By Dr Sam Organ, Director & ESG Lead at Black Cat

Nearly a quarter of Carbon in the built environment comes from heating, powering and operating commercial buildings – UK Green Building Council (UKGBC)

Since the 1990s, operational emissions have fallen, but both operational and embodied carbon must reduce dramatically to reach net zero by 2050 (RICS, 2022). Retail is especially carbon intensive and often harder to bring to operational net zero, making decarbonisation a knotty challenge… but at Black Cat we love a challenge!

“We’ve been working with retail landlords and funds to decarbonise, showing that net zero in landlord areas is possible, and without being cost prohibitive, a major concern for many. By recommending pragmatic interventions, we can save 1,166 tonnes of carbon on average. Just as importantly, these solutions align with landlords’ existing plans without compromising business objectives.”
Dr Samantha Organ, FRICS, ESG Lead

Drawing on the expertise of the Black Cat ESG Team, in partnership with our Building Surveyors and Project Managers, we’ve supported the delivery of Carbon Reduction Measures through projects and Planned Preventative Maintenance strategies. Ensuring reductions are achieved in the most practical ways, with added benefits such as improved energy efficiency, lower operational costs, and even greater marketability of the asset once works are complete.