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Susan Uthayakumar

Susan Uthayakumar

Chief Energy & Sustainability Officer

Prologis

Eric Clement

Eric Clement

SVP, Social Impact & Sustainability Investments

RXR

Hyon Rah

Hyon Rah

Director, ESG Consultancy

Savills

Erwin Hasselbrinck

Erwin Hasselbrinck

Sustainability Manager

Airthings

Shelah Wallace
Moderator

Shelah Wallace

Senior Director, Originations

Nuveen Green Capital

Susan Uthayakumar

Chief Energy & Sustainability Officer

Prologis

Susan Uthayakumar leads the company's sustainability and energy solutions business. In this capacity, she is responsible for evaluating and scaling both existing and emerging energy solutions across the Prologis platform and for ensuring that Prologis continues to be the leader in sustainability in the logistic real estate industry.

Prior to joining Prologis, Susan was president of Schneider Electric's Sustainability Business Division. During her 16-year tenure with the company, she was instrumental in transforming Schneider Electric to a digital power and automation technology company by driving sustainability, efficiency and resiliency. Before that, she was CEO of Schneider Canada. Uthayakumar recently was recognized as a 2021 Environment+Energy Leader 100 Honoree for

successfully delivering climate mitigation action to enterprise customers.

Previously, Susan led strategy and M&A projects globally with McCain Foods Limited, an international leader in the frozen food industry, and held various leadership positions with Deloitte, a global advisory firm.

Susan has an Executive MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University with a focus on international business practices. In addition, she holds a Master of Accounting (MAcc) and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Waterloo. Susan has also completed the Women’s Senior Leadership Program and Executive Scholar Certification from the Kellogg School of Management and holds the Chartered Accountant (CA) and Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designations.

Eric Clement

SVP, Social Impact & Sustainability Investments

RXR

I am an investment management executive, with a specialization in private markets and have led transactions in the U.S. Europe and Africa. Over the last 7+ years, I have found ways to use my financial skill set to help others while generating financial returns and have done so in both the private and public sectors.

I am currently responsible for leading the Social Impact & Sustainability investment efforts at a ~$20 billion private equity firm, building an investment platform across real estate, private equity and venture capital with the aim of achieving triple bottom line (i.e. ESG) goals.

Previously, I built one of the only direct investing platforms within a development finance institution in the country. Utilizing tax incentives, debt, equity, and other innovative financing structures, we showed that government can make socially impactful investments - helping millions of people, while generating attractive returns for the City of New York.

We are in an interesting time, where many are thinking about how finance can play a role in addressing global challenges, and I feel privileged to have a voice in that conversation.

Hyon Rah

Director, ESG Consultancy

Savills

Hyon K. Rah (LEED AP, ENV SP, EcoDistricts AP, Fitwel Amb) is a trained architect and water resource engineer with nearly two decades of experience in developing and implementing solutions to protect the environment, communities, and investments. She has lived in seven countries and worked in over 20, navigating different disciplinary, cultural, and regulatory landscapes in five languages. Hyon is an award-winning educator who has developed and taught courses on sustainability and resilience for the built environment for the University of the District of Columbia and Goucher College. She is an active member of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) and Urban Land Institute (ULI), where she serves on the Responsible Property Investment Council (RPIC), a group comprised of leading practitioners and investors committed to integrating sustainability into any real estate decision-making process.

Hyon is the Director of ESG Consultancy and North American representative of Savills Earth, the sustainability consulting arm of Savills with a global network of 140+ sustainability professionals.

Erwin Hasselbrinck

Sustainability Manager

Airthings

Sustainable Enthusiast and Strategist, Mphil. Erwin Hasselbrinck, understands the importance of the interrelationship on biodiversity and cultural diversity for a sustainable ecosystem. It is essential to challenge companies and people to think through synthesis about sustainability systems and see interconnectedness. It is necessary to ensure system thinking in business to uphold and work towards innovative beneficial relationships for a sustainable business strategy.

I've been able to lead develop, implement, and monitor companies' and NGOs ´ social and environmental strategies, by embedding the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG´s) into their core activities. When leading projects, I’ve been able to learn about every process for designing successful systems to work with stakeholders, achieve goals, and create sustainability reports.

My research and project implementation has been focused on: The Sustainable Development Goals within the business environment, System Design, Climate Change, Agroecology/Urban Farming, consumerism, and social research on energy consumption for sustainability. I had the opportunity to work in different countries on rural and urban sustainable development projects through environmental resilience, cultural appropriation and socio-economic welfare.

Shelah Wallace

Moderator

Nuveen Green Capital

Shelah has over fifteen years of experience in commercial real estate. Prior to joining Nuveen Green Capital, Shelah had various lending roles including Commercial Real Estate Lending Specialist for Capitol Bank, VP Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer for Bancorp Bank, and Senior Investment Analyst for PGIM Real Estate Finance. Additionally, Shelah spent many years working as an advisor to commercial real estate developers, aiding in structuring their JV partnerships, and helping raise debt and equity. Shelah received a BS in Economics from the Wharton Undergraduate program at the University of Pennsylvania.

What You'll Learn by Attending this Webinar

  • The built environment is the world’s single largest carbon emitter – ahead of industry and transportation. Your corporate real estate portfolio is instrumental to the success of your organization’s sustainability plan, which hinges on your ability to reduce carbon emissions

  • Developers and building owners & tech explore ways to become more social and environmentally conscious

  • The increased focus on ESG impacts the future of CRE and decision making 

  • Technology options that will help us create roadmaps for buildings 

  • Up-front capital needs to prioritize more sustainable, healthy and innovative buildings

  • The impact of indoor air quality and its impact on human health

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