Construction must shift to whole-life carbon approach to hit net zero, Arup says

By Jordan Marshall2021-07-09T05:00:00

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Report produced with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development

The built environment industry should adopt a whole life-cycle approach to assessing greenhouse gas emissions from buildings, a new report from Arup has recommended.

The report, which was produced with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), says less than 1% of building projects currently calculate and report their full carbon footprint.

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