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Alliance for Sustainable Building Products @asbpuk.bsky.social · 6d

Our latest ASBP newsletter is out. us5.campaign-archive.com?u=c613327e65...

There’s info on some great October events. #ReUseNow topics (in-person & webinars). Plus free training events throughout the UK during Natural Fibre Insulation Week. #NFIWeek2025.

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Scottish Ecological Design Association @scotecodesign.bsky.social · 19d

UK sustainability finance rules must go further, says Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. ICAS's Fiona Donnelly said “More comprehensive & holistic reporting would be achieved by expanding these standards to include reporting on the impact of organisations on the environment and society”

UK sustainable finance rules must ‘go further’, says ICAS - Accountancy Today

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) has called for the government’s sustainabl

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Alliance for Sustainable Building Products @asbpuk.bsky.social · 28d

Regenerative thinking when using timber looks beyond “do no harm” and sources materials that encourage biodiversity net gain.

Join us for a discussion on forest biodiversity metrics, supply chain mapping, and how certification underpins responsible sourcing. 25 Sept 2025
asbp.org.uk/events/bridg...

This ‘Bridging the Gap between Construction and Forestry’ webinar builds on our Built by Nature funded IMPACTT project (Innovative Mapping and Processes to Advance Construction Timber Transparency) linking construction and forestry.

25th September 2025 | 12:30-14:00 | Online (Zoom). Free to attend, register here -> https://asbp.org.uk/events/bridging-the-gap-between-construction-and-forestry .

Speakers:

Welcome and Introduction – Dr Asselia Katenbayeva, Sustainability Research Lead, ASBP

Insights into biodiversity in forests & sustainable forest management – Prof John Healey, Professor of Forest Sciences, Bangor University

Lessons from the DiversiTree project – Dr Ruth Mitchell, Biodiversity and Ecosystems Group Leader, James Hutton Institute

Supply chain mapping demo & forest management in practice – Dr Mila Duncheva, Business Development and Global Project Manager, Stora Enso

How timber certification underpins responsible sourcing – John Kirkby, Executive Director at PEFC UK

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Alliance for Sustainable Building Products @asbpuk.bsky.social · Aug 22

Join us for a free webinar on the IMPACTT (Innovative Mapping and Processes to Advance Construction Timber Transparency) project. asbp.org.uk/events/bridg...

25th September 2025 | 12:30-14:00 | online

#CLT #Biodiversity #Timber #SustainableForests #SupplyChainsTranparency

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Alliance for Sustainable Building Products @asbpuk.bsky.social · Aug 13

Call out to all those involved in and with timber in construction, the ASBP is collaborating with several like minded organisations to define gaps in guidance and research to support the industry to #reuse more timber. Please complete and share - thank you! docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/...

Timber Reuse Survey.

This survey is run by a cross-sector consortium-Alliance for Sustainable Building Products (ASBP), Timber Development UK (TDUK), Bangor University, Built by Nature, Edinburgh Napier University, Morgan Sindall, University College London (UCL), the University of Cambridge, the University of the West of England, and Woodknowledge Wales
-working together to define the research and guidance the industry needs in relation to timber reuse in construction.

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Alliance for Sustainable Building Products @asbpuk.bsky.social · Sep 2

Our August newsletter is out - us5.campaign-archive.com?u=c613327e65...

Announcing our new collaboration with Healthy Materials Lab, @b-road89.bsky.social joining Caber at UWE, and IMPACTT shortlisted for STA Award.

Plus events focusing on #ReUseNow and natural building materials.

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Alliance for Sustainable Building Products @asbpuk.bsky.social · Aug 27

In-person events/training by our Members asbp.org.uk/partner-memb...

28-29 Aug 2025. A 2-day course on lime by Ty-Mawr, Wales.

28 Aug 2025. Ask the Ecological Building Systems experts, Swindon.

3-7 Sept 2025. A @schoolofnatbuild.bsky.social 5-day practical straw bale building course in Devon.

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Alliance for Sustainable Building Products @asbpuk.bsky.social · Aug 26

Our Reuse Now Campaign activities are made possible by our ReUse Now sponsors: Cleveland Steel & Tubes Ltd, Optima Systems, Circuland, Excess Materials Exchange, @reusefully.bsky.social, and @woodknowledgewales.bsky.social.

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Alliance for Sustainable Building Products @asbpuk.bsky.social · Aug 26

#ReUseNow events:
asbp.org.uk/upcomingevents

REUSING CONCRETE IN CONSTRUCTION
7 Oct 2025 | 12:30-14:00 | online

2025 REUSE SUMMIT
16 Oct 2025 | 13:00-18:00 |London

#ReUseNow #ResourceEfficiency #Reuse #WholeLifeCarbon #MaterialPassports #CircularEconomy #LCA #PreDemAudits #Deconstruction

Upcoming #ReUseNow events:

REUSING CONCRETE IN CONSTRUCTION.
7th October 2025 | 12:30-14:00 | online. https://asbp.org.uk/events/reusing-concrete-in-construction .
Free for ASBP Members, £20+VAT for non members.
Our next Reuse Now webinar puts the spotlight on one of the world’s most used and most carbon-intensive materials - concrete. We’ll explore how concrete can be given a second life, transformed from demolition waste into a vital part of a low-carbon, circular future. Speakers include: Elaine Toogood (Concrete & The Concrete Centre), John F Hunt, Serkan Karatosun (Technical University of Denmark), Laura Batty (Heyne Tillett Steel).

2025 REUSE SUMMIT.
16th October 2025 | 13:00-18:00 (followed by drinks & networking) | London. https://asbp.org.uk/events/2025-reuse-summit .
£25+VAT for ASBP members, from £50+VAT for others.
This year’s summit focuses on the link between reuse, risk mitigation, and resilience, highlighting practical, strategic pathways to reduce embodied carbon, strengthen supply chains and future-proof business. ASBP’s #ReUseNow team is joined by: Will Arnold (The Institution of Structural Engineers), Paul Lockwood (Cleveland Steel & Tubes), Tim den Dekker (Lignum Risk Partners), Frank Blade (Great Portland Estates), Salvatore Gangemi (McLaren Construction Group), Sophie Thomas (Useful Simple Trust), Elaine Toogood (Concrete & The Concrete Centre).

Our Reuse Now Campaign activities are made possible by the ReUse Now sponsors: Cleveland Steel & Tubes Ltd, Optima Systems, Circuland, Excess Materials Exchange, Reusefully Ltd, and Woodknowledge Wales.

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Alliance for Sustainable Building Products @asbpuk.bsky.social · Aug 22

Join us for a free webinar on the IMPACTT (Innovative Mapping and Processes to Advance Construction Timber Transparency) project. asbp.org.uk/events/bridg...

25th September 2025 | 12:30-14:00 | online

#CLT #Biodiversity #Timber #SustainableForests #SupplyChainsTranparency

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Alliance for Sustainable Building Products @asbpuk.bsky.social · Aug 22

Upcoming #ReUseNow events asbp.org.uk/upcomingevents

REUSING CONCRETE IN CONSTRUCTION
07-10-2025 | 12:30-14:00 | online.

2025 REUSE SUMMIT
16-10-2025 | 13:00-18:00 | London.

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Alliance for Sustainable Building Products @asbpuk.bsky.social · Aug 18

Coming up in October, the 2025 #ReUseNow Summit, with a focus on the link between reuse, risk mitigation, and resilience.

It will highlight practical, strategic pathways to reduce embodied carbon, strengthen supply chains and future-proof business.

16 Oct 2025 London asbp.org.uk/upcomingevents

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Joe Giddings @joegiddings.bsky.social · Jul 14

BECCS boosts the carbon story for timber:
"Bioenergy with carbon capture & storage (BECCS) could potentially capture & permanently store over 90% the carbon sequestered in timber building materials. BECCS would prevent release of stored biogenic carbon from the timber element at end-of-life" ARUP

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Alliance for Sustainable Building Products @asbpuk.bsky.social · Aug 13

Call out to all those involved in and with timber in construction, the ASBP is collaborating with several like minded organisations to define gaps in guidance and research to support the industry to #reuse more timber. Please complete and share - thank you! docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/...

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Alliance for Sustainable Building Products @asbpuk.bsky.social · Aug 13

IMPACTT project - shortlisted for STA Pioneer of the Year Award asbp.org.uk/asbp-news/as...

Many know about the benefits of using timber in construction, but what about the impact it has on the environment - in particular on the forests in which it is grown?

IMPACTT aims to address this question

The IMPACTT (Innovative Mapping and Processes to Advance Construction Timber Transparency) project. Bridging the gap between construction and forestry.

Funded by Built by Nature. Project Partners: ASBP, PEFC UK, DoubleHelix, Agrodome, Woodknowledge Wales, CEI-Bois, Timber Development UK, Stora Enso, Eurban

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Greengauge @greengaugebec.bsky.social · Aug 7

📣A brilliant new resource from the Sustainable Traditional Building Alliance!

The report helps professionals make better informed decisions when specifying insulation systems in traditional buildings.

Greengauge Director Toby Cambray is one of its co-authors.

stbauk.org/retrofit-...

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Alliance for Sustainable Building Products @asbpuk.bsky.social · Aug 5

Hands-on training courses in August. asbp.org.uk/partner-member-events:

@schoolofnatbuild.bsky.social 5-day practical course on clay plastering onto #strawbale walls.

BE-ST @be-stbuild.bsky.social #Passvihaus Practical Training by @coaction.bsky.social.

Ty-Mawr 2-day course on lime in buildings.

Our Members and Partners present hands-on training courses in August. asbp.org.uk/partner-member-events

18/08 to 22/08 Todmorden, West Yorkshire. School of Natural Building 5-day practical course on clay plastering onto straw-bale walls, led by Miki.

21/08 Blantyre, Scotland. BE-ST Passvihaus Practical Training with training provider Coaction Training CIC

28/08 & 29/08 Nr Brecon, Wales. Ty-Mawr 2-day course on lime in buildings

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Alliance for Sustainable Building Products @asbpuk.bsky.social · Aug 4

Our latest newsletter is out - us5.campaign-archive.com?u=c613327e65... - with our new Natural Fibre Insulation guide, #PlasticFreeJuly resources, and Autumn events. We welcome our latest Patron Member, McLaren Construction, and flag up events by our Members/Partners.

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Alliance for Sustainable Building Products @asbpuk.bsky.social · Jul 29

Hands-on training by our Members asbp.org.uk/partner-member-events

Womersley's
Two restoration methods - plastic stone repair and grouting

Ty Mawr
2-day Lime course in the Brecon Beacons National Park

@schoolofnatbuild.bsky.social 5-day practical course on clay plastering onto straw-bale walls.

Hands-on training by our Members asbp.org.uk/partner-member-events

30/07 Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire. Womersley's 1-day course covering an update on materials and techniques for two basic restoration methods - plastic stone repair and grouting.

31/07 & 01/08 Brecon Beacons, Mid Wales. Ty Mawr 2-day lime course at their training centre in a beautiful complex of Grade II* listed buildings in the heart of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

04/08 to 08/08 Todmorden, West Yorkshire. School of Natural Building 5-day practical course on clay plastering onto straw-bale walls, led by Rae Parkinson.

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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · Jul 28

🏡 New from the SHELTER project: What’s holding back the shift to offsite construction + biobased building materials in UK housebuilding?

🔎 Find out in the latest findings from this YESI Knowledge Exchange project.

Read more 👉 buff.ly/6M04S1g

#SustainableHousing @asbpuk.bsky.social

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Alliance for Sustainable Building Products @asbpuk.bsky.social · Jul 22

Events by our Members/Partners asbp.org.uk/partner-member-events

natureplus Late Lunch webinar

Elliott Wood: Regenerative Design Open House

Ecological Building Systems: Meet the experts at NSBRC.

ACAN Carbon Clinic. #WLCA Tools in Practice

2x Womersley’s 1-day lime courses in West Yorkshire

Events coming up by our Members/Partners asbp.org.uk/partner-member-events

23/07 12:00 online. natureplus Late Lunch webinar. Solid construction meets climate protection – durable and recyclable bricks in existing buildings.

23/07 17:00 London. Elliott Wood: Regenerative Design Open House.
A showcase of the Elliott Wood's internal 'regenerative design' competition entries.

24/07 Swindon. Ecological Building Systems: Meet the experts at NSBRC.
Join technical advisors on stands 159 & 160 for expert advice and guidance on sustainable retrofit and new build solutions.

28/07 18:30 online. ACAN Carbon Clinic. Whole Life Cycle Assessments Tools in Practice.

28/07 & 29/07 Womersley’s 1-day lime courses. Hands-on training in Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire.

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Alliance for Sustainable Building Products @asbpuk.bsky.social · Jul 19

Hear about Denmark’s successful Reduction Roadmap #EmbodiedCarbon Story. Could #PartZ do the same for the UK?

Webinar recording now available: asbp.org.uk/webinar-reco...

With Reduction Roadmap’s Fabian Lecker & Sinus Lynge of EFFEKT Architects; and Part Z’s Tim den Dekker & Will Arnold.

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Alliance for Sustainable Building Products @asbpuk.bsky.social · Jul 9

It’s #PlasticFreeJuly. Check out the list of resources we’ve compiled to help you reduce plastics in construction. asbp.org.uk/asbp-news/pl...

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Alliance for Sustainable Building Products @asbpuk.bsky.social · Jul 8

Calling #retrofit architects, engineers and coordinators. Have your say in improving future retrofit skills training by taking a short survey @transforming-homes.bsky.social.

asbp.org.uk/asbp-news/wh...

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Alliance for Sustainable Building Products @asbpuk.bsky.social · Jul 15

Join us for a #ReUseNow webinar ‘Reusing Timber in Construction’ as we explore practical approaches, case studies, and insights into reclaiming and reusing timber.
15 July 2025 & 12:30. asbp.org.uk/events/reusi...

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@woodknowledgewales.bsky.social
@reusefully.bsky.social

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