DMA2.2: Embodied Carbon Disclosure – Above Green

Intent

This indicator assesses the level of embodied carbon disclosure undertaken by the entity. Assessment of the embodied carbon emissions is necessary to acquire an overall understanding of a built project’s total carbon impact. This indicator provides investors and data users with information on the embodied carbon of buildings that have been completed in the last three years. Disclosure of embodied carbon demonstrates an entity’s transparency in explaining the efforts towards embodied carbon emissions assessments.

Requirements

Select yes or no. If yes, select all applicable sub-options.

Has the entity disclosed the embodied carbon emissions of its development projects completed within the last three years?

Yes
- The disclosure is
  - Publicly available
    - URL____________
    - Indicate where in the evidence the relevant information can be found____
  - Not publicly available
No
Not applicable

Evidence: Hyperlink is mandatory for this indicator. The evidence should sufficiently support all the items selected for this question. Ensure that the hyperlink is not outdated and the relevant page can be accessed within two steps.

The evidence must sufficiently support the disclosure of embodied carbon by the entity to its stakeholders.

Validation

This indicator is not subject to automatic or manual validation.

See Appendix 2a for additional information about GRESB Validation.

Scoring

Not scored, G

This indicator is not scored and is used for reporting purposes only.

See the Scoring Document for additional information on scoring.

Terminology

Disclosure: The act of making information or data readily accessible and available to all interested individuals and institutions. Disclosure must be external and cannot be an internal and/or ad hoc communication within the participating entity.

Embodied carbon: Refers to emissions that arise from producing, procuring and installing the materials and components that make up a structure. It may also include the lifetime emissions from maintenance, repair, replacement and ultimately demolition and disposal.

References

CDP Climate Change 2020 Questionnaire, C-CN6.6b/C-RE6.6b, C-CN6.6c/C-RE6.6c