Circular credentials: digital product passports in construction

Aoife O’Donnell and Ellie Walshe explain how digital product passports could help to enable a circular economy in the construction industry
To reach net zero by 2050, society needs to move away from its current linear ‘take-make-waste’ economic model and towards a more circular economy. The construction industry – including material extraContinue reading this with an IEMA membership
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