The ESG Institute and UNAccc have signed a strategic collaboration agreement to advance sustainability education, climate action and the SDGs globally. Signed at the Institute of Directors headquarters in London by Dr. Jaime Amoedo, Prof. Dr. Rajat Sharma and Mr. Neville Gaunt, the partnership brings together two major international sustainability organisations to expand knowledge, capacity building and collaborative action worldwide and impact.

The built environment is responsible for around 37% of global carbon emissions, and regulators, investors, and supply chains are closing in on an industry that has long treated environmental compliance as a footnote. In this issue, Derartu Agama, Senior Sustainability Adviser at The ESG Institute, joins Kenneth Martin of Block Architects on The Hard Hat Talks to explore what ESG actually means when it meets site reality, why the gap between policy ambition and project delivery is widening, and what construction professionals need to do to turn good intentions into measurable progress.