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Ben Griffiths, safety, health, environmental and ops director of Rye Group<\/a>, argues that the demolition industry needs to do more to safeguard the environment beyond carbon offsetting<\/h2>\n

Global warming is now impossible to ignore. According to the World Meteorological Organisation<\/a>, climate change has resulted in a fivefold increase in extreme weather phenomena. During this summer alone, we\u2019ve seen deadly floods in Europe matched by a \u201cheat dome\u201d in Canada which \u2013 in the words of the World Weather Attribution Group \u2013 was made 150 times more likely to occur due to greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n

The UK, meanwhile, hasn\u2019t escaped the accelerating effects of climate change<\/a>, with 2020\u2019s summer heatwave causing an estimated 246 deaths, as recorded by the London School of Economics.<\/p>\n

There are two key lessons to be learned from these developments: firstly, companies have a moral obligation to do everything they can to operate sustainably and responsibly; secondly, clients and customers are now more likely than ever before to be influenced by environmental concerns when selecting a business or brand to purchase from.<\/p>\n

Given its unavoidable associations with a certain amount of waste, the demolition industry needs to take this kind of lesson to heart and take the steps necessary to become sustainable.<\/p>\n

That said, it\u2019s worth exploring current emissions practices and asking the question: are we doing enough?<\/p>\n

The insufficiency of offsetting<\/h3>\n

For many organisations, the problem of emissions has \u2013 as far as they are concerned \u2013 been dealt with. There are certain strategies through which they can claim to have achieved net zero carbon<\/a> emissions without reducing the actual rate of those emissions.<\/p>\n

The Climate Change Act now commits the UK to achieving net zero emissions by 2050.<\/p>\n

This means that the UK \u2013 and a number of businesses \u2013 aim to achieve a balance between greenhouse gases produced and greenhouse gases removed from the atmosphere \u2013 and when the amount added is equal to the amount taken away, net zero has been reached.<\/p>\n

In order to achieve net zero, many organisations use a process called carbon offsetting. This means they pay others to absorb or remove CO2 through methods like planting a certain number of trees to mitigate against carbon emissions.<\/p>\n

While it\u2019s never a bad idea to plant more trees, offsetting isn\u2019t necessarily the best or most responsible way to take action against climate change.<\/p>\n

For one thing, a new tree can take as long as 20 years \u201cto capture the amount of CO2 that a carbon-offset scheme promises,\u201d provided that such trees aren\u2019t destroyed in the meantime.<\/p>\n

More broadly, however, offsetting \u2013 alongside the quest for net zero \u2013 simply doesn\u2019t require businesses to reduce their emissions at all, and this isn\u2019t good enough: we can do better.<\/p>\n

Taking decisive steps towards emissions reduction<\/h3>\n

Clearly, the way forward is to take proactive, enthusiastic steps towards achieving genuine carbon reductions.<\/p>\n

In this light, offsetting should be considered a temporary means of tiding companies over as they work out how best to transition towards full reductions.<\/p>\n

This kind of goal has never been more achievable for industries like demolition, given recent and exciting advances in the world of alternative fuel.<\/p>\n

For example, HVO (Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil) can act as a replacement for diesel<\/a>, while reducing carbon emissions by an astonishing 90% and NOx emissions by 30% in comparison.<\/p>\n

On top of this, HVO doesn\u2019t require any modifications to existing equipment: as former alternative fuels director at Iveco, Martin Flach, has recently pointed out: “The reality is that it should work perfectly well in any modern diesel engine”.<\/p>\n

Though there are many examples of sustainable practices beyond HVO, its use provides us with a striking contrast between two different approaches towards sustainability.<\/p>\n

A company that opts for offsetting will continue to spew diesel fumes into the atmosphere with its equipment, while a company that transitions towards alternative fuels will drastically lower its emissions to negligible levels.<\/p>\n

By taking bold \u2013 yet painless \u2013 leaps towards new levels of sustainability, the demolition industry can play its part in shaping the future of the planet. Our acts of demolition can be achieved in such a way as to protect, preserve, and create a better world \u2013 not on the basis of a technicality or as a stunt, but in profound and meaningful ways that will reverberate far into the future.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Ben Griffiths \"Carbon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Safety, Health, Environmental and Ops Director<\/p>\n

Rye Group<\/p>\n

Tel: +44 (0)1296 770780<\/p>\n

info@ryegroup.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

www.ryegroup.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Twitter: @ryedemolition<\/a><\/p>\n

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