Climate emergency conference 2024

Author: Various

Date published

12 June 2024

Price
Free
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Climate emergency conference 2024

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Author
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Author

Various

Date published

12 June 2024

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Various

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Navigating sustainability in practice and cutting through the greenwash

This year’s Climate emergency conference brought together industry leaders, experts, and professionals to tackle the urgent challenges of climate change and sustainability. The event focused on achieving sustainability excellence with quality and rigor, driving significant change amidst the climate crisis, and staying abreast of the latest developments in carbon standards and regulations in the built environment industry.

The conference videos have been divided into four parts, each covering different sessions from the event.

Video 1: Keynote presentation: Greenwashing: what it is and why it matters?
  • Lindsay Hooper, Interim CEO, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (UK)
Video 2: Session 1: Approaches to carbon standards and regulations
  • Jay Arehart, Co-chair, SEI Sustainability Committee (USA)
  • Katie Clemence-Jackson, Chair of the Technical Steering Group, NZCBS  (UK)
  • Jane Anderson, Director, ConstructionLCA (UK)
  • Leonardo Poli, Life Cycle Assessment Consultant, One Click LCA (UK)
Video 3: Session 2: Greenwashing and the reality of sustainability data
  • Florian Foerster, Director, Bauhaus Earth (Germany)
  • Fabian Klein, Legal Director, Pinsent Masons (Germany)
  • Alex Lynes, Associate Director, Webb Yates Engineers (UK)
Video 4: Session 3: Advancements and initiatives in sustainability resources
  • Célia Kupfer, Researcher, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland)
  • Zoë Rogers, Associate Sustainability Consultant, WSP (UK)
  • Mel Chafart, Researcher, University of Washington (USA)
  • Eva MacNamara, Director, Expedition Engineering (UK)
  • Clotilde Robin, Director, Expedition Engineering and Net Zero Bridges Group (NZBG) representative (UK)
  • Orlando Gibbons, Senior Engineer – Embodied Carbon, Arup (UK)

Keynote presentation: Greenwashing: what it is and why it matters?

Session 1: Approaches to carbon standards and regulations

Session 2: Greenwashing and the reality of sustainability data

Session 3: Advancements and initiatives in sustainability resources

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IStructE

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