Sustainable Building Week San Diego 2022
Wednesday, April 6th | 9am - 10am | Zoom
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Moving from Planning to Action in Multinational Enterprises & Large-Scale Organizations
Sustainability planning is only the first step on a long journey of transformation. After your organization has inventoried its carbon footprint, conducted a materiality assessment, or simply hired a sustainability director, what opportunities and challenges will you face as you move into
action -- especially within complex, large-scale organizations with numerous stakeholders?
For businesses big and small looking to understand how to address their supply chain and scope 3 emissions, this session is designed to orient you to lessons learned at Brookfield Properties, and MasterCard as they looked beyond their buildings to address their zero carbon goals.
Facilitated by Brightworks Sustainability, a leading practitioner in corporate sustainability since its founding in 2001, this session will leave you with insights and ideas to move measuring and understanding your environmental impacts to making strategic change.
Panel Discussion Agenda:
- Structuring your stakeholder alignment process.
- Measuring your starting point.
- Developing an effective execution strategy.
- Transformation, activism and global change about the importance of building electrification and zero net energy throughout the state.
Learning Objectives:
- Formulate the materiality of your scope 3 emissions from the case studies presented
- Adapt lessons learned from the case studies to your own example
- Plan how best to manage the discovery process in your example
- Recommend meaningful improvement opportunities/Maintenance Managers
Speakers:
Moderator: Sunni Wissmer
An experienced stakeholder engagement strategist, facilitator, marketer, and global program lead, Sunni is Brightworks' Communication and Stakeholder Engagement Manager. At Brightworks, Sunni works with both clients and the greater sustainability community to continue to grow positive global impact. Partnering with Brightworks' leadership on our communication and business development strategy, she delights in helping your organization move beyond the sustainability status quo to truly achieve zero carbon targets. In the past, Sunni led the International Living Future Institute's extensive Living Future Network: Living Future Accredited Ambassadors, Collaboratives, Partners, and Affiliates in more than 70 nations creating Living Products, Buildings, and Communities. She is still asking the question "what does good look like?" in all that she does. Past roles also include development roles in Guatemala and Cambodia, and stakeholder engagement work in greater Cascadia.
Panelist: Jill Ziegler
Jill shapes Brookfield Properties Development’s position as a Sustainability leader by leading the organization’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy, integrating ESG throughout the business, and communicating the company’s ESG performance to stakeholders. She holds a BA from Miami University, an MPA in Environmental Science & Public Policy from George Mason University and is a LEED AP. She currently serves as Chairman of the Board of the Cleveland 2030 District, sits on the national 2030 Districts Network Board of Governors, is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Social Equity Working Group, serves on the Executive Committee of Nareit’s Real Estate Sustainability Council, and is a member of the Real Estate Roundtable’s Sustainability Policy Action Committee.
Panelist: Sia Xeros
Sia Xeros, in her role at Mastercard, identifies best practices pertaining to carbon reduction, sustainable design, natural resource management, and sustainable sourcing. Each of these categories are key to the successful achievement of Mastercard’s recently approved Science Based Targets (SBT). Before joining Mastercard, Sia worked for Cushman & Wakefield, where she supported the Mastercard Real Estate Services team by providing environmental sustainability expertise and guidance. She received her degree in Biological Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, and is currently working on completing her MBA at Washington University.