Today Nu-Rock was announced as the Winner of the Property & Construction Category in the 2024 AFR Sustainability Leaders List. "Our purpose is to produce carbon negative masonry products for the Australian Building Industry and our world-first technology, our talented team and our valued investors have all played crucial roles in making that a reality. We are honored to be on the 2024 AFR Sustainability Leaders list."
Maroun Rahme Nu-Rock Founder
#sustainabilityleaders2024
Building the future conference 2024 | Investing for growth: What is the future of net zero in the built environment?
How we balance decarbonisation of the built environment and the net zero agenda with cost and project milestones is often a challenge we hear regularly here at RLB.
RLB’s UK and European Chief Executive, Andrew Reynolds, will be sharing his thoughts and sustainability vision for the industry at Building Magazine’s Building the Future Conference in September.
Learn more about the conference and the agenda topics here: https://lnkd.in/efP6m59p#BTFC2024#RLB#CreatingABetterTomorrow
Leadership for transformation is needed across all parts of the economy – and above all in the built environment. The sector’s scope encompasses the operation, maintenance and construction of our buildings, towns and cities.
Many CISL alumni are active in the built environment sector, working to turn a linear system circular, to eliminate waste, and to regenerate nature. We spoke to two alumni who are leading the way: Joyanne Manning and Jennifer Breault.
Read more in our latest blog: https://lnkd.in/eXSWBSvV#BuiltEnvironment#BuildingChange#CISLBuiltEnvironment
Research | RLB partners with Building the Future Think Tank to launch The Value of Sustainability report
RLB has partnered with Building Magazine to support its publication of the "The Value of Sustainability in the Built Environment” report that analyses the commercial viability of sustainability, circular models and how the industry balances upfront costs with lifecycle benefits.
One of the reports key recommendations is for “Open access and shared resources to help solve broader problems.”
This is supported by RLB’s Sustainability team that advocates shared knowledge across the industry and whose projects include amongst others delivering training to clients such as NatWest, and a project funded by DESNZ on behalf of Midlands Net Zero Hub to support delivery of green skills analysis for three councils including Birmingham, Bolsover and East Lindsey.
To read the report, please visit https://lnkd.in/eHWUGagu and to find out about RLB’s Sustainability team services and initiatives, please visit https://lnkd.in/dAitTGwz#Sustainability#CircularEconomy#BuildingtheFuture#RLB#CreatingABetterTomorrow
As we publish our 2024 ESG Report, over the next two weeks we'll be sharing the stories behind the progress we've made over the last 12 months.
Through Plan A, we're tackling the issues within our supply chain and those we know matter most to customers as we continue to reshape M&S for sustainable profitable growth.
Plan A - because there is no plan b 🌏
Read our full 2024 ESG Report 👉 https://bit.ly/3zbIfrF#PlanA#Sustainability
🌍 Are you going to the inaugural Property Week ESG Edge Conference on 12 November?
Our Technical Services and Sustainability Director Arun Thaneja will be sharing his insights on the opening panel session 'Zero Carbon Buildings & Development – Achieving the UK’s 2050 Target’. We’re also excited to be attending as an exhibitor, which means we can have lots of conversations with conference attendees about our approach to ESG best practice.
Arun will sit alongside Flora Harley, Head of ESG Research at Knight Frank, Cathy Myatt, Head of ESG at Chancerygate and Ben Pettitt, Real Estate Sector Lead at IES Ltd. to:
💼 Explore the UK's current and future policies aimed at promoting zero-carbon buildings
💡 Discuss innovations in construction technologies
🔎 Analyse the economic benefits of zero-carbon buildings
As Winvic is a champion of ensuring a Just Transition to a sustainable future, Arun will also highlight the importance of the Social aspect of ESG. He said: “No one should be left behind in this very important transition period, so as well as working hard to find ways to reduce carbon, we need to work with communities and engage a whole range of stakeholders. It should be an insightful day all round.”
📰 Read more in the News Story: https://bit.ly/3YnzYdq
🖱️ Find out more about the insight panel agenda here: https://lnkd.in/ejcf5yRm#Sustainability#ESG#ESGEdge#PropertyWeekNeave ThompsonHeidi Salmons DipM MCIM
📈 Torus has published its third Annual ESG Report against the Sustainability Reporting Standard for Social Housing (SRS).
Torus is the North West’s largest affordable housing provider with over 40,000 homes in the Group's portfolio.
Chief Executive, Steve Coffey writes: "Our new Corporate Plan, published in June 2024 is "people and services" focused, "homes and communities" focused, and "viability and sustainability" focused. You will see a strong link between these focuses and the key themes of the Sustainability Reporting Standard for Social Housing, and we believe this demonstrates the importance and consistency of our objectives, actions and monitoring mechanisms."
We're proud that the team at Torus appreciate the benefits of reporting against the SRS and are grateful for their commitment to shaping and supporting the sector's sustainability journey.
Read the report here: https://lnkd.in/eK9ARh4K#ESGReport#SocialHousing#ESG#Sustainability
So, how are #financialinstitutions supporting the global transition to sustainable economy?
I've joined today the Building Bridges & United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) Global Roundtable to learn how financial institutions perceive their role in the sustainable transformation. First few conclusions:
👉 Global financial institutions are generally "in a positive mood" about pursuing a sustainable transition, but the difficulties of turbulent times (conflicts, elections, extreme weather, etc.) are making it more challenging and global cooperation is more important than ever.
👉 In view of the COP29 questionable outcomes, it is imperative for public and private investment sectors to engage in the operationalization of these pledges. And new instruments (like potential MDB bonds - Multilateral Development Banks) should be introduced to support the transition. Banks are invited and are expected to get engaged with designing of such instruments (as Mr Rémy Rioux, CEO, French Development Agency (AFD)
mentioned pointing to the February summit in Cape Town the https://lnkd.in/d6tha7Qz)
👉 The "right to a resilient future" seems to be a natural human right. A conversation with amazing women Mary Robinson (former President of Ireland and UN High Commssioner foro Human Rights) and Elisabeth Stern of KlimaSeniorinnen reminded us that yet is not recognized as such by all governments, and it takes time to understand how climate change and environmental destruction jeopardizes our human rights and lives. It took Swiss KlimaSeniorinnen 8 years (April 2024) to finally win over the Swiss government in European Court of Human Rights and acknowledge that states are responsible for proper climate action to secure life of their citizens.
A panel on "How finance drives the sustainability agenda forward" brought strong emphasis on the need to:
👉 create a sustainability level playing field for international activities (Thomas Brauchle, Head of Sustainability, Siemens FS) and globally
👉 establish national transitional plans & systemic vision for sustainability transformation that would allow for corporates and institutions to precisely define their role in such transformation, and avoid unintended consequences (Claudine Blamey, Chief Sustainability Officer, Aviva)
👉 include nature & Human Rights as a part of the holistic approach (Anja Hannerz, CSO, Nordea)
👉 globally incentivize sustainable investments so that no investor or financial institution has doubts where to allocate their capital (Shargiil Bashir, CSO & EVP, First Abu Dhabi Bank)
Life stream: https://lnkd.in/dGBQG3Ne and there is a packed agenda for the afternoon and tomorrow.
A side event "Towards a qualitative economy" with #servitization#ProductAsaService accelerating ecological transition today at 3:30pm which can be viewed here
https://lnkd.in/dZA7juhB#GRT2024#sustainablefinance#PaaS
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