The finance sector can accelerate the transformation to a net-zero built environment – Here’s how
Real estate is the world’s most valuable asset class representing two-thirds of global wealth.
Tag: Circular Built Environment
Measuring circular buildings
The built environment is responsible for 37% of global emissions and a third of all solid waste streams.
A first step toward measuring circular buildings
Switching from linear to circular ways of doing business could contribute to a substantial dent in emissions from the built environment.
Advancing the roadmap to nature positive in the built environment
This article is the first collaborative step toward building a nature-positive roadmap with our built environment member companies. It outlines five key insights identified by members, featuring shared principles of nature-positive and analysis of sector-specific impacts, risks and opportunities.
If we act today, we can halve the emissions of the built environment by 2030
This year’s climate summit, COP27, hosted by Egypt, is taking place at a tough time for global collaboration on all matters, such as global security, environment, energy, and most importantly, human survival.
The Circular Transition Indicators now available in Japanese
WBCSD in collaboration with KPMG Japan, launched a Japanese translation of the CTI v3.0. The launch took place at WBCSD’s annual Council Meeting, hosted this year in Tokyo, Japan, and was attended by hundreds of global business leaders.
Circular Buildings Coalition launched to speed up circularity adoption in the built environment
Last week, WBCSD, together with five leading sustainable development organizations, launched the Circular Buildings Coalition, an initiative to accelerate the transition to a circular economy in the construction and demolition sector.
Circular Transition Indicators v3.0
The Circular Transitions Indicators (CTI) framework helps companies respond to this growing demand by providing a simple and sector-agnostic way to measure circularity and giving insights into how to reduce primary resource use and waste generation.
WBCSD offers support for countries to transform their markets towards a net-zero built environment
The Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC) brings together governments, experts, businesses and NGOs to reduce emissions and increase resilience in the built environment.
Circular Views Podcast Episode VI: Circular built environment
Today, the Circular Economy program of the WBCSD in collaboration with the Built Environment launches Episode VI of Circular Views – the podcast series to learn about the circular economy.