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Lendlease to eliminate diesel from sites by 2025
Lendlease has pledged to eliminate diesel from all of its construction sites by 2025, as part of its Roadmap to Absolute Zero Carbon by 2040.
The business plans to trial hydrogen, renewable diesel and
alternative fuels before eliminating diesel from sites. Beyond 2025 it will
move to electrify its construction plant and store energy on sites through
battery usage.
The plan means that Lendlease will be net zero carbon for
all emissions produced by fuels it burns on site (Scope 1) by 2025.
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Meanwhile, it also aims to be net zero for energy (Scope 2)
by the same time, initially by procuring renewable electricity and then increasing
its onsite renewable energy usage. The company will eventually reduce energy
requirements on its projects by mandating “Design for Performance” (NABERS UK)
on all UK commercial projects.
It has also pledged to collaborate with suppliers to design
out embodied carbon as well as measuring whole life carbon consistently, and
following embodied carbon budgets and recycled content requirements in its key
product areas. After 2025, it aims to deliver its first Design for Manufacture
and Assembly (DfMA) project achieving net zero carbon status, ahead of
mandating that all supply chain contracts include a requirement for ‘Absolute
Zero’ by 2040.
Neil Martin, chief executive of Lendlease Europe said: “On
behalf of our Europe business, I am pleased to be launching our roadmap
outlining how we intend to reach Absolute Zero Carbon at this stage. We
recognise that this is not going to be an easy task and that we don’t yet have
all the answers, but it is an exciting and necessary challenge that we are
committed to tackling.”
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