Local governments have a powerful role in shaping sustainable infrastructure.

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, Clare Tubolets, CEO of SmartCrete CRC, explains how the built environment sector can reduce embodied carbon in concrete and why systemic barriers — not technology — are slowing progress.

Clare shares insights from SmartCrete’s national research program and discusses how procurement frameworks, regulation and market incentives influence the adoption of low-carbon materials.

For engineers, asset managers and infrastructure leaders, this episode explores how systems thinking can help unlock real progress toward net-zero infrastructure.