Explore the Agenda
Building Scalable Corporate ESG Strategies
12:00 pm Registration & Networking
Track 1 Getting Your Program Started
Workshop A
1:00 pm Optimizing Your Project Plan to Maximize Carbon Savings & Deliver Above & Beyond Client Expectations
- Facilitating proactive conversations at project kick-off to align on sustainability priorities and investment
- Defining the first steps in operationalizing targets across the project lifecycle, making informed decisions on what to prioritize and what to avoid
- Providing clear insights on potential carbon impact when considering alternative design choices: How do you ensure the client understands how modifications impact emissions despite financial and functional trade-offs?
- Establishing frameworks for handling unexpected carbon expenditures due to scope changes or rework
3:00 pm Afternoon Refreshments
Track 2 Optimizing Your Strategy
Workshop B
1:00 pm Climate Risk Management & Reporting: Meet Evolving Regulations & Client Requirements
- Positioning climate reporting as a strategic business opportunity to secure full organizational buy-in
- Assessing physical, operational, and strategic climate risks and opportunities
- Developing TCFD aligned reports and action plans that have organizational buy-in
- Aligning carbon emissions and climate risk reporting to meet regulatory and client requirements
- Group activity: Construction industry input to the development of the Climate Risk Management Playbook for Commercial Real Estate Development and Construction
3:00 pm Afternoon Refreshments
Workshop C
3:30 pm Setting Realistic Corporate Sustainability Commitments & Tracking Your Progress to Accelerate Your Journey to Net-Zero
- Creating ambitious yet realistic targets while acknowledging real-world limitations
- Leveling project data from across your portfolio to establish your performance baseline
- Layering growth factors to adjust emissions forecasts and judge where you are with relation to meeting long-term goals
- Triggering timely corrective actions: How do you make sure your teams are ready to implement these effectively?
Workshop D
3:30 pm Developing Effective Training Programs to Keep Field Workers Abreast of Advancing Requirements
- Evaluating the various codes, legislation and reporting requirements that different teams will require knowledge of to inform targeted education programs
- Finding effective ways to bridge knowledge gaps from basic sustainability concepts to advanced compliance measures
- Collaborating with trade associations and local experts to integrate best practices from regional mandates as well as industry-wide training standards