UKGBC's Top Five

Welcome to UKGBC's Top Five, our monthly roundup that brings you the latest highlights from across the built environment.

In this June edition, we look to our party manifestos event, where our policy team will analyse the manifestos as soon as they are published. We also talk about the importance of measuring and reporting embodied carbon. Further, we introduce our one-day leadership programme 'Navigating Sustainability' for mid-level leaders.

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This online event will get you up to speed with the latest General Election updates. Our policy and public affairs team will analyse the manifestos as soon as the are published. During this insightful event, we will take a deep dive into the plans they have for a sustainable built environment and explore how we can insert our big policy ideas into the debate.

You will have the chance to ask any questions and share views about the election, the policies and what this means for your organisation.

Join us at the General Election Party Manifestos: What did we learn? Session that will take place 20th June.

The attention of the built environment is increasingly shifting towards embodied carbon as a key issue that needs to be resolved on our journey to net zero.

To continue the journey to net zero, it is important to distinguish between operational carbon and embodied carbon to be able to target those emissions, as currently, embodied carbon makes up for 20% of the UK's built environment emissions, and it is being reduced at a much slower rate than operational carbon. That is the reason why it becomes essential to measure and report it accurately.

Discover What is embodied carbon in construction? Everything but operating the building.

Navigating Sustainability is a one-day programme designed for mid-level leaders who don't have sustainability in their role.

During this programme you will have the opportunity to learn about ESG, Sustainability, Net Zero and many more concepts from this industry. The aim of this programme is to create a supportive environment to unpack the changing world of sustainability.

Join our Navigating Sustainability Programme that will be taking place 10th July.

Renewing the places we live, work and play is the biggest opportunity for the incoming government to tackle crisis' the country is currently facing: soaring energy, housing and health costs, and many more.

UKGBC's policy team has gathered the four key policy pledges that the next government should embrace to put sustainability at the heart of our built environment.

Explore now our General Election one pager.

In the last 50 years, 41% of species in the UK have decreased in abundance - a catastrophic decline, and the built environment has a role to play in reversing this trend!

Join our Zoom into Nature programme, an opportunity to dive into nature and biodiversity, by devoting a short time out of your day to observe and learn about nature.

Find out more about Zoom into Nature.

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