The race to reduce embodied carbon in commercial real estate is on. But how can real estate investors and developers turn this challenge into a business advantage? RMI’s Embodied Carbon Investment Guide hub provides resources to answer this question, and more.

Key insights:

• Real estate investors can drive meaningful climate mitigation by requesting embodied carbon reporting as part of ESG and climate disclosure criteria.
• Reducing embodied carbon can both save developers money up-front and make them more competitive long term.
• Combining integrative design, efficient use of materials and space, retrofits, and circular construction can cut embodied carbon while growing profitability.
• Climate-aligned procurement, reporting, and marketing allows developers to reduce embodied carbon today while creating long-term business value.