



21.02.2022
In our last announcement we committed to accelerating targets related to our business operations, going well beyond the standard response to the United Nation’s Race To Zero campaign. However as architects, our biggest impact will always be the projects that we design.
Projects
Whilst project commitments are reliant on client buy-in and the regulatory environment, these pledges are by far the riskiest for us to make, but we are committing to them regardless and will publicly report on our progress against the targets from next year. We pledge that:
Transparency and Substance
Though there is increasing commitment from the industry around net-zero targets, there is a serious danger that if the current quality of discourse around Climate Change targets on projects does not improve significantly in the coming years, it will be impossible for anyone to know who is delivering on what is required. We are all partly culpable, using terms like “low-carbon” without definition and quoting “% improvement over Part L” when we (hopefully) know these are effectively meaningless.
We are therefore committing to our new PR charter, which we call on other Architects Declare signatories to adopt and for the architectural press to expect of anyone submitting claims to them.
If you've missed it, go to part one of our Race to Zero commitments here.