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By Daniel HESS, Sustainability Specialist REPM, UBS Asset Management
Embodied carbon is not a new topic, yet many in the industry are hesitant or unsure how to approach it. Daniel Hess, Sustainability Specialist REPM, discusses how and why real estate investors need to start tackling their embodied carbon emissions, and quickly.
When should anyone start working on embodied carbon?
The answer is now. Not tomorrow, not next year. With around one third of a building’s total emissions created before it has ever been used, embodied carbon is a crucial piece of the real estate emission puzzle.
There are at least as many reasons to push embodied carbon down the agenda, as there are to prioritize...
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