Technical Guidance for Calculating Scope 3 Emissions
GHG Protocol Scope 1 includes emissions from the combustion of fuels by sources owned or controlled by the reporting company. Scope 2 comprises emiss [...]
Growth in Floor Area: The Blind Spot in Cutting Carbon
The construction sector has focused mainly on improving its energy efficiency and the substitution of fossil fuels to decarbonize buildings. It has l [...]
ESG Toolkit for Fund Managers
Environmental and social (E&S) risks are the potential negative consequences to a business that result from its (perceived) impacts on the natural [...]
Are Stranded Assets an Unexploded Bomb?
Buildings that are too uneconomical to retrofit to comply with legislation, such as the EU Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) and National Energy and C [...]
Green Loan Principles
Green loan principles (GLP) are a high-level framework of market standards and guidelines to promote the development and integrity of the green loan p [...]
Sufficiency Should Be First
Unless "sufficiency" becomes a primary principle in climate mitigation and policies for the development and use of buildings, it is unlikely that glob [...]
