Our Head of Sustainability Carl Rushton recently participated in a roundtable event, exploring how the use of timber can be increased in construction and what is needed to get the sector, and the West Midlands region, on track to achieve net zero by 2050. The event was sponsored by the Structural Timber Association Ltd.

It is widely known that the construction industry ranks as one of the biggest contributors to the country’s carbon emissions; third after energy supply and transport.

The roundtable discussion highlighted that while the built environment sector acknowledges it is a significant contribution to the UK’s carbon emissions, much of the focus remains on operational carbon rather than embodied and whole-life carbon.

You can read more about the discussion here.