UK green groups form new business alliance to spur corporate race to net-zero
A cohort of UK corporate green groups have formally banded together to launch the UK Business Group Alliance for Net Zero (BGA), in a bid to raise climate action in the build-up to COP26 and to ensure the nation meets its net-zero target for 2050.
The BGA is encouraging corporates to sign up to the Race to Zero campaign
The BGA has formally launched today (29 April) and consists of the CISL’s Corporate Leaders Group, the Aldersgate Group, Business in the Community, the CBI, CDP, the International Investors Group on Climate Change, the UK Business Council for Sustainable Development and the UK Green Building Council.
By Diego Padilla Philipps and Hope Bootle 2020-09-11T05:00:00+01:00
WSP argues for a collective effort to reach the 2050 target, as it reveals details of 22 Bishopsgate’s embodied carbon
As built environment professionals, we are aware that the infrastructure or buildings we design and build will, in most cases, be around for a long time.
Looking to the future, we know that the UK only has 30 years to realise its ambition of achieving net zero carbon emissions. There really is no time to lose. The work that our sector does will be an important part of this jigsaw, but it is not a game – this is a serious challenge which needs to be overcome.
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The UK Green Building Council is calling on local councils formed during next month’s elections to prioritise initiatives to encourage greener heat and more energy efficient homes
Support for cleaner heating based around widescale energy efficiency improvements in homes should be among major priorities for local authorities after May’s council elections, new guidance argues.
The UK Green Building Council said a new comprehensive briefing guide it has published ahead of council and mayoral elections across the UK next month is intended to help steer successful candidates to rethink existing practice around planning and meeting their decarbonisation obligations.
More than 20 firms including Mace, Morgan Sindall and Mott MacDonald have signed up to the pilot phase of the government’s Value Toolkit, which aims to help clients make decisions based on the overall value that could be delivered by a construction project.
The toolkit, alongside the government’s Construction Playbook, is designed to encourage construction projects to deliver better environmental, social and economic outcomes. The initiative also aim to prompt public sector clients to see beyond the cheapest tender option when evaluating bids for new work.
Construction minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan said: “Bringing together knowledge from over 200 experts from across government and industry, this toolkit will make it easier to determine the social and environmental benefits of the decisions made by firms in the construction sector, helping it continue its drive to cut emissions and build back better from the pandemic.”