Live Webinar

Live Webinar - ESG Deep Dive: A Virtual Roundtable

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Why is ESG relevant to building industry professionals? Many of us are accustomed to sustainability programs and reporting. In this one-hour deep dive, we tap leading ESG experts for answers to burning questions many of us in the industry have about the intersection between ESG goals and the sustainability work we’ve been doing all along. 

This virtual roundtable is not for beginners: our panel will assume viewers have a general understanding of ESG and are looking to better understand its relationship to their work. We’ll discuss:

  • The nuanced differences between sustainability and ESG

  • Where public policy is right now and where it’s likely headed

  • What ESG-focused companies need from design and construction professionals

  • How to leverage ESG targets to work at the portfolio scale

  • How GRESB fits into the larger ecosystem of ESG platforms

  • Whether AEC firms should start their own ESG programs (and where to start)

  • Why social metrics are harder and how to focus more attention there

  • The role and importance of governance metrics

A brief Q&A will follow the panel discussion.

 

This one-hour session will give you the background to better understand: 

  • How sustainability, which focuses on environmental and social impacts, overlaps with ESG, which also looks at the financial risks associated with these impacts.

  • The economic and regulatory drivers of sustainable design, construction, and operations as expressed through ESG programs and reporting.

  • The potential of ESG to improve environmental and social outcomes at scale.

  • The social equity goals that green building practitioners can help their clients achieve.