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Foreword Advancing Net Zero Partners Contents Advancing Net Zero: Accelerating Towards Critical Mass World Map Net Zero Carbon Buildings Com- mitment: Delivering at Scale List of Commitment Signatories Rob Bernard Chief Sustainability Officer, CBRE CBRE is scaling our decarbonisation services for clients by using technology and data to realise our 2040 goal of net zero emissions. We have mapped a strategy for our own operations to use renewable energy as we electrify our buildings and our fleet. We will leverage these insights to drive progress for our clients, our communities and the commercial real estate industry. Collaboration through regional Green Building Councils and WorldGBC’s Advancing Net Zero programme plays an important role in accelerating the decarbonisation of the sector. Vanessa Miler-Fels VP Global Environment, Schneider Electric Buildings are critical to our transition to a lower-carbon future. They are where we live, rest, and work – and they are responsible for about 40% of global energy consumption. Solutions to decarbonise exist and can already be deployed at scale, to deliver the outcomes championed by WorldGBC’s ANZ programme. They involve energy efficiency measures, decarbonised heating technologies (notably electric), digital solutions, and on-site solar and storage. Modern technology offers the opportunity to decarbonise the stock by around 20-80% today (and 60-90% by 2030) while providing energy spend savings of a similar magnitude, a major positive equation for building dwellers. 6 WorldGBC Advancing Net Zero Status Report 2023 Hossain Towid Director, Built Enviro Envision Digital The clock is ticking. T to halve global carbo 2030 is clear, and it’s built environment pla in meeting this goal. Advancing Net Zero a a sustainable future, collaboration to drive change. At Envision D committed to the mis our expertise and inn to help companies ac journey towards net z collective effort and t power of digital solut change at an unprece making a palpable dif global climate crisis.
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COP28: A Breakthrough for the Sector In Focus: GBC Leadership Action Building Resilience Across the Value Chain Towards Decarbonisation We Invite You to Join Us onment, The urgent need on emissions by s a reality that the ays a critical role Programmes like are key to achieving encouraging e significant Digital, we’re deeply ssion, harnessing novative technology ccelerate their zero. With this the transformative tions, we can enact edented scale, ifference in our Mina Hasman Sustainability Director, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill As a leading global architecture and engineering firm, we are working with our clients, peers, and collaborators to accelerate climate action. Our commitment to decarbonisation extends from our own business operations to every project we design: we are targeting net zero whole life carbon emissions in all of our active design work by 2040 and aiming to help scale positive impact across the entire industry. Supporting WorldGBC’s Advancing Net Zero programme has amplified our impact by giving us a global platform to reach a broad audience, and to strengthen our collaborations with other industry leaders at the vanguard of climate action. 7
