https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/the-four-building-blocks–of-change Sentiment check with your team Conducting a sentiment check within your organisation or sphere of influence can help you gain a better understanding of how change will be received in your professional context. This can help you can make more informed decisions and determine how to drive change most effectively. Consider the “real reasons […]
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Your role in being an effective change agent
A change agent, in relation to organisational transformation, is an individual who has a sound understanding of the change in question and can clearly communicate the transformative vision and its effects to all those impacted (Investors in People, n.d.). An effective change agent spearheads this change, ensuring that the transformation is well planned and implemented, […]
Embodied Carbon Reduction
https://www.aia.org/articles/70446-ten-steps-to-reducing-embodied-carbon The good news is there are several steps architects can take to make significant upfront impacts in the design and construction process. Reuse buildings instead of constructing new ones. Renovation and reuse projects typically save between 50 and 75 percent of the embodied carbon emissions compared to constructing a new building. This is especially true […]
China’s NDC
https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/NDC/2022-11/Progress%20of%20China%20NDC%202022.pdf Ecological Civilisation: In 2020, China announced the updated NDC, namely strive to carbon dioxide peakingbefore 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060, lower its carbon dioxideemissions per unit of GDP by over 65 percent from the 2005 level, increase the shareof non-fossil fuels in primary energy consumption to around 25 percent by 2030,increase the […]
What’s the difference between net-zero and carbon neutral?
Although the terms “net-zero” and “carbon neutral” both refer to the balance of emitted GHGs with avoided or removed emissions, the distinguishing factor between the two claims hinges on compensated emissions (aka offsets). A business can claim carbon neutrality by measuring its emissions and then offsetting the balance through financed projects outside of its value […]
Embodied Carbon v Operational Carbon
more info here: https://carbonleadershipforum.org/clf-owner-toolkit/ For building owners, this is getting down to the action of where the heavy duty emissions occur. UK Green Building Council guide offers practical advice when it comes to developing an effective brief: https://www.thenbs.com/knowledge/developing-an-embodied-carbon-brief-for-clients The guidance explains some of the basics of embodied carbon and gives an overview of some suggested […]