A Dexus development or fit-out team sends through a sustainability requirement: they need the emissions behind your work, or the materials you supply, for their absolute Scope 3 target. Two questions follow: what counts, and how do you give them something that holds up?
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Why Dexus is asking
Dexus has science-based targets to cut absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 70% and absolute Scope 3 emissions by 25% by 2030, from a 2018 baseline. Because the Scope 3 target is absolute rather than intensity-based, reductions in the value chain count directly towards it. The biggest line is embodied carbon in developments and fit-outs, so Dexus reviews upfront carbon across developments, fit-outs and procurement, and designs out emissions through reuse, such as its Forever Fitout model. Contractor and materials data is central to that.
What Dexus asks, by supplier type
| If you are | What they'll want from you |
|---|---|
| A materials supplier (concrete, steel) | Product-level embodied-carbon data, ideally from an EPD |
| A fit-out or contractor supplier | The emissions of the work you perform, and reuse where it applies |
| A tenant | Energy use and the emissions of works within the space |
Embodied carbon is the number they want
An absolute Scope 3 target puts the weight on the value chain, and in property the biggest lever is embodied carbon, the emissions locked into materials when they are made. Concrete and steel dominate it. So a materials supplier faces the most specific ask: the emissions per unit of product. A fit-out or contractor supplier is asked for the emissions of the work performed, and for reuse where models like Forever Fitout apply. Either way it is the same discipline as any customer's data request: a number with the method behind it.
“An absolute target cannot be met by growing more efficiently: the tonnes have to fall. A figure you can trace to its method is the one that survives into Dexus's account.”
Why your number matters to DexusHow to respond
A first response to a Dexus request
- Build Scope 1 and 2 from your fuel, plant and energy records
- For materials, work out emissions per unit of product supplied
- Note reuse or recycled content where it applies, with evidence
- Apply the current NGA Factors and recognised materials data, method shown
- Keep the evidence together, so a product-level figure is defensible
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