Brief:
Engage construction managers and staff in a 40% carbon reduction target that was being resisted at an international construction company.
Objectives:

Managers to identify actions they could take to reduce their carbon footprint.

Managers to have tangible measures for an action plan.

Engage construction staff in changing onsite behaviours.
Approach:

Pre-workshop survey to identify the personal drivers and motivators of managers which were shared to overcome bravado and group-thinking.

Identify the current barriers to carbon reduction throughout each phase of their construction cycle.

Ideate on solutions that went beyond just buying new technology.
Outcomes:

Procurement teams were identified as a key stakeholder barrier to change.

Huge number of actionable areas identified by managers and teams.

Construction site team involved in solutions including a ‘switch-off’ sticker for machinery.
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