Tag Archives: Carbon Emissions
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Can the circular economy in construction really work?
Sustainability requires a change in mindset as it’s not just a process of replacing materials with green alternatives. But can a circular economy ever be the norm for mass construction?
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What the NYC green act taught city planners
Major cities are forging ahead with plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions, but buy-in from key stakeholders is vital to achieve measurable change
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Is it time to stop making plastic the villain?
‘It requires the whole supply chain to work together and focus on delivering solutions for the right reasons’
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Should investors be wary of stranded assets?
With policies shifting towards cleaner sources of energy, stranded assets associated with fossil fuels can represent a huge risk to company balance sheets
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Restorative business revolutionising carbon use
Restorative business models, which aim to put back more into the environment, economy and society than they take out, are hard to achieve, but more organisations are trying
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Decarbonising deliveries: making logistics sustainable
In an era of ever-rising ecommerce, consumers and delivery firms increasingly demand cleaner logistics, but who is driving change?
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Green IT can champion cuts in carbon emissions
Improving systems’ efficiency and using renewable energy in IT are just two ways of cutting carbon emissions
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It’s here
With great fanfare, China and the US – the world’s largest carbon emitters – announced on the sidelines of the G20 summit in September that they would ratify the Paris climate change agreement, formally committing them to stop catastrophic temperature rises. They do not have long to act.