{"id":111786,"date":"2022-06-15T13:40:50","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T12:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=111786"},"modified":"2022-06-15T13:40:50","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T12:40:50","slug":"bpf-net-zero-pledge-carbon-emissions-built-environment-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/bpf-net-zero-pledge-carbon-emissions-built-environment-property\/111786\/","title":{"rendered":"BPF launches Net Zero Pledge to cut industry carbon emissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The British Property Federation (\u2018BPF\u2019) has launched its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/bpf-plans-decarbonising-built-environment-net-zero-pledge\/107905\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Net Zero Pledge<\/a> to cut carbon emissions across the whole of the property sector<\/h2>\n<p>As the built environment accounts for up to 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions, the property industry has a vital role to play in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/new-build-co2-emissions\/103053\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">supporting the government to reach its net zero emissions targets.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The BPF, whose members range across the property industry, is uniquely placed to cutting carbon emissions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bpf.org.uk\/net-zero-pledge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Members can sign up for the Net Zero Pledge on the BPF website<\/a>\u00a0and report publicly on their progress.<\/p>\n<h3>Members must commit to three principal actions to take the Net Zero Pledge<\/h3>\n<p>To take the Pledge and join the campaign, members must commit to three principal actions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sign-up:<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/featured\/are-construction-net-zero-goals-too-ambitious\/110154\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">setting verifiable net zero carbon targets<\/a> and plans<\/li>\n<li><strong>Share:<\/strong> research, knowledge and insight on an open-source basis<\/li>\n<li><strong>Support:<\/strong> each other, and the wider industry, to accelerate the transition to net zero<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As part of this alliance, the BPF is launching a net zero network, with an online knowledge hub where existing resources will be signposted. Members will have access to a programme of webinars and events. A mentorship programme will be piloted as part of the Pledge to connect sustainability leads and support each other to reach net zero.<\/p>\n<h3>\u201cBuilt environment has a critical role in UK reaching net zero by 2050&#8243;<\/h3>\n<p>Melanie Leech, chief executive, British Property Federation, said: &#8220;The built environment has a critical role in the UK reaching its net zero target by 2050.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Net Zero Pledge aims to bring members together to support each other and share resources in order effectively to tackle carbon emissions before or by 2050 at the very latest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/guy-grainger\/103239\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Guy Grainger<\/a>, president of BPF and global head of sustainability services &amp; ESG at JLL, said:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The onus is on every single organisation to commit to tackling the climate crisis, this means signing up to verifiable targets and reporting publicly as well as working together to share best practice and help each other.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the next 12 months during my presidency at the BPF I want to see all of our members working together to start or accelerate their journey to net zero.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British Property Federation (\u2018BPF\u2019) has launched its Net Zero Pledge to cut carbon emissions across the whole of the property sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[307],"tags":[277,93645,780,465],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-111786","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-energy-news","7":"tag-built-environment","8":"tag-net-zero","9":"tag-collaboration","10":"tag-sustainable-construction"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BPF launches Net Zero Pledge to cut industry carbon emissions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The British Property Federation has launched its Net Zero Pledge \u2013 an industry wide initiative to cut carbon emissions across the property sector\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/bpf-net-zero-pledge-carbon-emissions-built-environment-property\/111786\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BPF launches Net Zero Pledge to cut industry carbon emissions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The British Property Federation has launched its Net Zero Pledge \u2013 an industry wide initiative to cut carbon emissions across the property sector\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/bpf-net-zero-pledge-carbon-emissions-built-environment-property\/111786\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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