UK firms pledge carbon reduction at Paris summit

摘要

Major contractors and developers have made a series of major pledges to reduce their carbon emissions ahead of Buildings Day at this week's global climate summit in Paris. Due to take place on Thursday this week, the event was designed to get the buildings and construction sector to take action to reduce emissions in the built environment. Heavyweight firms including Lendlease, Skanska, Carillion, Laing O'Rourke, Morgan Sindall and Sir Robert McAlpine have made commitments to reduce their carbon footprint and/or improve their energy efficiency.