NGO/Government Roundtable on Embodied Carbon — January 15, 2026

Carbon Leadership Forum’s Roundtable has the following objectives:
— Share news, strategic plans, resources, and tools related to embodied carbon.
— Report planning and future dates for conferences, webinars, and meetings.
— Inspire and facilitate ongoing communication and conversation among key leaders related to embodied carbon.
— Encourage convergence on shared embodied carbon terminology, data standards, benchmarks, and targets for embodied carbon reduction.

The agenda for this meeting included reports from:
WELCOME from Andrew Himes — Carbon Leadership Forum
Alison Kinn Bennett — Building Transparency
Nathan Forrest — California Nevada Cement Assn. reporting on new EC requirements from CARB (California Air Resources Board.)
Christopher Nelson - European Federation of Foundation Contractors (EFFC) / Deep Foundations Institute
Sonja O'Claire — Sound Transit (Seattle/King County)
Melanie DeCola — American Institute of Architects
Alejandro Romero — BREEAM USA
Tracy Huynh — RMI
Stephanie Dalo — Zero Emissions Innovation Centre (ZEIC)
Jacob Werner — International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (I2SL)
Amanda Smith — Drawdown - reporting on the Drawdown Explorer
Genevieve Bethel — SE 2050
Bob Redwine — Colorado Embodied Carbon Collaborative
Colleen Loader — Canada GBC