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Some of our offerings within Sustainable society
Tools for sustainable construction – One stop shop
There are growing demands to build sustainably, since the construction sector accounts for nearly 40 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions and for a fifth of emissions in Sweden. The challenges facing the construction sector include making conscious material choices, preparing climate declarations in the case of new construction and renovation work, reusing materials in connection with renovations, etc. Please get in touch, so that we can help you.
WE OFFER YOU THE FOLLOWING TOOLS:
• Digital environmental information for a circular construction sector (eBVD) • Sustainability labelling for furniture (Möbelfakta) • Climate declaration for buildings (BM) • Complete logbook for construction products (BASTA) • Product bank and marketplace for reuse of furniture and construction resources (CCBuild)
With its wide-ranging skills and experience, IVL can offer you tailored support every step of the way to achieve increased resource efficiency based on your needs and conditions. To save the climate and reduce the over-exploitation of Earth’s resources, we need to develop more circular and resource-efficient solutions. This means that we need to get better at extending the service life of products and using resources more smartly, in everything from manufacturing and design to use and recycling. Developments are moving rapidly and there are increasing demands from the market and customers for more sustainable solutions. By working actively on the transition to a more circular economy, new business opportunities and greater competitiveness are also being created. IVL will help your local authority, organisation or company, based on your specific conditions, with measures and strategies for increasing circularity and resource efficiency within areas such as plastics, textile and electronics.
WE HELP YOU WITH:
• Current situation assessment, proposed measures and action plans as well as providing support and acting as a sounding board in your transition • Mapping flows for materials and waste • Calculation of climate impact and assessment of the climate and environmental benefits of various measures • Development of goals and measures to increase resource efficiency and reduce the amount of waste • Development of strategy and action plan for increased resource efficiency • Customised training for your organisation, your customers or your business partners
Climate goals according to Science Based Targets
Science Based Targets is a method to enable companies to align scientifically based climate goals with the Paris Agreement. The company needs to inventory its emissions throughout its entire value chain, and the target is often linked to investments where economy, feasibility and other effects are carefully investigated.
More and more companies are setting climate goals according to Science Based Targets. This means that they are undertaking to implement the necessary measures to ensure that the rise in temperatures will not exceed 1.5°C. This is an initiative by CDP, UN Global Compact, WRI and WWF. The scientific data is produced by the IPCC and the IEA, among others.
THE STEPS FOR SETTING CLIMATE GOALS The process starts with the company submitting a letter of intent, in which they commit to developing a climate target within two years. Once the climate target has been submitted, it is reviewed by the organisation behind Science Based Targets on the basis of the requirements that have been stipulated.
The target includes direct emissions (scope 1) and indirect emissions from purchased energy (scope 2). Emissions in the rest of the value chain (Scope 3) must be carefully mapped, and if these emissions are greater than 40% of total emissions, a climate target must be developed for them as well.
IVL works with this issue for companies in various parts of the business sector, such as real estate and manufacturing industry (automotive, forestry, agriculture, etc.).
WE HELP YOU TO:
• Develop climate goals according to the Science Based Targets method for various areas. • Understand the underlying structures within Science Based Targets and how this can be linked e.g. to global indices and the evaluation of the companies’ environmental and sustainability work. • Calculate emissions throughout the value chain: Scope 1, Scope 2 and the various categories in Scope 3.
