Construction products
Purchased goods and services generate two thirds of one construction company’s emissions Scope 3 Purchased goods and services Other upstream Scope 1 and 2
Note: This does not include downstream scope 3 emissions
Remanufactured flooring has
75%
less emissions than new flooring
Carbon emissions arising from materials and products used in construction can dominate a company’s emissions footprint. While a big chunk of this is in high volume, high impact building materials, such as concrete and steel, companies told us that the use of circular products, like reused floor tiles, ceilings or doors, can also reduce emissions significantly. Of the sectors we spoke to, construction had the strongest awareness of the need to decarbonise and the potential for circular business models to help deliver that. To a large extent, this was driven by external reporting requirements on lifecycle emissions and circularity, such as France’s emissions caps on new build and the requirement for certain planning applications in London to be accompanied by statements on lifecycle emissions and circular economy measures, including reuse. In London’s policy microclimate, the market for circular products is developing so fast that suppliers of innovative circular products are struggling to meet demand.
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