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)

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) Type: recommendation | Number: 39 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: 121. The Planning and Infrastructure Act establishes Natural England’s role in developing and implementing the NRF, setting out their core responsibilities for producing and delivering EDPs. 122. The NRF has been designed to operate on a cost-recovery basis with the costs of EDPs being met through t