{"id":23842,"date":"2024-01-18T07:40:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T06:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/?p=23842"},"modified":"2024-01-18T07:40:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T06:40:08","slug":"esg-and-the-path-to-net-zero-considerations-in-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/2024\/01\/18\/esg-and-the-path-to-net-zero-considerations-in-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"ESG and the path to net zero: Considerations in the construction industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>ESG<\/span><span> it covers most of the biggest issues at the forefront of society, from navigating the path to Net Zero to ensuring social responsibility through the supply chain.\u00a0<\/span><span>Construction\u00a0<\/span><span>sector<\/span><span>\u00a0is intensely focused on\u00a0<\/span><span>environment<\/span><span>\u00a0from c. 40 % of total greenhouse gas emissions comes from industry. As we look to 2024 and beyond, the construction industry may need to turn to a more holistic approach and provide strategies for social and governance issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Sustainable construction: Environmental issues<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The development of sustainable construction practices and strategies to achieve net zero has been increasingly in the spotlight in recent years \u2013 both in terms of the carbon costs of construction and throughout the development life cycle. However, legal commitments and specific proposals for reducing carbon emissions (what can be called &quot;climate clauses&quot;) have still not been adopted en masse in the industry&#039;s contracts. We expect to see a legal shift in the coming years towards creating a stronger contractual environment to hold parties in the sector accountable for their climate commitments on projects as we move ever closer to the Government&#039;s Net-Zero deadlines. (<em>Tim Claremont, lexology.com )<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESG encompasses most of the biggest issues facing society, from navigating the journey to Net Zero to ensuring social responsibility through the supply chain. The construction sector has a strong focus on the environment since c. 40 % of total greenhouse gas emissions come from the industry. Looking to 2024 and beyond, the construction industry may need to turn to a more holistic approach and [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lca_esg_ghg_csddd_csrd_iso_flr"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}