Blue and green targets – integrating delivery
This virtual conference will consider the increasing drive for metric-based reporting on environmental performance.
Background
The aim of CIRIA’s blue-green infrastructure (BGI) conference series is to assist in mainstreaming BGI and to provide tools and knowledge to make incentivise the construction industry to invest in BGI as well as grey assets.
However, it seems that a series of blue and green targets and metrics have been adopted quite rapidly in recent years, raising more question marks and hurdles rather than opportunities to move towards more sustainable practices. These targets include:
- Biodiversity net gain
- Net zero carbon
- Nutrient neutrality
- Green infrastructure standards
- Nature and climate related financial disclosure
- Environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics
As a result, the regulatory landscape appears complicated to navigate, the ever-evolving rules and regulations adding a burden to an already busy industry.
CIRIA’s aim is to bring together key stakeholders and facilitate a conversation about the realities and practicalities of evaluating and reporting on blue and green targets. In partnership with its Biodiversity Community of Practice, this conference will address the emerging difficulties on the delivery side, but also on the opportunities it presents for the construction industry and the wider environment.
Sponsored by:
For information about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Susan Richards.
Why attend
- Explore how industry can navigate multiple environmental targets and reporting while effectively delivering multi beneficial blue-green infrastructure
- Discover how in-house principles and policies to support ESG targets and regulatory environmental reporting can be embedded within an organisation
- Understand how engaging governments, businesses, and communities is key to climate change adaptation
- Gain insight into how climate change resilience is being tackled by industry and input to the means to support it
- Understand the importance placed on resilience by the insurance industry
- Learn how to measure tangible benefits of blue-green infrastructure
- Earn valuable CPD
Who should attend
- Urban planners
- Urban regeneration specialists
- Lead Local Flood Authorities
- Drainage engineers
- Highway engineers
- Transport planners
- Landowners
- Developers
- Consultants
- Architects
- Landscape architects
- Landscape contractors
- Environmental specialists
- Infrastructure engineers
- Consulting engineers
When
25 July 2023
09:15 - 13:00
Programme
09:15 Welcome and introduction
09:25 Keynote: Increasing resilience and reducing risk through action and adaptation
Ben Howarth, Manager, Climate Change & Open Data Policy, ABI
09:50 Going for Certified B Corporation™ and how it is benefiting Metis
Luke Meechan, Chairman and Co-Founder, Metis Consultants
10:10 Biodiversity net gain in practice
Dr Nick White, Principal Advisor - Net Gain, Natural England
10:30 Coffee break
10:45 A holistic approach to evaluating and reporting on blue and green targets
Ian Boyd, Director, Arc Biodiversity & Climate
11:05 Making the business case for blue-green infrastructure
Dr Bruce Horton, Technical Director, Stantec
Prof Chris Digman, Technical Director, Stantec
11:30 Arup's approach to evaluating and reporting on blue and green targets
Peter Holt, Associate, Stormwater Management and Blue Green
Infrastructure Business Leader, Arup
11:50 Interactive discussion and Q&A
How can blue-green infrastructure mitigate the risks and deliver business
improvements?
How are you approaching evaluating and reporting on blue and green targets?
How can CIRIA help?
12:45 Closing remarks
Fees
Biodiversity Community of Practice members
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Free to attend
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Please complete and return booking form.
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CIRIA members
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£120 + VAT |
Please register online (below).
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Non-members
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£160 + VAT
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Please register online (below).
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