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Home /News /Sustainability
Posted 10th December 2025
The launch of Version 1 is set for early 2026.
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Posted 20th November 2025
New guidance helps industry assess and track embodied carbon performance
Posted 10th November 2025
as it moves closer to launch this winter
Posted 10th September 2025
Tools launching from September 2025 include a landscape carbon overlay to the RIBA Plan of Work
Posted 30th April 2025
Recycling alone will not be enough to decarbonise the steel industry, warn experts from the steel and construction…
Posted 27th February 2025
Published jointly by CIC and the Edge
Posted 14th October 2024
The CIOB is partnering with Content With Purpose to produce an extensive digital series.
Posted 10th October 2024
Zed Pods awarded in their latest Sustainable Build
Posted 13th September 2024
Core criteria for sustainability competence – Code of practice
Posted 17th April 2024
Housing and water industry report shows how greater water efficiency can be achieved
Posted 8th March 2024
By The Landscape Institute and British Association of Landscape Industries
Posted 15th December 2023
This consultation will last for 12 weeks from 13 December 2023 to 6 March 2024.
