ESG in Real Estate Summit: 17-18 May 2023
The leading real estate event for investors, developers and lenders that want to safeguard their portfolios while increasing their returns and opening up new opportunities
Climate risks and ESG considerations have become increasingly important to real estate investment and development decisions. From long term institutional investors looking at potential asset obsolescence for brownfield developments to opportunistic players hunting for cheaper financing, ESG is touching the entire life cycle of real estate transactions.
With risk return fundamentals incorporating ESG standards, as well as governmental regulations picking up on these topics for the real estate industry, investors, developers and lenders need implement the right strategies and solutions to safeguard their portfolios while increasing their returns and opening up new opportunities.
The 3rd annual ESG in Real Estate Summit brought together senior real estate investors, owners, operators, developers, lenders and solution providers to examine how the commercial real estate industry can seize opportunities and overcome challenges related to developing and implementing ESG initiatives. The event is unique in its focus on ESG in commercial real estate and also the capital markets perspective that it provides.
The ESG in Real Estate Summit 2023 covered the following big themes:
- How should decarbonisation strategies be incorporated into financial decision making
- How investors can manage the transition to a net-zero world – due diligence and portfolio management
- ESG performance management, reporting and benchmarking
- Digitisation & Automation – Improving your assets sustainability credentials
- Wellbeing & Social Value – Healthy buildings, health profits?
- Evaluating ESG risks related to third parties
- The evolving role of technology in ESG and DEI initiatives
- Mitigating Climate Risk Impact on Real Estate Value
- Net-zero Retrofits – Profits or Losses
- Data & Net-Zero: How can data augment decision making in ESG management
WHERE
In-person and Virtual Attendance
NSW Teachers Federation Conference Centre, Sydney, Australia
When
17-18 May 2023
OUR PARTNERS
Speakers include
DEO PRASAD
CEO
NSW Decarbonisation Innovation Hub, UNSW
LISA MCLEAN
CEO
Circular Australia
SIMON NASA
Managing Director
Hines
ROSALIND MCKAY
Head of Responsible Investment
Cbus
DARREN TEOH
VP, Group Sustainability
CapitaLand
MICHAEL DI RUSSO
Director, Head of Property
Clean Energy Finance Corporation
LAURA HAMILTON-O’HARA
CEO
Living Future Institute of Australia
NICK CHEE
Senior Associate ESG & Stewardship
AustralianSuper
ALEXANDRA BANKS
Partner, Climate Change and Sustainability Services
EY
PAOLO BEVILACQUA
Group Head of Sustainability
Frasers Property Australia
JACE TYRELL
CEO
New Sydney Waterfront Company
JESS MILLER
Former Deputy Mayor, City of Sydney
& Board Member, TEDx Sydney
PAUL BEDDIE
International Ambassador, Globalization Office, Office of the COO, SAP
& CEO, The FutureMax Institute
AMY HAHS
Senior Lecturer in Urban Horticulture
University of Melbourne
TIM WILLIAMS
Cities Advocacy Lead
Grimshaw Architecture + Planning
SU-FERN TAN
National Sustainability Manager
CBRE Pacific
IAN LIEBLICH
Head of ESG
EG Funds
SIA PAPAGEORGIOU
Managing Partner
Centre for Strategic Communication Excellence
JOANNA MARSH
Head of Venture Investment & Advanced Analytics
Investa
ANDREW THAI
National Sustainability Manager
Frasers Property Industrial
RICHARD EVANS
Managing Director
Talent Nation
MATT KASDIN
Director, Senior Counsel
SunPower from Maxeon Solar Technologies
TIM WHEELER
National Policy Manager–Sustainability and Regulatory Affairs
Property Council of Australia
JAMIE WALLIS
Senior Manager-Market Engagement
Green Building Council of Australia
LACHLAN FEGGANS
Director, Sustainability, Corporate and Asia Pacific
Brambles
ONNO WILLEMSE
Founder & CEO
EQYRE
VICTORIA WHITAKER
Partner, Risk Advisory
Deloitte Australia
NICHOLAS WHITE
Co-Founder, Head of Strategy & Operations
Smart Building Certification (Netherlands)
PIPER DEDRICK
Associate Director, ESG
JLL
SIMON CARTER
Head of ESG
ESR Australia
TIM JONES
CEO & Founder
Grow Good (B-Corp)
MONIQUE ALFRIS
Head of Market Transformation
NABERS
DEVAN VALENTI
Manager, Asia Pacific
International WELL Building Institute
ELHAM MONAVARI
Head of Green Star Strategic Delivery
Green Building Council of Australia
RUBEN LANGBROEK
Head of Asia Pacific
GRESB
JO LEES
Construction Manager
Hines
MARCEL ZALLOUA
CEO
Geyer and Valmont
DANIEL REX
Director, Partnerships
Building 4.0 CRC
TAMARA WILLIAMS
Director, ESG & Transactions
Altis Property Partners
CLAIRE BOWLES
Regenerative Development Lead,
i2C Architects
DAVID MARGOLIUS
Director Operations
Agile Energy
ALYSON WAVISH
Founder and Chief Retail Strategist
Re-solve Retail Solutions
LAUREN VAN AANHOLT
Asset Manager
Invesco Real Estate
DR ANNE KOVACHEVICH
Sustainable Buildings and Precincts Lead QLD, NSW (interim)
Mott MacDonald
STEPHEN MORGAN
General Manager, Greenstage & Shareholder
Ecogy Energy
WHO ATTENDED?
Senior executives with the following job titles:
- ESG
- Sustainability
- Risk & Compliance
- Reporting & Disclosure
- Investor Relations
- Funds
- Climate Risk & Resiliency
- Sustainable Finance
- Stakeholder Relations
PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
ESG decision makers from the real estate industry are looking for partners that can help them across a range of areas. If you offer services or solutions in the following categories, are interested in growing your profile and tapping into significant budgets then this event is for you:
Risk & compliance
- Legal Firms
- Consulting firms
- Risk Management
ESG ratings
- Solutions for measuring a company’s resilience & relevant ESG risks
ESG intelligence and reporting tools
- Data collection and reporting
Portfolio & asset optimisation tools
- Data & Analytics
- Climatech
- Green building/construction materials
- Energy production & carbon off-set solutions
- Energy management
Healthy building solutions
- Design/architecture
- Smart lighting
- Indoor Air Quality
- Space utilisation
- Mobile access/touchless
- Temperature control
BENEFITS OF ATTENDING
The ESG in Real Estate Summit is a Hybrid event. This format combines the traditional face-to-face conference with virtual elements, allowing both in-person and virtual attendees to access the same content and networking opportunities simultaneously.
High quality curated content
With two days of expert sessions and industry leading speakers, delve into expertly curated content that you won’t find anywhere else.
Live and on-demand
Wherever you are at the time of the event, you’ll be in control. You’ll have the ability to consume all the content being delivered at your leisure through either a live stream of the physical event or on-demand.
Time efficient
If you are based outside of Sydney and for whatever reason can’t make it to the event in-person, you can save on travel time and accommodation costs while still networking with global industry professionals.
Business matchmaking live
Take part in intelligently curated meetings with like-minded individuals that share similar interests and challenges from all over the world through our AI powered matchmaking delivered via our virtual platform.
Accessible from all your devices
Get insights and network at your fingertips – all content sessions and networking activities will be accessible from your laptop, tablets or mobile devices.
Engage, interact and influence
Make the most of your experience by being a truly active participant. Whether at the event or attending virtually, you’ll have the ability to ask questions, participate in polls, and share your experience with other attendees via break-out sessions.
Our 2023 Partners