Carbon-reduction measures – cutting through the pushback

Setting company-wide carbon targets for projects is an effective way to bring about behavioural change within a firm, leading to widespread carbon accounting and reductions across a firm's portfolio. This report summarises a roundtable held to discuss barriers and opportunities for setting targets within firms.

Kate Simonen has been promoting the cause of embodied carbon reduction in structures for the past decade through the Carbon Leadership Forum.

This month's letters discuss design responsibilities, the cost of professional services, insurance matters and the value of 'thinking time'.