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Podcast: Engineering Matters
Episode: #299d Highways UK Live – The Journey to Net Zero and Resilience
Description: National Highways has adopted clear net zero targets: its own operations will be carbon free by 2030; those of contractors on its roads by 2040; and of road users by 2050. The challenge will be meeting those goals, while also fulfilling its mission of getting drivers where they need to go, safely and efficiently.
The key to meeting this challenge is the carbon reduction hierarchy: avoid, switch, and improve. National Highways has set annual carbon reduction targets for its suppliers. By making use of the carbon reduction hierarchy, these suppliers can ensure that they are able to meet these annual...