At a Leaders Network event with 50+ c-suite business leaders, the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) introduced their report on Embodied Ecological Impacts. The event highlighted the impact of sand extraction on biodiversity through the example of Lough Neagh.

'But, is it scalable?' is one of the most frequently asked questions whenever the topic of solutions to the sand crisis comes up. One of the key barriers in many regions is a lack of regulation on embodied carbon in construction. Let’s explore this topic further in the context of the UK and the Government’s recent response to the report by the Environmental Audit Committee.

In this guest post, Luis Fernando Ramadon, a Federal Police Specialist from Brazil, shares his research on the estimated value of illegal sand extraction vis-a-vis other types of transnational crime.

In this guest blog, Sheikh Rokon, Founder and Secretary-General of Riverine People, a Dhaka based civil society organization shares his commentary on Bangladesh's switch from polluting clay-fired bricks to concrete-based bricks that are presented as 'eco-friendly' bricks within the country.

In July 2021, Sweden's biggest cement factory was denied permission to continue mining limestone. This blog examines why a focus on low-carbon cement alone is not enough.

Land reclamation is one of the key drivers of sand mining across the world. The human and environmental cost of this activity is enormous. Cover image credit: The Philippine Association of Marine Science

This post examines recent events connected to mineral sand mining in South Africa that are important milestones for Justice.

In this episode, Jeffrey Hart and Kiran Pereira talk about the different uses of sand, how we're using one non-renewable resource to get at another fossil resource, various methods of extraction and why we should care.