We are looking for a Chair, Vice-Chair and general members for this committee.

All those interested in this area of the industry either directly or indirectly please get involved.

If you are interested in the Chair and Vice-Chair role, please contact us by 31st August 2021. Please send your CV and a quick explanation as to why you are interested in the role.

We will hold the first PC event on the afternoon of Tuesday 12th October 16.00 – 17.00. This will be an opportunity for all those interested in getting involved to meet each other and discuss the agreed name and remit of the PC.

Renaming the old Sustainability PC

The name and remit of the PC needs to be agreed by those who become its’ members. We are aware that a lot has changed since the original Sustainability Product Council, and attitudes around this area have developed.

Ideas so far but by no means definitive:

• Regenerative Sustainability PC
• Sustainable & Regenerative Real Estate PC
• Climate Action in Real Estate PC
• Sustainable Urban Development PC
• Sustainable Development PC

Remit:
The general purpose of the PC is as follows (but the ultimate remit and focus is to be defined by the council once in place).

• To consider lessons learnt from the previous Sustainability Product Council and consider the changing attitudes in RE/ Built Environment over the last few years.
• To consider the world’s climate emergency and how the Real Estate industry is and should be responding.
• To challenge and help define existing strategies for the RE/ Built Environment community.
• To look at the bigger picture (not the minutia) and avoid an echo chamber within a particular discipline.
• To agree on focus, value proposition and how the group can stand out within the market.
• To help grow the PC and ensure diversity.
• Collaboration and Best Practice:
  o Collaborate inside and outside of the ULI.
  o To engage across the industry, ensuring a multi-disciplinary and holistic look at this agenda (interdisciplinary and integrated).
  o Share and disseminate knowledge, experiences, successes and lessons learnt.
  o Network, join dots and help organize events of interest.
• Thought Leadership:
  o To review the long term consequences of existing policy and practices within the RE industry.
  o To consider how RE can and should respond (consider issues over the next 10 -20 years and where industry going).
  o To review trends (i.e. importance regenerative ecosystems) and innovative practices.
  o To reflect on the status quo and existing mind sets.
  o To ask challenging questions and tackle thorny issues.
  o To collate observations and look at the big picture.
  o Problem Solving & Innovation.

The first meeting will be open to all successful applicants regardless of ULI membership. However, from this meeting onwards, Full ULI membership will be required to participate, as with all other product councils.

For any queries please contact jessica.sheridan@uli.org.