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“There are three broad channels through which climate change can affect financial stability: – First, physical risks: the impacts today on insurance liabilities and the value of financial assets that arise from climate- and weather-related events, such as floods and storms … Continue reading →

“Humanity is called to recognize the need for changes of lifestyle, production and consumption, in order to combat this warming or at least the human causes which produce or aggravate it.  … Many of those who possess more resources and … Continue reading →

“There can be no attack on poverty without an assault on climate change. So we commit to make progress in a way that is sustainable and protects our one and only planet for the long term and treasures and conserves … Continue reading →

You may also be interested in the UKGBC Embodied Carbon conference which has been organised for 1st October 2015, to follow up on last year’s Embodied Carbon Week. http://www.ukgbc.org/event/embodied-carbon-%E2%80%93-action-and-implementation I will be talking in the morning on the “current state … Continue reading →

PE INTERNATIONAL has rebranded as thinkstep and launched our new platform, thinkstep.one. BuildingGreen explain what’s behind the move and what it will mean for our clients. http://bit.ly/1EBwLcW

I’ll be at Ecobuild on Wednesday and if you’ve got questions about EPD, Embodied Impacts or how LCA could help your business, let me know by using the form below and I’ll be in contact to try and set up … Continue reading →

I just found this excellent visualisation by Amie Shuttleworth of Sir Robert MacAlpine on Shamir Ghumra’s old blog, showing how EPD relate to everything else constructionwise, based on the outcome of a stakeholder discussion held while she was completing her MSt at … Continue reading →

UL Environment and BRE have just announced a Memorandum of Understanding which will jointly recognize each other’s Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) to EN 15804.  Read the full press release here. Whereas the Eco Platform allows member EPD programmes to list their EPD … Continue reading →

A great piece by Jacqui Glass for UKGBC on why responsible sourcing matters in construction.