The team at Verdani Partners has had an incredibly busy 2017! We are proud to continue working hard to advance sustainability in the built environment on a global scale and to share a recap of what's been going on with our team, some client highlights and industry news!
Verdani News
Meet Us at Greenbuild!
We are looking forward to the upcoming Greenbuild conference and would love for you to say hi to us in Boston. Contact us if you want to meet up and we can coordinate next steps.
New Look, New Website
Verdani wanted our brand to represent the diversity of our clients’ portfolios and our team members as well as the dynamic and cutting edge solutions that we offer to solve today’s global sustainability issues. We refreshed the green logo with more vibrant colors because we recognize that sustainability does not mean just “going green” with environmental initiatives but also encompasses the social and governance aspects of our clients’ businesses and our work. Verdani is fortunate to have steadily grown over the last 5 years and seen so many successes. We feel that our new brand identity, logo, and website better reflect the professionalism and level of service that we bring to our clients.
Check out our new website.
Verdani's Diversity Award
Verdani was honored to be a recipient of the San Diego Business Journal's 2017 Diversity and Inclusion Award! SDBJ hosted a thought-provoking discussion forum and awards ceremony on August 16th with leading experts on diversity to discuss some of today's industry best practices. Research from McKinsey shows that gender-diverse companies are 15% more likely to outperform their peers and ethnically-diverse companies are 35% more likely to do the same. Check out our article about how Embracing our differences makes us stronger
Recent Speaking Engagements
Verdani team members have participated in almost 100 speaking engagements over the past years. Below are some of the recent ones:
Arc Platform, MGBCE
Building Resiliency Workshop, MGBCE
GRESB Training, GRESB
Global advances in sustainability for buildings and Urban Areas, PUC Brazil
Energy Planning Workshop, Port of SD
Scoping Energy Efficiency in Existing Buildings, Energy Resource Center
The relationship between Sustainability and Smart Buildings, IBCON
New Trends in Multifamily, BizNow
Client News
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GRESB Assessment
The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) recently announced scores for the 2017 reporting season. We were proud that most of our clients ranked among the top 5 on GRESB and to see them continue to improve and set themselves apart as leading organizations on Environmental Social Governance (ESG) initiatives. Read about their achievements here.
Annual Sustainability Reports
Verdani clients recently published their annual sustainability and corporate responsibility reports for 2016. We’re proud of the major milestones and achievements made. Check out the reports our team helped draft and design.
In 2016, CommonWealth Partners achieved its 20% energy and carbon reduction targets three years ahead of schedule which was a great testament to the success of our collaborative efforts and sustainability programs. Verdani has been managing CommonWealth Partners’ sustainability programs since 2013, and with our support they ranked 3rd in the GRESB Office Sector category in 2017. The reductions in portfolio-wide energy consumption have a direct impact on the company’s operating expenses and value creation.
Industry News
NAREIT's REIT ESG Jumpstart Program is a sustainability/ESG education initiative to provide guidance to NAREIT members and real estate organizations that are either just starting with a sustainability program or looking for further growth in their existing programs. Daniele was honored to represent Parkway as one of the contributors, where she discussed Verdani's top 10 recommended strategies for greening large portfolios.
Verdani Institute for the Built Environment
Resiliency Strategies Collaboration Workshop
Our new non-profit organization Verdani Institute for the Built Environment (VIBE) is organizing a free Resilience Collaboration workshop in partnership with USD to work with our local A & E peers on strategies to help rebuild recently displaced communities in a more resilient and sustainable way. The event will take place on November 17 at the University of San Diego.
Click on this link to register for the event.
Click on this link to sign up as a speaker.
Please follow VIBE's Facebook page!
Open Source Sustainability Forum (OSS)
VIBE will be announcing an exciting new sustainability collaboration forum at Greenbuild called “Open Source Sustainability”, OSS. The goal of the forum is to engage a global community of experts to advance sustainability in the built environment through conversations, sharing of best practices and collaboration. The forum was developed by Verdani Institute for the Built Environment (VIBE) in partnership with Verdani Partners and Kilroy Realty. Stay tuned for more information!
Verdani Partners is a leading full-service sustainability consulting firm with almost 20 years of experience in sustainable real estate. Our mission is to help our clients achieve their corporate sustainability goals as an in-house partner and support communities through education and advocacy. Our team maintains superior technical and practical knowledge of sustainable real estate, corporate ESG management, building operations, energy analysis, and certifications. Unlike most sustainability consulting firms, Verdani understands real estate sustainability challenges from the owner’s perspective. Identifying and prioritizing cost-effective strategies, we can help lower our clients’ operating expenses, improve ESG performance, increase property values, provide healthier and more productive spaces, and minimize the environmental impact of buildings.
