Describing Types of AEC Firms with Climate Pledges
Publication: Construction Research Congress 2024
ABSTRACT
In response to the industry’s significant contribution to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, many architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) companies have developed climate pledges. Climate pledges are commitments made by entities (e.g., companies and governments) to lower their contributions to climate change by reducing their GHG emissions. Approximately 30% of the top 100 design firms and 100 contractors ranked by revenue by Engineering News Record have made formal climate pledges. The researchers hypothesize that adopting corporate climate pledges may be associated with various corporate and geographic characteristics, including headquarter location, revenue, and ownership type. Thus, this study describes statistical associations between firm characteristics and climate pledges in the AEC industry, using a dataset that focuses on the top 100 contractors by revenue. This work finds that corporate factors are more likely than geographic factors to be associated with climate pledge adoption and contributes to the literature to guide strategies for climate action.
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