How to lay the foundation of low-carbon buildings

This year, two major guidance documents have been released: one from the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), providing additional recommendations on disclosing nature-related risks, and another from the Institution of Structural Engineers (ISE).

The ISE paper points out the importance of calculating and avoiding embodied carbon emissions where possible – those that are produced during the lifecycle of building materials, including extraction, manufacturing, transport, construction, and disposal.

The two pieces of guidance makes one thing clear: we need to rethink how construction materials interact with nature and climate goals.

We know that the construction sector is responsible for 37% of global emissions, with a significant portion of these stemming from embodied emissions. For real progress, we need reliable downstream suppliers who track, disclose, and reduce these emissions.

The buildings and infrastructure sector is already taking big steps towards understanding and increasing transparency around decarbonization. But its success depends on integrating low-carbon solutions across its value chain.

Steel, being the most commonly used metal in construction and one of the most emissions-heavy building materials, plays a large role in the construction sector’s pathway towards reducing its environmental footprint. That’s where our low-carbon steel can make a real impact.

At GRP, we use the GHG inventory outlined in our Net Zero Roadmap to better understand our emissions, transparently communicate them with confidence to our buyers, and measure our own progress. We believe that creating low-carbon products is not just about reducing our own emissions but enabling the transition to greener value chains across the globe.

As a leader in low-carbon steel production, GRP is uniquely positioned to help drive these changes. By embedding sustainability into our products, we aim to green other industries and create ripple effects that extend far beyond our sector.

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