State of the Market - Where We are, Where We're Going

A Discussion on Today's Economic Volatility and Shifts in Policy that Can Impact ESG Moving Forward

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  Jessica Pilz

  Jessica Pilz is Head of Sustainable Investing, Private Markets, at Fiera Capital. Jessica joined Fiera Real Estate in 2020, where she was responsible for the firm’s ESG strategies and initiatives across its real estate investments, developments and operations. In 2023, Jessica’s role broadened to oversee and drive Fiera Capital Private Market’s sustainable investing strategy across infrastructure, agriculture, private credit, private equity and real estate. Prior to Fiera Capital Jessica worked in the Commercial Real Estate Credit Team at RBS (now NatWest) where she was responsible for environmental and sustainability risk processes. Previously, Jessica was at MSCI Real Estate, where she led their global sustainability benchmarking initiatives, and at the Public Investment Corporation Real Estate Asset Managers (PICREAM) in South Africa, where she managed a portfolio of retail assets in underserviced townships. Jessica currently sits on the Association of Real Estate Funds (AREF) ESG and Impact Investment Committee.

  Fiera Capital

  Head of Sustainable Investing, Private Markets

  Jessica Pilz

  Head of Sustainable Investing, Private Markets

  Fiera Capital

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  Bertrand Absolut

  Bertrand Absolut is Manager, Sustainability, at CPDQ. In his role, he is responsible at the regional level for transaction review and investment monitoring for Ivanhoé Cambridge (CDPQ’s real estate portfolio) and, at the local level, for the Sustainability 2.0 project for the real estate sector. Before joining Ivanhoé Cambridge in 2022, he worked 8 years in the real estate industry at different asset managers such as Allianz Real Estate and Aviva Investors, and at Sinteo, a sustainability consultancy firm. Bertrand Absolut graduated from an Engineering school in buildings and an Advanced Master at Ecole des Ponts Paristech, where he gives courses in sustainable finance. He is also a member of the board of directors of l’Observatoire de l’Immobilier Durable (OID) in France. Bertrand is a member of INREV (European Association for Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate Vehicles) ESG Committee and participates in various organizations such as the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA), l’Association Bâtiment Bas Carbone (BBCA), la Fédération des Entreprises Immobilières (FEI) and the European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA).

  CPDQ

  Manager, Sustainability

  Bertrand Absolut

  Manager, Sustainability

  CPDQ

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  Jason Dunlop

  Jason has extensive experience on real estate ownership structures taking into consideration the tax profile of the investors, the nature of the asset and the investment strategy. He advises his clients throughout all aspects of the real estate ownership lifecycle, from acquisition to exit, looking at UK direct taxes, VAT, stamp taxes, transfer pricing, capital allowances, and international taxes. Jason has a particular focus on UK and pan-European Real Estate M&A and the tax services required by investors in connection with the acquisition of entities owning real estate, including financial and tax due diligence, tax structuring, SPA advice and tax forecasting / modelling. Jason works closely with real estate funds and investment managers and advises them on particular tax issues pertaining to them and their investors. Jason is also a Stamp Taxes specialist and has extensive experience advising clients on matters in relation to SDLT.

  Evelyn Partners

  Partner, Tax Real Estate Specialist

  Jason Dunlop

  Partner, Tax Real Estate Specialist

  Evelyn Partners

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  Sandra Fives

  Sandra is Chief Strategy Officer, ESG at Catalyst and brings +10 years of experience in the energy and sustainability sector.

  Catalyst

  Chief Strategy Officer

  Sandra Fives

  Chief Strategy Officer

  Catalyst

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  Nuno Brito e Cunha

  Nuno Brito e Cunha is the Lead ESG Advisor at Measurabl, where he plays a cross-functional role, bridging product development, sales, strategy, and leadership to align efforts with the evolving ESG landscape. With expertise in ESG integration strategies and sustainability reporting, Nuno advises investment funds and asset owners on embedding sustainable practices. He guides Measurabl's product team on navigating the shifting regulatory environment in Europe and the UK, focusing on standards such as SFDR, EU Taxonomy, CSRD, UK SDR, and ISSB. Nuno has developed the Sustainability Journey framework, a go-to-market strategy that enhances sales capabilities and promotes thought leadership across Europe. As part of Measurabl's Extended Leadership Team, he is integral in driving strategic initiatives and maintaining the company's leadership in the ESG technology sector.

  Measurabl

  Lead ESG Advisor - EMEA

  Nuno Brito e Cunha

  Lead ESG Advisor - EMEA

  Measurabl

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  Katharine Lewis

  Katharine is an experienced banking and finance lawyer who acts for banks, financial institutions, corporates and public sector bodies in relation to a broad range of conventional and Shari'ah compliant finance transactions. Katharine's focus is on inward investment into UK real estate and she regularly advises both lenders and borrowers on senior and mezzanine syndicated facilities, bilateral loan facilities, security and other ancillary finance documents for use in the acquisition and development of all classes of real estate asset.

  Trowers & Hamlins LLP

  Partner

  Moderator

  Katharine Lewis

  Partner

  Trowers & Hamlins LLP

Designing & Operating for the Modern Tenant

Integrating Consumer Demands in Today's Sustainable Projects

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  Fons van Dorst

  Fons van Dorst is Executive Managing Director UK at Edge. Edge is the highly sustainable developer behind The Edge in Amsterdam - officially recognised as the greenest, smartest building in the world on completion. Fons has been at Edge for a decade and has significant experience in all aspects of development - from acquisition, funding and structuring to leasing and sales. He is leading Edge's UK expansion and acquired its first site in Britain: Edge London Bridge.

  Edge

  Executive Managing Director UK

  Fons van Dorst

  Executive Managing Director UK

  Edge

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  Sylvie Sasaki

  Sustainability Director, Private Markets

  Aviva Investors

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  Falk Bleyl

  As well as being a decorated Product Specialist, Commercial Director and Technical Innovator across the UK and Europe, Falk is also the Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Utopi. A prominent name in the IoT Technology landscape, Falk has an innate ability to solve every problem, and prides himself on finding solutions that contributed to exceptional growth for some of the biggest Telecommunications names across mainland Europe. As the mastermind behind the Utopi Multisensor, he has spent the last 4 years curating the Utopi offering and has an unmatched knowledge of our Hardware and Smart Device catalogue.

  Utopi

  Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder

  Falk Bleyl

  Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder

  Utopi

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  Chris Webb

  Chris joined tp bennett in 2018 to head up our ambitious sustainability function: To support colleagues, clients and our sector in achieving a sustainable, healthy and equitable built environment, whilst optimising our own footprint and processes as a company. Chris’ role sits across our architecture, master planning, interior design and workplace consultancy functions. Managing tp bennett’s dedicated Sustainability Team and twenty-strong Sustainability Focus Group, he has implemented our unique Net Zero Carbon research and aligned tp bennett with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the RIBA 2030 Climate Challenge as part of a ten-year plan. He also has a place on our Operations Board and takes an active part in our Wellbeing Group. As well as sharing his technical built environment experience, Chris’ early career was as a sustainability consultant, and thus he particularly enjoys helping clients devise and install their own sustainability strategies, and then producing designs which reflect and amplify these. Chris strongly considers that diverse and equitable workplaces and communities hold the key to tackling key issues such as climate change and land degradation. Chris’ approach to sustainable and healthy architecture targets high-performing building fabric, passive ventilation, maximised on-site renewables and biodiversity gains, whilst using interior design principles to hardwire out poor practices and to influence sustainable and healthy behaviours. However, Chris’ main passion is the provenance of the materials that we specify, and that our clients and communities use - and ensuring that these are environmentally and socially responsible. In this way, Chris works closely with our supply chains and designers to achieve this and believes that clear communications on materiality helps create a sustainable culture.

  tp bennett

  Head of Sustainability & Environmental Management

  Chris Webb

  Head of Sustainability & Environmental Management

  tp bennett

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  Trisha Taneja

  Trisha is an experienced sustainability executive and joins Arcadis from Deutsche Bank where she was Global Head of ESG Advisory and Sustainable Finance. Trisha has over a decade of experience in climate risk, sustainable finance, and strategy, advising clients on creating value from sustainability initiatives. She has twice been recognized as one of the 50 most influential advisors in ESG by Financial News on the strength of her advice to clients. She also worked at Sustainalytics where she helped to build the company into a leading global provider of sustainable finance and corporate sustainability advice.

  Arcadis UK Ltd

  Senior ESG and Sustainability Executive

  Moderator

  Trisha Taneja

  Senior ESG and Sustainability Executive

  Arcadis UK Ltd

Grade A Development

The newest developments dominating London's ESG scene

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  Claire Outram

  Claire is Vice President and leads the strategic asset management of our United Kingdom business. In this role, she is responsible for the performance and strategic positioning of the 5-million-square-foot London office portfolio including 100 Bishopsgate, Citypoint, One Leadenhall, Principal Place Commercial and 30 Fenchurch.She joined Brookfield Properties in 2015 and has held various roles in the Asset and Investment Management groups within the London team. Prior to joining Brookfield, Claire spent time in Cushman & Wakefield’s Central London Investment Team.

  Brookfield Properties

  Vice President, Asset Management | United Kingdom

  Claire Outram

  Vice President, Asset Management | United Kingdom

  Brookfield Properties

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  Emma Downey

  Director, Development Life Science and Office

  Oxford Properties

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  Jennie Colville

  Head of ESG & Sustainability

  Landsec

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  George Stainton

  MD at General Demolition, George Stainton has two decades of experience in the construction industry. With a focus on delivering innovative reuse and recycling methods in its operations, General Demolition is committed to being a leader in sustainable enabling works, emphasising minimal environmental impact and maximum resource efficiency. Recent prestigious projects include the transformation of London’s Sir Norman Foster designed (former) City Hall Building, and Belgrove House, Kings Cross, where impressive levels of recycling and reuse were achieved.

  General Demolition

  Managing Director

  George Stainton

  Managing Director

  General Demolition

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  Andrew Cowan

  Andrew Cowan is the Head of UKI Business Development at One Click LCA, bringing over a decade of experience in ESG within the construction and real estate sectors. Andrew has worked for leading organisations like BRE, executing large-scale BREEAM In-Use rollouts for major portfolio owners and spearheading sustainable KPI measurement projects with Homes England and international consultancies. He holds a master's degree in Construction and Real Estate, emphasizing his commitment to sustainable development and innovative ESG strategies.

  One Click LCA

  Head of UKI Business Development

  Moderator

  Andrew Cowan

  Head of UKI Business Development

  One Click LCA

Retrofit & Embodied Carbon

From embodied carbon to re-using of materials, everything you need to know about retrofits

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  Katerina Papavasileiou

  Ms Papavasileiou is responsible for leading the ESG strategy and execution in the Federated Hermes Real Estate team, including Real Estate Debt. She leads the climate resilience and net-zero agenda across over £6bn of Federated Hermes-managed real estate portfolios. With over 12 years of experience in the sustainability in the built environment, her focus is on developing holistic approaches in meeting environmental and social commitments within the commercial and residential real estate. She is a member of the King’s Cross Environmental, Social and Government (ESG) Committee and member of the Advisory Board of ConstructZero of Construction Leadership Council. Prior to Federated Hermes, Katerina was at JLL, leading portfolio level strategic implementation of ESG considerations. She also led the responsibility agenda for several construction and urban regeneration projects in London. She has also supported Associated British Ports with their energy transition and advised National Rail’s Real Estate team on the execution of their sustainability strategy. Katerina holds a BSc in Management Science and Technology, an MSc in Applied Economics and Finance from Athens University of Economics and Business and an MPhil in Environmental Policy from University of Cambridge.

  Federated Hermes

  Associate Director, Real Estate ESG & Responsibility

  Katerina Papavasileiou

  Associate Director, Real Estate ESG & Responsibility

  Federated Hermes

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  Louise Ellison

  Louise Ellison is MD Sustainability at EQT Partners, a global private equity firm, working in the Private Capital Sustainability Team. She has 25+ years’ experience in the real estate and investment sectors, focusing since the early 2000s on sustainability. She has experience in designing and implementing sustainability strategies within corporate and fund management contexts and in consultancy. In addition to her executive role, Louise is a member of the Green Construction Board, a joint industry-Government initiative to support better environmental performance across the sector, and a member of the Investment Committee of the British Design Fund.

  EQT Group, London

  Sustainability Managing Director

  Louise Ellison

  Sustainability Managing Director

  EQT Group, London

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  Andrea Charlson

  Andrea is a Chartered Environmentalist and Engineer who has been at the forefront of circularity in the built environment for 15 years. Specialising in the sustainability of the built environment, with particular expertise in the circular economy and how this applies to materials, structures and buildings. Her work has covered both increasing the use of reclaimed materials and designing to facilitate future reuse. She has vast experience working in both the public and private sector, in an advisory, client and research capacity, and at all scales from industry-wide initiatives, to focussing on cities, projects, organisations and products. She developed HS2’s approach to circularity and explored further systemic enablers to circular construction through the EU Horizon 2020-funded CIRCuIT. Building on this experience, as Managing Director for Madaster UK, she is now bringing materials passports to the UK, to transform how we value buildings and materials.

  Madaster

  Managing Director

  Andrea Charlson

  Managing Director

  Madaster

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  Steve Page

  Steve is Head of Savills GreenFiT providing strategic advisory through to delivery of measured and impactful ESG transformation that drives value. He specialises in technical due diligence, technical asset management and retrofit instructions across the UK and Europe. Steve can offer his extensive knowledge on single commercial property assets or extensive portfolio assignments. With experience acting on behalf of owners and occupiers his commercial acumen and real estate experience provides for strategic solutions to complex situations. He’s known for his uncompromising eye for detail and seamless collaboration – delivering technical insights and strategic advice to help you make informed decisions.

  Savills

  UK Board Director - Building & Project Consultancy

  Steve Page

  UK Board Director - Building & Project Consultancy

  Savills

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  Ranjeet Bhalerao

  Ranjeet is the co-founder and CEO of MapMortar, specializing in real estate sustainability and decarbonization. Ranjeet is a Chartered Engineer with over 17 years of experience, with firms such as Arup, Buro Happold and his family's real estate business. He has worked on retrofitting and decarbonizing iconic portfolios such as Cadogan, Howard de Walden, Grosvenor, British Land, and the renowned Battersea Power Station. He is a thought leader in real estate digitalization and holds a patent in solar thermal flux mapping. Ranjeet holds master’s in environmental design & engineering from University College London and master’s in technology in energy systems engineering from India’s premier institution, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.

  Mapmortar

  Co-Founder & CEO

  Moderator

  Ranjeet Bhalerao

  Co-Founder & CEO

  Mapmortar

Remarks Throughout the Day

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  Nick Munro

  Nick Munro, CEO and Co-Founder of Butterfly. Visiting Professor of Design & Entrepreneurship, Imperial College London and Royal Academy of Engineering. Fellow of City & Guilds London. Award winning product designer with international acclaim and commissions including the London Olympics and HRH The Queen.

  Butterfly

  CEO and Co-Founder

  Nick Munro

  CEO and Co-Founder

  Butterfly