Come prepared to be intrigued, inspired, and empowered to support your company’s sustainability goals.

ESG Essentials - Part 1 and 2:

In this dynamic 4-part session you will learn the origins of ESG, the fundamental United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and corporate sustainability reporting best practices. You will dive into each of the pillars of ESG. Environmental Leadership: Learn about energy basics including renewable energy, greenhouse gas inventory, sector CO2 emissions, carbon offsets and biodiversity. Social Responsibility: learn how ESG measures a company's impact on society, including DEI initiatives, donations, volunteering, grantmaking, and more. Governing Ethically: Topics will include board and shareholder issues, ethics, compliance. Leave more confident in your ability to help your company develop and execute its sustainability goals. This course is for any CRE professional regardless of job function. 

Faculty: Elba Pareja-Gallagher
Founder and CEO, Sustainability Navigator 

ESG Applied to Corporate Real Estate: 

ESG has become an important competency for CRE departments. This includes the ability to designing a plan that aligns to corporate goals to executing initiatives from energy reduction to governance.  This session is designed to continue the broader foundational learning from session 1 and provide action based knowledge when beginning or improving a CRE ESG program.

Faculty: Colette Temmink, MCR, SLCR
Chief Operating Officer, Commercial Division, Lessen + SMS Assist

Credit Hours: 6 Hours
Date: October 3, 5, 10, 2023 (Virtual Americas) 
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET / Noon- 2:00 PM CT / 10:00 AM - Noon PT

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Building on the foundation of the ESG Essentials Level 1 certificate, this seminar takes a deeper dive into the three pillars of E, S, and G, as they become increasingly important in the world of the CRE professional, impacting shareholder expectations, risk management, operational efficiency, positive social impact, and hiring and retention. Learn how to identify an organization’s approach to ESG and the CRE professional’s role in supporting ESG goals. Explore ESG data, tracking, reporting, challenges, and related complexities and identify the key elements of strategy, footprint, operations, and technology to meet the expectations of investors, employees, and the community in which they operate.

*Pre-requisite: completion of ESG Level 1 Certificate. 
This is a 1-day session taking place at the pre-summit seminars in Denver, CO, USA

Faculty:
Colette Temmink, MCR, SLCR
Chief Operating Officer, Commercial Division, Lessen + SMS Assist

Credit Hours: 6
Date: October 28, 2023
Denver, CO (pre-summit Seminar)

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