Stategy & Insights

To accelerate decarbonisation across the entire construction value chain in India, Build Ahead partners have created and committed to a Charter that captures the mission and objectives of the coalition. As a business-led coalition, Build Ahead is dedicated to collectively achieving a net-zero built environment in India. To accelerate decarbonisation of the whole construction value chain, collective and collaborative action …

Embodied carbon forms almost 30% of the carbon footprint of the built environment. Most of this embodied carbon comes from the manufacturing of commonly used building materials like cement, concrete and steel. The share of embodied carbon, in India and globally, is expected to increase to more than 50% by 2050 as the share of operational carbon, i.e., emissions resulting …