THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF SURVEYORS

Code	:	2020076
Event Name	:	Sustainability in Real Estate
CPD Code	:	Formal Events
Speaker	:	Ms Grace Kwok, Chairman and Executive Director at Allied Sustainability and Environmental Consultants Group Limited Ms Grace Kwok is the Chairman and Executive Director of Allied Sustainability and Environmental Consultants Group Limited (8320.HK). Grace has over 20 years’ experiences in acoustics, environmental and sustainability consultancy. She specializes in environmental impact assessment and built environmental studies for sustainable building design. As a member of HKGBC Green Building Faculty, BEAM Expert Panel and USGBC Faculty with qualifications including BEAM Pro, LEED Fellow, BREEAM AP and GBL Manager, she has the privilege to work on the first batch of green building projects in Hong Kong. Other than being a green building expert, Grace is also an experienced acoustician and sustainability practitioner advising on sustainability strategies and ESG enhancements for corporates. Grace is a fellow member and Immediate Past Chairman of the Hong Kong Institute of Acoustics, a founding fellow and director of the Hong Kong Institute of Qualified Environmental Professionals as well as a member of the Noise Control Appeal Board Panel. She also serves on HKGBC’s various standing committees and LEED Technical Advisory Group.
Event Date	:	2020-05-12
Event Time	:	7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Registration Closing Date	:	2020-05-10
CPD Hour(s)	:	1.5
Divisional PQSL Hour(s)	:	1.5
Venue	:	By online media – ZOOM
Division	:	PDD
Organizer	:	Planning and Development Division
Fee	:	HK$ 150 for probationer and student member, HK$ 180 for full-member and associate member; HK$ 200 for non-member
Priority	:	HKIS members (First-come-first-served)
Language	:	Cantonese supplemented by English
Details	:	Climate change has been affecting our world. Failure to response to climate change has posed a number of threats including rising temperature and extreme weather events. This is causing imminent risks to the real estate sector. Given the increasing importance of sustainability around the world, investors start paying greater attention to ESG and green finance when it comes to making investment decisions. In this webinar, the speaker will introduce to you various international sustainability assessment standards applicable to the real estate sector, including Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB). She will also explain the potential impacts of these standards on the real estate capital markets and share strategic ways of addressing and improving sustainability performance of real estate portfolios through tenant engagement, green building and ESG reporting.
Remarks	:	The event will be conducted online via ZOOM. Successful registrants will be notified separately via email with the web link and password in due course to the online event . Please install the Zoom Application in advance at https://www.zoom.us/download. For Mobile phones, iPads & Android, install the ZOOM Cloud Meetings app from App Store or Play Store. For PC and Mac, download and install the Zoom Client for Meetings
Payment	:	HKD 180
Face-to-Face/Zoom	:	Please refer to the remarks

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