UAE Business: All projects to be climate positive for operation by 2040: CRTKL – Gulf Digital News

UAE Business: All projects to be climate positive for operation by 2040: CRTKL – Gulf Digital News

CRTKL, a global cultural agency specialising in architecture, planning and design, has released an ambitious annual sustainability report pledging that all projects will be climate positive for operation by 2030 to 2040.

CRTKL has committed to a planet-positive mind-set, implementing industry-leading climate neutral operations since 2020. This commitment has been constantly realised each year by tracking and reducing the carbon footprint, and offsetting the remainder of emissions.

The built environment continues to be a significant challenge in the climate change crisis with buildings being responsible for 40% of greenhouse gas emissions.

CRTKL is ahead of the curve and was an early signatory of the AIA 2030 challenge, reporting since 2009 at its inception, making significant strides in the net-zero direction.

Preeti Mogali, Associate at CRTKL, said: "Sustainability is at the forefront of our design process and we are committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in buildings through innovative technology. Being carbon neutral since 2020 ensures we are staying below our planetary carbon budget and consistently improving the performance of our wide-ranging projects."

"At CRTKL, we work to reduce our reliance on offsets every year and advance current trends in the sustainability sector. We are driven by planet-positive design to increase the urgency of the required