Mark Vender
The Material and Embodied Carbon Leaders’ Alliance (MECLA) is holding a spotlight event on October 27 to discuss government policies and programs that could cut construction-based embodied carbon emissions.
“This is a relatively new field,” says MECLA, “yet highly influential in supporting Australia to achieve its 2030 and 2050 emission reduction targets. Government is both a driver of change through its procurement policies and choices, as well as an enabler of change through industry policy and supporting the development of required taxonomy and measurement tools, skills development and enabling greater resource efficiency by supporting circular economic structures.
“Industry is ready to step up and ask for and provide lower carbon materials, and through their membership of MECLA, they are building knowledge capability about the importance of addressing embodied carbon in the building and infrastructure sector. There is also a significant role for government to enable greater private sector investment in R&D and innovation.”
Speakers include:
Hudson Worsley, Chair of MECLA; Adrian Dwyer, CEO at Infrastructure Partnerships Australia (IPA); Teresa Scott, Executive Director of Australasian Procurement and Construction Council (APCC); Robyn Hardy, University of Canberra; Mitch Shannon, Director at Pollination; and Finnian Murphy, Special Operations Lead at Suncable.
The online session is free to attend and will run from 1.30–3pm (AEDT).
For more information and to register, click here.
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