With Sarah Ratcliffe, Better Buildings Partnership

Tackling the growing risks of climate change is one of our greatest global challenges. The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) highlighted that we are facing a global climate crisis and must limit global warming to 1.5 degrees to reduce the risks associated with long lasting or irreversible changes to the earths’ atmosphere and ecosystems. To achieve this, global net human-caused emissions of carbon dioxide would need to reach net zero by 2050.

In recognition of this challenge and the transformation that is required across the real estate sector, BBP have worked collaboratively with their members to develop a Climate Change Commitment: to date, 22 member signatories, including familiar names like Lendlease, British Land, Great Portland Estates, and Landsec, have signed the commitment.

Sarah will outline the implications of the Commitment and discuss why industry collaboration is critical to delivering net zero carbon buildings.

Sarah Ratcliffe is CEO of the BBP. Sarah has over 15 years experience advising many of the UK’s leading property investors and developers on sustainability issues. As a founding Director of Upstream (acquired by JLL in 2007), she was instrumental in establishing some of the earliest sector sustainability benchmarks including the Property Environment Group, NextGeneration and The Third Dimension. As a European Director at JLL Sarah was responsible for leading the firm’s sustainability consultancy in UK and Europe and sat on the Global Sustainability Board. In addition to various independent consultancy projects, Sarah is now a visiting lecturer on Sustainable Real Estate at Cass Business School and a Board Director of the Sustainable Development Foundation.The Climate Change Commitment (16.15)
Sarah Ratcliffe, Better Buildings Partnership

Tackling the growing risks of climate change is one of our greatest global challenges. The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) highlighted that we are facing a global climate crisis and must limit global warming to 1.5 degrees to reduce the risks associated with long lasting or irreversible changes to the earths’ atmosphere and ecosystems. To achieve this, global net human-caused emissions of carbon dioxide would need to reach net zero by 2050.

In recognition of this challenge and the transformation that is required across the real estate sector, BBP have worked collaboratively with their members to develop a Climate Change Commitment: to date, 22 member signatories, including familiar names like Lendlease, British Land, Great Portland Estates, and Landsec, have signed the commitment.

Sarah will outline the implications of the Commitment and discuss why industry collaboration is critical to delivering net zero carbon buildings.

Sarah Ratcliffe is CEO of the BBP. Sarah has over 15 years experience advising many of the UK’s leading property investors and developers on sustainability issues. As a founding Director of Upstream (acquired by JLL in 2007), she was instrumental in establishing some of the earliest sector sustainability benchmarks including the Property Environment Group, NextGeneration and The Third Dimension. As a European Director at JLL Sarah was responsible for leading the firm’s sustainability consultancy in UK and Europe and sat on the Global Sustainability Board. In addition to various independent consultancy projects, Sarah is now a visiting lecturer on Sustainable Real Estate at Cass Business School and a Board Director of the Sustainable Development Foundation.