impacts and propose approaches to manage and reduce these, in line with your operational reality. We are experts in all market-ready approaches to carbon management and reduction, and maintain a watching brief on new technologies and systems to ensure you have the most suitable recommendations for your business.
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