Findings will inform criteria for judging firms鈥 carbon cutting efforts

The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) is asking the industry to provide feedback on how the sector鈥檚 progress towards net zero should be tracked.

Findings of a  will feed into a  currently being drawn up consisting of a set of targets and commitments to measure how much carbon firms are cutting.

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The CO2nstruct Zero programme was launched earlier this year

The framework, which is being created by the CLC鈥檚 CO2nstruct Zero initiative, is intended to ensure that the industry 鈥渟peaks in a single and unified voice鈥 on decarbonisation.

The programme will call on firms to use zero emission vehicles and onsite plant, champion infrastructure projects that support low carbon modes of transport and prioritise low carbon materials.

CLC co-chair Andy Mitchell said the scheme will ensure firms in the industry can be 鈥渂oth challenged and praised鈥.

鈥淎 comprehensive and cohesive approach to measuring net zero progress is the foundation for so much more,鈥 he added.

Mitchell told an NBS summit last month that the sector was 鈥渘ot moving at the speed it needs to鈥 on net zero, adding that a 鈥渉uge programme of industry change鈥 was now needed.

The CLC鈥檚 is open until 11 June.