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Accor advocates sustainable development and hospitality that respects the environment and communities in which the group operates.  Chiefly through its “Planet 21” program built around employees, customers, partners, communities, food, and buildings, it limits its negative social and environmental impacts.  Accor's “Pl ...

Green Key is launching an initiative to drive responsible travel and tourism.  Under a common framework and definition of "hotel sustainability", it aims to raise the basic level of sustainability in hospitality for all travelers and stakeholders and guide the industry towards sustainable change. In consultation with i ...

The construction sector has focused mainly on improving its energy efficiency and the substitution of fossil fuels to decarbonize buildings.  It has largely ignored the threat from the continued growth in the built environment.  This article argues that embodied carbon in buildings can be reduced only at the strategic ...

Buildings that are too uneconomical to retrofit to comply with legislation, such as the EU Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) and National Energy and Climate Plans, become stranded assets.  They are a significant risk for investors and property owners that have not ensured that their real estate assets are future-proofe ...

Unless "sufficiency" becomes a primary principle in climate mitigation and policies for the development and use of buildings, it is unlikely that global warming will be reduced.  This article explains that we cannot meet the Paris Agreement targets of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels without building efficiency improv ...