embodied carbon

Carbon Considerations courtesy Soben Inc USA 2023 The race is on in the construction industry to support the global transition to net zero. Recent years have seen improvements in reducing operational carbon emissions, but a lack of clear benchmarks and reporting standards as so far hindered progress around embodied carbon. But what is embodied carbon? Soben’s Head of Sustainability, Dr Bonahis Oko, explains. It’s no longer enough for companies to reduce their immediate carbon emissions, they must look up and down their value chains too. For those building new assets, that means considering embodied carbon. But when people say ‘embodied [...]