Built Environment Decarbonization

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Publication 17 Sep, 2025

Avoided Emissions in the Built Environment

The built environment accounts for about 40% of global CO₂ emissions, making it a critical sector for climate action. This new WBCSD sector guidance, Avoided (…)

Publication 17 Sep, 2025

A Guide to Alignment in the Built Environment

The built environment is at the forefront of the climate challenge, with embodied carbon from construction materials representing a significant share of global emissions. “A (…)

Publication 6 Mar, 2025

Achieving net-zero buildings

The building sector is responsible for 37% of energy-related carbon emissions, making the transition to net-zero buildings a crucial response to climate change. To address this (…)

Publication 8 Nov, 2024

Achieving Net zero Buildings – Key actions for market transformation

This document, “Achieving net-zero buildings: key actions for market transformation” examines the urgent need to decarbonize the building sector. According to the annual UNEP Global Status (…)

15 Oct, 2024

A Path to Alignment in the Built Environment

Challenges and opportunities in conducting whole life carbon analysis to achieve net-zero goals in the building industry.

Publication 15 Nov, 2023

Finance and built environment primer: Accelerating the decarbonization of the built environment through finance sector engagement

Real estate is the world’s most valuable asset class, representing two-thirds of global wealth. With construction-related activities making up more than 13% of global GDP (…)

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Uniting for better livelihoods: our impact through the Business Commission to Tackle Inequality

WBCSD Statement of Support for the IMO Net-Zero Framework

WBCSD and EY call for collective business action across major value chains to accelerate emissions reduction