Beyond the Eco-Elite: How Sustainability Can Drive Financial Success - No CE

Beyond the Eco-Elite: How Sustainability Can Drive Financial Success - No CE

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Gautami PalankiGautami PalankiSVP, ESG Strategy at Howard Hughes Corporation

Gautami Palanki is Senior Vice President of ESG Strategy, at Howard Hughes Holdings, where she advances the organization’s commitment to responsible development and operations across its portfolio of large-scale master planned communities and mixed-use properties. For nearly two decades, Gautami has worked at the intersection of real estate, sustainability, and technology in both private and non-profit environments. She is an award winning sustainbility strategist who has led architectural design projects, technology implementation and deployed global sustainability standards to support greener buildings, communities and cities. Passionate about community-based climate action, Gautami has keynoted talks and led workshops for audiences in more than 20 countries. She is a Licensed Architect and LEED Fellow.

Blythe ChornBlythe ChornManaging Director at KPMG

Blythe Chorn is a Managing Director at KPMG where her work focuses on driving commercial value through enhanced sustainability performance. She works with real estate developers, manufacturing, and technology companies to address climate risk in the most critical nodes of their supply chains and operations and recognize new revenue generation opportunities through value enhancing sustainability activities. She brings deep expertise in strategy design and innovation, complex facilitation and stakeholder management, and supplier engagement as well as organizational change management. She has authored guidance on supply chain sustainability for leading organizations including the UN Global Compact and the OECD and is a frequent speaker at sustainability forums globally. Prior to joining KPMG, Blythe was a leader in Deloitte Consulting’s Sustainability practice and at Business for Social Responsibility. She also built the Management Consulting practice for Ramboll in the Americas focused on bringing sustainability to the built environment.

Lauren MossLauren MossSenior Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer at Vornado Realty Trust

Lauren Brust Moss is the Senior Vice President – Chief Sustainability Officer at Vornado Realty Trust, where she oversees the Company’s industry-leading sustainability programs including initiatives focused on energy efficiency, green cleaning, waste diversion, technology and infrastructure, and healthy environments. x000D x000D Ms. Moss has more than 20 years of experience managing sustainability, energy and capital improvements for large-scale buildings and portfolios, and is recognized as an industry thought leader and advocate on green policy, regulation and compliance. Prior to joining Vornado, Ms. Moss was Senior Vice President at Adai, the administrator of the Fitwel certification program, and previously worked in the sustainability practices at engineering firms NORESCO and Steven Winter Associates.x000D x000D Ms. Moss is a member of the Board of the Building Energy Exchange (BE-E😆, Co-President of the New York Energy Consumers Council and a member of the GBCI Board of Directors. She earned an undergraduate degree from Columbia University and a master’s degree in Urban Planning from New York University.

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There are clear environmental and social benefits to “greening” construction and building operations - but where are the financial returns? A sliver of premium products appear able to sustain green price premiums paid by eco-forward thinkers eager to support innovation and broadcast their credentials, but the mass market has proven more challenging. This panel of experts will share their insights into where they have found financial returns from more sustainable building material choices and climate resilient design in buildings, construction and real estate - ranging from price premiums to lower cost of capital. This is an introductory level session geared to Business and P&L owners as well as Finance and ESG professionals across any sector within building, construction and real estate. After attending this session you will be able to: 1. Describe the different potential financial benefit levers, including revenue improvements, cost (incl. interest, ta😆 savings 2. Identify potential opportunities for your business to address climate risk and build resiliency 3. Outline how regulatory developments in the US and EU including the (forthcoming) SEC climate reporting requirements may impact the financial benefits of going green 4. Bring examples of quantifiable cost reductions and revenue opportunities back to your organization to power up your greening journey

See less Continuing Education Credit Offered AIA LU GBCI Pass Type Access Conference Pass Student Pass Volunteer Pass Session Time Block Wednesday, 1:45pm Learning Objective 1 Describe the different potential financial benefit levers, including revenue improvements, cost (incl. interest, ta😆 savings Learning Objective 2 Identify potential opportunities for your business to address climate risk and build resiliency

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