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Sustainability: Comment KEEPING THE FOCUS ON SUSTAINABILITY Will the current focus on sustainable solutions remain a priority if the market cools? Lorna Stork, ESG Director at distributor SIG, outlines why she thinks it will… Those of us with long memories will remember the Code for Sustainable Homes, with its original target of 2016 for the introduction of zero carbon new homes. The financial crisis of 2008 effectively scuppered that programme and the question is: is it different this time? I genuinely think it is – for three main reasons. Firstly, the effect of climate change is becoming more apparent every year and there is a national and global consensus around the urgent need to reduce carbon emissions. The UK has been ahead of the curve in this regard, being the first country to declare legally binding targets to become a net zero carbon economy by 2050. Secondly, I would argue that the current energy crisis should give additional impetus to the carbon reduction agenda by focusing on the financial cost of consuming energy. Finally, I think that this time around we have collectively invested properly in the move towards sustainable building. Product innovation, technical advances and new ways to measure and demonstrate low carbon emissions have all been developed in the last decade. Not only do we have to continue, I think there is a genuine consensus that we will. Direction of travel Building Regulations lay down the direction of travel for new buildings and we are in the middle of the implementation of the Future Homes Standard, currently requiring a 31% reduction in carbon emissions compared to the 2020 Images: SIG stocks the Marley SolarTile PV system as part of its drive to offer more products that support a sustainable building agenda, plus provide customers with the products to meet demand. regulations. This time we really do know how to build high performance homes that are approaching zero carbon in use. It’s challenging and the technical team at SIG is frequently involved in providing product solutions to meet increasingly stringent thermal conductivity targets for the external fabric of new homes. The game-changer this time, however, is the recognition of the importance of embodied carbon. We can’t hope to get anywhere near our national carbon reduction targets if we simply ignore the impact of the manufacturing process. There is no point in striving to create buildings that generate no carbon emissions in use if they have achieved that result by using materials that have themselves generated huge amounts of carbon during their manufacture. Developers, housebuilders and even main contractors are starting to publish their zero carbon commitments, fully aware that these can only be met if the supply chain works together. As a major distributor, SIG has produced its own zero carbon roadmap but, like everyone else, we are only able to control the emissions from our own business operation. With targets in place to eliminate carbon emissions from our transport fleet, offices and warehouses, we also need to work with product suppliers to find or develop lower carbon products. We’re in a great position to stimulate the development of such products as we can provide an immediate distribution channel for promising new offers, helping to build a market fast for emerging businesses. And we are also in a position to help responsible Continued on page 26 24 TC NOVEMBER <strong>2022</strong>
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