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Are You a Sustainable Practice or a Practice that Wishes to be One?

This talk will start with the foundations of sustainability, bringing clarity to the elements (energy, water, waste, etc.) that make up environmental performance.  We’ll then explore what law firms can and are undertaking in their space design and operations to be sustainable.  As a complement to this, we’ll share what landlords are doing to support their tenants in achieving sustainability goals.  Next we’ll look at the people aspect of sustainability and provide examples of tools and communications that can be used to engage employees.  We’ll finish off with interesting sustainability initiatives and environmental challenges that we’re seeing here and in other parts of the world.

The session will wrap up with a Q&A and group discussion.

SPEAKER:

Barbara Ciesla LEED® AP, ARIDO, NCIDQ
Senior Vice President, Occupier Strategies & Solutions 

Active in sustainable initiatives throughout her career, Barbara is focused on helping clients assess and manage their environmental impacts, and providing innovative solutions that support and add value to achieving business objectives tied to environmental and human capital objectives. Barbara's work includes providing strategic direction on sustainable practices and health + wellness initiatives including WELL certification. By combining her understanding of tenant’s organizational needs, building operations & behavioural science, she developed an industry leading and award winning program for occupant engagement.

Outside of the industry, Barbara serves as a Board Member for Eva’s Initiatives, a non-profit organization whose mission it is to work with homeless and at-risk youth to help them reach their potential to lead productive, self-sufficient and healthy lives by providing safe shelter and a range of services that create long term solutions for homeless youth.