It has been five years since our last study on sustainability within the build environment. Discussions at board level are starting to turn into action. But is it enough? And how have those views on sustainability changed five years on?…
read moreCOP15 and the beginning of the biodiversity monitoring era Every ten years governments convene to agree new targets to protect species and ecosystems essential to human existence. Cop15, commonly referred to as “the nature COP”, is the UN biodiversity conference.…
read moreNABERS: Supporting your transition to Net Zero The National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) over the last two decades has transformed the energy performance of the real estate sector in Australia. It has provided a benchmarking and rating tool…
read moreWEBINAR: What’s next for nature? BNG, ESG, and the TNFD in real estate In this webinar we will consider the progress of changes in policy and industry practices on nature in the UK, since COP26. The key focus will be…
read moreWhy Public Toilets are a Social Value Issue The narrative surrounding sanitation in the UK needs to change. Statistics on sanitation, health and death rates caused by lack of access to public toilets highlights this starkly. Caroline Criado Perez in…
read moreWhat is Sustainable Finance and what does it ‘mean’ to me? Climate change, biodiversity loss and social injustice is happening. The natural systems that govern a stable environment are unbalanced and that unbalance is manifesting itself in more extreme weather…
read moreTNFD – Aligning benefits for nature and business The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) Beta Framework sets out the first international standard for alignment of financial sector activities with nature-related risk. This is a ground-breaking concept which could have…
read moreEmbodied carbon and cement replacement: what are the alternatives? Over recent years, the UK has taken important steps to become a world leader in cutting greenhouse gas emissions. In 2019, the Government declared a climate emergency and set a legally…
read moreWhat is Social Value? Social value is an attempt to quantify the value attributed to activities and interventions that contribute to communities, individuals, organisations. The source of it lies in the Public Service Act in 2012, which became known as…
read moreWhat does ESG mean to me? ESG stands for Environmental, Social and Governance. In many cases ESG is interchangeable with ‘sustainability’ but tends to be used more in a business context, and around the company’s business operations and model i.e.…
read moreAs the industry increases its activity to address the climate emergency and works together to reduce CO2 emissions, Greengage has been assisting a number of our clients on the road to net zero. During this work we realised that further clarity was required…
read moreAs sustainability consultants and EIA practitioners we have been looking at ways in which the industry can move Environmental Statements (ES) into digital formats both as interactive plans and maps, to the use of Virtual Reality (VR) in order to experience the development…
read moreThis is the first in a series of thought leadership pieces around the future of sustainability introduced by Mitch Cooke. In this issue we present the insights given to us by industry leaders in the built environment about how…
read moreThis is the second edition of Engage about Social value, introduced by Greengage. In this issue we focus on the continued rise of social value and its importance in our industry today. We look at what social value means to…
read moreThis is the fourth edition of Engage, introduced by Rob Miller. In this issue we focus on the Circular Economy and the importance it has to play in the way we use materials throughout the building lifecycle. We explore the implementation…
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