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Recommendation 39
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Establish RICS methodology as the UK industry standard for whole-life carbon assessments.
Recommendation
We reiterate and support the recommendation given by our predecessor Committee on embodied carbon and whole-life carbon assessments: a. “The RICS Professional Statement on whole-life carbon assessments is fit for use and already familiar to UK industry. We recommend that, as soon as possible [ … ], the Government should seek to establish the RICS methodology as the UK industry standard for whole-life carbon assessments”. (Recommendation, Paragraph 141)
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 13 March 2026. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗