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Lendlease to ban diesel on construction sites in zero carbon push
Lendlease to ban diesel on construction sites in zero carbon push

Property firm to phase out diesel use on its construction sites from 2025 as it sets out plans to align business with 1.5C global warming trajectory

  • Technology
  • 16 December 2020
The ghost of carbon past: Velux Group's Ingrid Reumert on tackling historic corporate emissions
The ghost of carbon past: Velux Group's Ingrid Reumert on tackling historic corporate emissions

Velux Group's vice-president of sustainability reveals what it takes to address emissions from the present, the future, and the past

  • Management
  • 16 December 2020
Green construction: Willmott Dixon targets zero carbon buildings and refurbishments by 2030
Green construction: Willmott Dixon targets zero carbon buildings and refurbishments by 2030

Construction company outlines plan to achieve zero carbon across its own operations and its building developments by 2030 without the use of carbon offsets

  • Buildings
  • 29 September 2020
Report: Circular construction practices could cut CO2 in half
Report: Circular construction practices could cut CO2 in half

Implementing net zero-aligned circular economy approaches to infrastructure and construction could cut costs and boost resilience, according to AECOM

  • Infrastructure
  • 03 September 2020
Report: Construction industry must embrace 'electric decade' to deliver net zero
Report: Construction industry must embrace 'electric decade' to deliver net zero

Covid-19 could turbocharge the construction sector's adoption of electrified equipment in order to cut carbon and pollution, according to industry-backed report

  • Buildings
  • 19 August 2020
Highway made from plastic waste begins construction in Carlisle
Highway made from plastic waste begins construction in Carlisle

Asphalt specialist MacRebur claims integrating waste plastic bags in road surfaces cuts down on landfill, emissions and improves safety

  • Waste
  • 29 July 2020
Sir Robert McAlpine targets net zero carbon 'within five years'
Sir Robert McAlpine targets net zero carbon 'within five years'

Construction firm unveils ambition to become net zero business before 2025, appointing Carbon Trust to provide certification

  • Net Zero Now
  • 20 February 2020
Inefficiency of UK offices fuelling climate change and driving up costs, report finds
Inefficiency of UK offices fuelling climate change and driving up costs, report finds

Energy waste remains widespread, despite the availability of established solutions that can cut costs and emissions, new report from Green Alliance finds

  • Efficiency
  • 22 January 2020
Wates Group promises to go zero carbon by 2025
Wates Group promises to go zero carbon by 2025

Construction and property development firm pledges to be zero waste and zero carbon within five years

  • Management
  • 13 January 2020
Volvo Trucks creates concept for heavy duty electric truck
Volvo Trucks creates concept for heavy duty electric truck

Auto giant says electric truck would cut noise and air pollution at construction sites

  • Automotive
  • 11 December 2019
Construction firms must work together to reduce waste - here's how
Construction firms must work together to reduce waste - here's how

AECOM's Robert Spencer urges business support for an innovative project aimed at curbing waste in the construction industry

  • Recycling
  • 20 November 2019
Net zero: It's now or never for the property sector
Net zero: It's now or never for the property sector

JLL's sustainability head Sophie Walker provides her top five tips for businesses looking to shift their buildings to net zero

  • Buildings
  • 24 October 2019
Circular construction: Industry group calls for building materials exchange
Circular construction: Industry group calls for building materials exchange

Digitisation across the construction industry could pave way for more circular resource models, proponents say

  • Policy
  • 16 October 2019
C40: 30 major cities have already peaked their emissions
C40: 30 major cities have already peaked their emissions

From Austin to Athens, cities housing more than 58 million people have already started the process of reducing their emissions

  • Buildings
  • 09 October 2019
JLL commits to net zero by 2030
JLL commits to net zero by 2030

Property consultancy giant JLL has pledged to make its own workplaces net zero and use its influence to drive wider adoption of the target across the sector

  • Buildings
  • 13 September 2019
Low carbon homes to be built above Bristol car park
Low carbon homes to be built above Bristol car park

An affordable housing project will see 11 one- and two-bedroom 'pods' built using modular technology above the Chalks Road car park in Bristol

  • Technology
  • 15 July 2019
Report sketches blueprint for Europe-wide green mortgage market
Report sketches blueprint for Europe-wide green mortgage market

Finance and green building sectors will need to work closely together to develop market for energy efficient mortgages, according to new report from the World Green Building Council

  • Buildings
  • 19 June 2019
No more business-as-usual: Report forecasts turbulence on route to net-zero goal
No more business-as-usual: Report forecasts turbulence on route to net-zero goal

UK Energy Research Centre study analyses extent of disruption that will be necessary across heat, transport, power, and construction sectors to meet climate goals

  • Energy
  • 19 June 2019
Could recycled roads pave way to a circular future?
Could recycled roads pave way to a circular future?

Construction materials giant Tarmac has this week unveiled a new asphalt mix made from waste rubber

  • Recycling
  • 06 June 2019
Top architects declare 'climate emergency'
Top architects declare 'climate emergency'

Winners of prestigious RIBA Stirling prize promise to design more climate-friendly buildings

  • Buildings
  • 03 June 2019
Skanska UK pledges zero emissions by 2045
Skanska UK pledges zero emissions by 2045

Contracting firm Skanska UK has pledged to make its entire business including its supply chain carbon neutral by 2045.

  • Supplier
  • 14 May 2019
Construction: UKGBC launches net zero emissions framework
Construction: UKGBC launches net zero emissions framework

UK Green Building Council has launched a framework to help the construction industry transition to net zero carbon emissions by 2050

  • Buildings
  • 30 April 2019
Real estate giant JLL revs up renewables switch
Real estate giant JLL revs up renewables switch

Real estate investment firm JLL updates on progress towards its 2020 sustainability targets

  • Management
  • 12 April 2019
Housebuilders urged to avoid 'unnecessary loss of habitats' amid netting uproar
Housebuilders urged to avoid 'unnecessary loss of habitats' amid netting uproar

Government warns developers as Norfolk council attracts criticism for cliff-face nets which prevent birds from nesting

  • Policy
  • 10 April 2019
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