Modus Announces CO2nstructZero Partnership

We’re pleased to announce that we have recently become Construction Leadership Council (CLC) CO₂nstructZero partners!

The CLC’s mission is to develop solutions that meet 2025 challenges and work alongside the government to promote industry initiatives that will deliver a 33% reduction in cost, 50% reduction in programme, 50% reduction in carbon emissions, 50% reduction in trade gap.

This partnership ensures we’re involved in important industry conversations that focus on sharing knowledge of developing sustainable construction methods. The CLC CO₂nstructZero initiative creates a collaboration zone for the industry, enabling best practices and generally contributing to a more sustainable future.

“CO₂nstructZero’s role is not to develop new solutions, roadmaps or new pathways – there are many groups in the industry well placed to do this – but we believe that the CLC does have a critical role to play in bringing people together to consolidate collective actions and plans for the sector. We can help drive change by helping to share innovative solutions and set transparent goals and clear actions that everyone can help to achieve.” – Andy Mitchell, CLC Co-Chair

By committing to the Construction Leadership Council’s national change programme, we’re committed to reducing carbon in all aspects of our construction activities.

The built environment contributes over 40% of the UK’s total carbon footprint, and radical change is needed to transform the sector and meet net zero by 2050. As a Business Partner, we’ll be playing our part in supporting CO2nstructZero by developing a change programme to help contribute to the national net zero target.

Our Chief Operating Officer, Tim White, says: “We are already seeing huge changes in our sector and recognise the significant role we have in improving the carbon footprint of all our construction activities. The net zero objective will redefine how we do business, so we are working closely with our supply chain and other business partners to develop a framework for change”

The CLC has set out nine priorities in construction to achieve Net Zero which align with the government’s overarching plan for net-zero by 2050. There is an expectation that these priorities will lead to the creation of 250,000 green jobs, attracting at least £36bn in the private sector.

The nine priorities have been categorised into three subcategories: Transport, Buildings and Construction Activities.

The Transport priorities are:

• Accelerating the shift of the construction workforce to zero-emission vehicles and onsite plants.
• Optimising the use of modern methods of construction and improved onsite logistics, and in doing so reducing waste and transport to sites.
• Championing developments and infrastructure investments that enable connectivity with low-carbon modes of transport, and designing to incorporate readiness for zero-emission vehicles.

The Building priorities are:

• Working with the Government to deliver retrofitting to improve the energy efficiency of the existing housing stock.
• Scaling up the industry capability to deliver low carbon heat solutions in buildings, supporting heat pump deployment, trials of hydrogen heating systems and heat networks.
• Enhancing the energy performance of new and existing buildings through higher operational energy efficiency standards and better building energy performance.

The Construction priorities are:

• Implementing carbon measurement, to support our construction projects in making quantifiable decisions to remove carbon.
• Becoming world leaders in designing out carbon, developing the capability of our designers and construction professionals to design in line with circular economy and shifting commercial models to reward measurable carbon reductions.
• Supporting the development of innovative low-carbon materials and advanced low-carbon solutions for manufacturing, production processes, and distribution.

We’ll be providing regular updates on CO₂nstruct Zero developments over the coming months. In the meantime, discover how we deliver ESG through our business or find out more about CO2nstructZero.