Explore the Agenda
7:30 am Registration & Refreshments
8:20 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
Streamlining Project Partnerships
8:30 am Strengthening Scope 3 Data Collection to Equip Contractors with Usable, Accurate Reporting
- Defining which Scope 3 inputs matter most by breaking down fuel, equipment and material emissions so trades understand exactly what data is required and why
- Distilling true material emission data from spend data so numbers reflect reality, rather than cost structure
- Understanding how peers are completing inventories and building dashboards: are contractors using tools, in-house methods, consultants, or another method?
9:00 am From EPDs to Action: How LEED v5 and Smarter Embodied Carbon Tracking Are Changing Project Delivery
- Interpreting LEED v5 contractor requirements to confidently transition from v4 without overhauling existing sustainability operations
- Automating embodied carbon tracking to reduce manual data handling
- Connecting jobsite activity, material sourcing, and executive reporting to strengthen client-facing sustainability performance
9:30 am Leadership Fireside Chat: Navigating Policy Uncertainty to Sustain Decarbonization Momentum Across Construction Value Chains
- Driving progress in the current policy world, navigating challenges and making progress in an environment with “winds blowing back and forth”
- Strategies for driving deeper, more systemic levels of decarbonization, focusing on the broader supply chain and value chain concepts
- Strategically discussing climate risk management, including critical success factors for driving greater levels of climate risk management
10:00 am Morning Refreshments & Speed Networking
Track 1
Corporate Operations & Reporting
Improving Field Reporting Consistency
11:00 am Driving Behavior Change & Adoption On-Site to Maintain Momentum & Integrate Sustainability into Everyday Efforts
- Exploring how conducting employee surveys, field feedback, actual cost and workload impacts new sustainability initiatives
- Gaining buy-in through incentives, disincentives, policies and gamified campaigns: what works well?
- Exploring how companies shift sustainability responsibility from a single specialist to project leaders, field teams and corporate decision-makers
11:30 am Clarifying Reporting Pathways to Prioritize What Matters Across Corporate, Client and Public Platforms
- Structuring project-level sustainability data (waste, carbon, materials, water, wellness) so it rolls cleanly into a corporate emissions inventory and client ready reporting views
- Using existing data to assess which external platforms you can credibly pursue, and where your infrastructure still needs work before going public
- Sequencing when to collect, convert, and share data across internal dashboards, client requirements, and external platforms
12:30 pm Lunch Break
Boosting GC Credibility
1:30 pm Defining Voluntary Decarbonization Commitments to Strengthen Industry Leadership Without Regulatory Pressure
- Clarifying how contractors set self-driven sustainability goals when political signals are weak
- Exploring the Contractor’s Commitment: what decarbonization requirements does this entail?
- Evaluating internal value-drivers such as cost savings, workforce attraction and competitive differentiation
- Case study: scaling pilot projects into company-wide action – hear about real-world examples and results from an energy study on a jobsite
2:00 pm Climate Risk Management for Construction Companies: Protecting People, Projects and Profits
- Assessing physical and transition climate risks to determine how extreme weather, policy shifts and market pressures directly impact job sites, workers and project pipelines
- Identifying practical climate risk management actions across active and future projects to translate high-level risk into site level actions for safety, scheduling and supply chain resilience
- Embedding climate risk management into contractor and supplier relationships to proactively manage exposure, inform decision making and maintain momentum as expectations and regulations evolve
Track 2
Project Implementation & Jobsite Reporting
Minimizing Project Fuel Emissions
11:00 am Optimizing Fuel Use & Idling Reduction to Cut Scope 1 Emissions in Heavy Construction Fleets
- Identifying realistic reduction levers for diesel-driven fleets to manage Scope 1 emissions in markets where major cuts are not feasible
- Implementing behavior-based idling programs to drive measurable reductions without relying on equipment replacement
- Exploring practical on-site alternatives such as generators, solar lighting, and electrified trailers to meet client expectations while staying operationally viable
11:30 am Navigating Equipment & Fleet Electrification Adoption to Reduce Scope 1 Emissions on Construction Sites
- Understanding true equipment power needs to determine where electric and hybrid equipment can reliably perform
- Planning for temporary power, charging access, run-time constraints and regional readiness for EV fleets
- Collaborating with manufacturers and vendors to influence product development and identify interim options for electrification
12:30 pm Lunch Break
Improving Trade Awareness
1:30 pm Engaging & Educating Trade Contractors to Increase Low-Carbon Choices Across Projects
- Increasing trade awareness of the reasoning and importance behind emission data transparency
- Understanding significance of embodied carbon in MEP for high energy use facilities
- Identifying practical levers that motivate trades to choose lower‑carbon materials and systems
- Establishing simple, transparent ways to capture data and measure results
2:00 pm Panel: Improving Waste Diversion to Improve Jobsite Efficiency & Reduce Landfill Dependency
- Benchmarking methods for tracking diversion, waste and fuel-use
- Looking to Europe and advanced US markets to improve reuse and recycling infrastructure on projects
- Dealing with disposals more effectively
2:30 pm Afternoon Refreshments
Benchmarking Against Advanced Markets
3:30 pm Case Study: Benchmarking Against California to Understand & Prepare for More Stringent Sustainability Regulations & Tracking Requirements
- Outlining current state mandates and their impact on projects, including CALGreen and Senate Bills 253 & 261
- Translating regulatory expectations into project workflows: what does compliance look like on a typical Californian project?
- Aligning internal data collection workflows across regions by clarifying what information California rules require and how to capture it on projects outside the state
4:00 pm Panel: Bridging Owner Ambitions with Construction Reality to Align on Sustainability Targets & Delivery Expectations
- Gaining clarity on what clients actually expect vs. what’s practical to deliver
- Reconciling corporate targets and frameworks with the realities of project growth, fossil‑fuel‑dependent equipment, and limited market options
- Embedding sustainability teams into core decision-making on both owner and contractor sides