Regenerative building report calls for transformation of built environment

• Regenerative building report showcases a systemic approach for people and planet to thrive
• Showcasing existing solutions in the market today with potential for scale up
• Calls for collective action from industry, finance and urban leaders

Systemiq and Holcim have launched a report at Climate Week NYC 2024 calling for a “regenerative revolution” in the built environment to accelerate positive impact for people and the planet.

Developed with Holcim’s insights, the report from systems-change company Systemiq, “Unleashing a Regenerative Revolution for the Built Environment”, outlines the positive contribution that the built environment has made to human wellbeing and economic development, while calling for an acceleration of best practices.

Jeremy Oppenheim, Founder and Managing Partner, Systemiq: “A regenerative revolution in the built environment is possible, and offers a way of doing better business while delivering benefits to people, nature and climate. We need industry, finance and cities to innovate - together - so that our built environment can be the home of regeneration.”

Nollaig Forrest, Chief Sustainability Officer, Holcim: “At Holcim we’re focused on offering the broadest range of low-carbon, circular, nature-friendly and energy-efficient building solutions to make regenerative building possible for all. It’s exciting to see them at work in large-scale projects worldwide. This report is a call to action to scale regenerative solutions that work for people and the planet.”

As the world’s population grows and urbanization rises, the report outlines the huge opportunity for the built environment to scale up the adoption of low-carbon, circular, energy-efficient solutions that are nature-friendly and people-centric for humans and nature to coevolve.

Showcasing a wide range of regenerative building projects worldwide, the report features scalable approaches enabled by Holcim solutions. The BIG U, a nature-based coastal protection program in New York City that improves social resilience; Thammasat University in Thailand, which features Asia’s largest urban rooftop farm; Gasholders, a residential redevelopment in London that has transformed a disused area of King’s Cross into a new, vibrant urban space; and Recygénie near Paris – a social housing project that is the world's first building made using 100% recycled concrete.

About Holcim

Holcim is a global leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions with net sales of CHF 27.0 billion in 2023. Driven by our purpose to build progress for people and the planet, our 63,448 employees are on a mission to decarbonize building, while improving living standards for all. We empower our customers across all regions to build better with less, with a broad range of low-carbon and circular solutions, from ECOPact and ECOPlanet to our circular technology platform ECOCycle®. Through innovative systems, from Elevate roofing to PRB insulation, Holcim makes buildings more sustainable in use, driving energy efficiency and green retrofitting. With sustainability at the core of our strategy, we are on the way to becoming a net-zero company with 1.5°C targets validated by SBTi. 

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About Systemiq 

Systemiq, the system-change company, was founded in 2016 to drive the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement, by transforming markets, business models and policy settings in nature and food, materials, energy, finance, and the built environment. A certified B Corp, Systemiq combines strategic advisory with high-impact, on-the-ground work, and partners with business, finance, policy-makers and civil society to deliver system change. Systemiq has offices in Brazil, France, Germany, Indonesia, the Netherlands, and the UK. Find out more at www.systemiq.earth. 

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