(F11) Measuring Impact: LEED, Arc and ESG

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Location: Room 204

Earn 1 Credit(s)

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) represents an entity’s behavior on environmental issues, its engagement with society and the strength of its governance. The outcome of a prioritized ESG strategy is to benchmark and report on quantitative and qualitative data related to non-traditional topics that supplement financial disclosures to provide company investors and other stakeholders a more complex and comprehensive view of the performance of the company. ESG strategies encompass cross-disciplinary initiatives including greenhouse-gas emissions reduction, green building certifications, procurement, waste management, energy and water conservation, stakeholder engagement, risk assessments, human rights, resilience, health and safety, and transparency. The third-party verification and certification provided by LEED and the Arc software platform offer an ongoing element to support long-term ESG strategy implementation and tracking, and gain credence through various reporting frameworks and sustainable measurements such as GRESB, GRI, PRI, CDP, TCFD and UNSDG.

Learning Objectives:

Understand how LEED/Arc supports the creation, implementation, tracking, and reporting of ESG strategies for individual assets and large portfolios
Identify how LEED/Arc gains recognition in various ESG reporting frameworks and is related to Green Bond initiatives
Realize how LEED/Arc provide third-party assurance and transparency to stakeholders
Review relevant examples of how LEED/Arc have been used as transformational initiatives as ESG program elements

Presenter(s)

Sara Hickman

ESG Director
Leading Edge Consultants
Katie Rothenberg, LEED Fellow

VP, ESG
AvalonBay Communities
Suzanne Fallender (she/her/hers)

Vice President, Global ESG
Prologis
Melissa Gutierrez-Sullivan (she/her/hers)

Vice President, Head of ESG
CIM Group

Moderator(s)

Gary Thomas

Director, U.S. Market Transformation & Development
U.S. Green Building Council