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WorldGBC Advancing Net Zero Status Report 2022 ANZ Partners Mina Hasman Sustainable Practice Director, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Bianca Wong Global Head of Sustainability, Kingspan Group Cate Harris Group Head of Sustainability, Lendlease The construction industry has made much progress in successfully delivering the decarbonisation message and establishing key roadmaps for action over the last 12 months – all presented at COP26. I was honoured to be part of the COP26 Cities, Regions and Built Environment Day events to amplify the commitment on net zero, and to demonstrate how we can go further – a vision at the heart of our ‘Urban Sequoia’ research launched at COP26. Climate science consistently proves Climate action, at scale, is urgently needed. The construction sector must address its most material impacts at pace to stay within a chance of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C. WorldGBC and the Advancing Net Zero project are a critical part of the cross- industry collaboration driving the decarbonisation of the built environment. As a signatory to the Commitment, and as part of our 10- year Planet Passionate programme, Kingspan is prioritising reducing the embodied carbon in our products. This will enable us to reduce our value chain carbon impact while Our #MissionZero targets of Net Zero by 2025 and Absolute Zero by 2040 are some of the most ambitious for the real estate sector globally, but we believe that doing so is critical to limiting global warming to no more than 1.5°C. The work to achieve our targets has already begun, but deeper industry collaboration will be required to radically decarbonise the built environment. There are enough ‘green shoots’ across our sector to suggest that transformation is underway, but we need change at scale and at pace across new and PAGE 04
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WorldGBC Advancing Net Zero Status Report 2022 Sally Sudworth G lobal Head of Sustainability & Climate Change, Mott MacDonald Tim Dismond Chief Responsibility Officer, CBRE Xavier Denoly, Senior Vice President Sustainable Development, Schneider Electric The latest Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change report stated that the window to take urgent action is still there but only just. It makes good business sense to act now to mitigate increasing climate related damages. At Mott MacDonald we are proud to be part of a community of engineers and professionals who are taking action, to participate in the Advancing Net Zero global programme and to be signatories to the World Green Building Council’s Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment. We understand that collaboration and working in partnership with our CBRE has committed to Net Zero by 2040 and we’re all in. We have a plan, alignment and engaged employees who have embraced our initiatives. Our key priorities include transitioning our operations to 100% renewable energy and our fleet to electric vehicles, helping our clients reduce their carbon footprint at the properties we manage for them, and investing in and deploying the latest technology. Technology will drive the scale and pace of what’s possible for decarbonisation, and it will also be a key enabler for evaluating our impact. Collaboration through the WorldGBC’s Advancing Net Zero We all now know that buildings and cities are central in combating climate change. However, it is less widely known that existing technology is a pathway for net zero buildings to not only achieve carbon neutrality, but also to provide significant co-benefits for people and the economy. In other words, investing in decarbonisation technologies combined with digital can maximise value creation for all stakeholders. It is crucial to engage people and communities in real decarbonisation pathways by showing that there is no needed arbitrage between human progress PAGE 05
