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Catriona Brady is the Director of Strategy and Development at the World Green Building Council and manages global programmes for the World Green Building Council network, consisting of 77 national member councils who represent a combined network of 46,000 member organisations. Her areas of speciality in the green building field include circular economy, health, equity and resilience, and she oversees both the 'Circularity Accelerator' and 'Better Places for People' programmes at WorldGBC. Listen as Catriona shares her passion and vision for circularity and explains how the circular economy model is a powerful lever in the supply chain and is part of a broader whole systems approach to sustainable development in the built environment.

Georgette Godbolt- Head of Global Sales, Sustainable Fund Australia: Sustainable Fund Australia is a profit for purpose company helping Australian business fund sustainability initiatives utilizing their council rates as a payment gateway. In just a few short years they have funded the removal of over 630000 tonnes of carbon, and provided over $112,000,000 in efficiency savings. From tenant to property managers, landlords to portfolio owners, Sustainable Fund Australia are providing businesses support to transition towards net zero sustainably, both for the environment and for their business. Listen as Georgette Godbolt shares their story of success across the Australian Built Environment landscape.

Ashish Rakheja - Managing Partner - AEON Consultants. The population across India is growing at a rapid pace, and with this comes an appreciation for the shortage of precious resources. Ashish Rakheja, Managing Partner for AEON Consultants joins the Think.Future podcast to share how this shortage in resources is driving a green building movement equivalent to 10 billion square feet for the India Built Environment. This appetite for energy and water conservation is driving adoption of both sustainable and responsible building practices and Ashish is passionate about leading the charge.

Samantha Peart, Global Head of Sustainability: Hassell are calling for a new state of togetherness centred around reconnecting people, reviving culture, and reinventing cities for a more sustainable and inclusive future. Join in the conversation as Samantha Peart, Global Head of Sustainability, takes us through the Hassell approach to deep stakeholder engagement with a focus on systems thinking, centred around having the right people at the right time throughout the design build process. From project-to-project Hassell are celebrating their sustainability and efficiency wins.  Whether it is minimizing up front waste, leading in adaptive reuse or designing for disassembly, the aim is to deliver a built environment in a more circular and systematic way that looks after all stakeholders, even the non-human ones such as the blue banded bee!

Anne Kovachevich, Sustainable buildings and precincts leader: Anne Kovachevich is a Foresight Practitioner and seasoned Sustainability Practitioner and leads the sustainable development of buildings and precincts at Mott MacDonald. Combining an engineering background with 25 years in sustainable building design, Anne is passionate about Futures Thinking which has evolved past setting a Vision for sustainability to guiding the process of navigating strategically towards that vision through all possible uncertainties.  Anne discusses a Futures Thinking framework for how the various systems can strategically evolve together in the built environment at precinct scale.  The Futures Thinking framework integrates design for efficiency in the built environment of energy, water, food, and transport to suit different community needs in precincts.  To hear more about how the application of the framework can accelerate sustainable design into the future,  click here to listen now.

Esther Sperber, Owner at Studio ST Architects: NYC architect, Esther Sperber founded Studio ST Architects in 2003 to focus on sustainable, innovative and responsible design. Combining leading technologies with evolving environmentally friendly design and production methods to revitalise our Built Environment. As clients drive demand for open spaces, communal spaces for collaboration and celebration, and spaces for green enjoyment, Studio ST are responding with functional designs making everything old new again. With a trend for simplicity in both design and material choices, Studio ST are leading the way combining exceptional designs with responsible material choices as their clients seek to return to more nature-based settings that provide a sense of health and wellness for mind and body.  

Dr. Florian Graichen, GM at Scion crown research institute. Dr Florian Graichen is an Honorary Professor at the University of Waikato in the School of Engineering and is General Manager for Scion a crown research Institute in New Zealand where he specilaizes in Bioproducts and Biomanufacturing Areas including the portfolios covering high value Biorefineries, Distributed and Circular Manufacturing, Bioproducts and packaging and Integrated Bioenergy.  Join in the conversation as we discuss how these activities are directed at solving new product and process challenges and opportunities that arise through transition to a Circular Bioeconomy. 

Karen Chovan, Risk and impact management specialist: Karen Chovan is a tailings risk and impact management specialist, and CEO of Enviro Integration Strategies Inc. A geological engineer with 25 years of experience in mine waste management, Karen is deeply passionate about fostering collaboration between mine operators, their suppliers, and the communities in which they operate. Karens objective is to help mines optimize the value of the minerals extracted, mitigate and reduce waste throughout the process, and regenerate and reinvent sites at end of life to maintain the economic progress for the impacted communities.  Karen's company Enviro Integration Strategies is sparking a mine waste revolution, aimed at reducing the risk of costly and hazardous mining waste failures.