Net Zero Strategy template
This slide template can be adapted for members to use the specifications required from the Net Zero Roadmap.
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Carbon Calculator
This carbon calculator has been tailored to the timber industry, use this to record energy use, and calculate their carbon emissions.
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Net zero roadmap offers timber businesses carbon and cost savings
A new timber industry net zero roadmap aims to accelerate the productivity, sustainability, and innovation of the sector to better meet the needs of a low-carbon world. Commissioned by Timber Development UK (TDUK) in collaboration with eleven UK timber trade associations*, the Timber Industry Net Zero Roadmap was developed following...
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Net Zero Review marks positive start to 2023
A net zero economy is the ‘growth opportunity of the 21st Century’ according to a new report from a UK Government sponsored report. Former Energy Minister Chris Skidmore MP published his Net Zero Review last Friday, putting forward a set of 129 recommendations to accelerate this shift. Key among these recommendations is...
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Net Zero Roadmap
The Net-Zero Roadmap project wants to establish a clear route to net-zero by 2050 for the industry. The roadmap highlights the key areas where the timber industry can make a difference.
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Raise awareness of timber’s sustainability benefits
More timber must be used in construction projects to help create a net-zero carbon construction supply chain, says a recent report from the Environmental Audit Committee. TDUK’s David Hopkins explains how timber merchants and the wider supply chain can unite to make this goal a reality. A new report from...
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Call for evidence – The BEIS Net Zero Review
Amidst the political chaos we have seen in the last few weeks, the new Conservative government under Liz Truss has outlined details for a review of net zero policies to ensure they are pro-growth and pro-business. This review comes following increasing scepticism among Tory ranks about the cost of net...
continue readingThe road to net zero is paved with timber, explains TDUK’s Sustainability Director
When you want to create a net zero carbon supply chain, sustainable timber has a lot of advantages.
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Why is timber leading constructions net zero recovery
As we emerge from the COVID-19 crisis, we have the most united construction industry in living memory, a Government willing to invest in retrofit and rebuild, and alignment on goals such as decarbonisation and manufacturing via the Road to Recovery. Now is the time to transform the industry.
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