Pioneer climate and nature action
The top of our strategy house contains targets that will lead us to reduce our emissions, capture the equivalent of our historical emissions and showcase sustainable buildings and communities.
Capture our historical carbon footprint
By 2041 4.5 million tonnes CO2 captured through forest and biodiversity projects equal to our company’s carbon emissions from 1941-2041*
To deliver on this target, we have established a partnership with the World Wide Fund for Nature to deliver forest projects in some of the world’s most biodiverse landscapes and threatened environments.
seedlings of native tree species were planted
beehives were distributed to people living close to the forest project to provide alternative livelihoods.
Reduce our future carbon footprint Scope 1+2
By 2030 100% carbon neutral company
In 2022 we started our global Company Carbon Neutral Program. This is designed to increase energy efficiency, secure procurement of 100% renewable electricity by 2023, and enable a transition to 100% renewable energy by 2030.
Scope 1 and scope 2 market based emissions
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Reduce our future carbon footprint Scope 3
By 2030 50% reduction of CO2e from value chain
Working with suppliers to cut emissions
98.6% of our carbon footprint relates to scope 3 emissions and come from outside our own operations. The majority comes from materials used in our products. Given the time it takes to develop new products, in the short term we are working strategically with suppliers on product materials that can reduce emissions. In the medium term, we need to create new product platforms to achieve significant reductions.
Scope 3 emissions
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Working with suppliers to drive change
We are forming strategic partnerships with suppliers to source materials with a lower carbon footprint, in particular aluminium, glass, steel and plastic, as these materials have the highest impact on our scope 3 upstream emissions.
We have made the most progress with aluminium, which accounts for 23% of our scope 3 emissions, through partnerships with two suppliers, Hydro and Novelis.
Show how to build sustainably
Advocate for sustainable buildings and communities to leverage the green transition and quality of life
better building performance
Environmental impact and indoor climate in Living Places