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