A consultation on the first international standard for reporting carbon emissions across all areas of construction has been published.

The aim is that it will allow designers to identify and avoid carbon-intensive products in favour of more sustainable materials to help the UK reach net-zero targets by 2050.

New international cost management (ICMS) reporting standards will seek input from industry on how to make sure carbon emissions are factored directly into the decision-making that goes into planning construction projects.

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