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An age-old solution to a modern-day problem

Why timber buildings make financial and environmental sense

Given its sizeable contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, the real estate industry is grappling with 
how it can balance meeting the need for additional space as economies and societies grow with mitigating the climate crisis. Our growing economies need new and refurbished buildings but construction activity alone accounts for 11% of annual global carbon emissions according to the World Economic Forum.1  

Buildings that meet social needs

To hear more about buildings that meet social needs, catch up with our on demand recordings from the Autumn Conference in Copenhagen.