Innovation series
 
Innovation Series QLD - 14th April 2010
  

Cate Collins

Cate Collins
Head of Sustainability - Asia Pacific
Lend Lease

  

For the past 10 years, Cate has been actively involved in the design, planning and management of sustainability strategies across both the public and private sectors. 

As the Head of Sustainability for Lend Lease Asia Pacific, Cate is responsible for managing the implementation of sustainability across the Lend Lease APAC businesses, including Investment Management, Retail and Communities, Lend Lease Development, Delfin Lend Lease, Vivas Lend Lease and the Retirement By Design and Lend Lease Primelife businesses, empowering and engaging her team of Sustainability Managers and the businesses in demonstrating the value proposition of sustainable property development, management and investment, which in the current economic environment, has never been more critical or made more business sense.

Cate’s role builds upon her previous 12 months as the Sustainability Manager for the Investment Management business of Lend Lease, in which Cate was responsible for driving the strategic implementation of sustainability across new and existing wholesale funds globally (Aus, Asia, UK and US), contributing to the achievement of the Lend Lease vision to become a sustainable organisation.

Previously, as Associate Director ESD at Hyder Consulting, Cate was responsible for building the Melbourne Sustainable Design Group and the coordination of multi-disciplined teams across Hyder’s Australian Offices, providing sustainability consultancy services for built environment projects around Australia. Her work prior to that with Victorian local and State Government resulted in the development and implementation of several key initiatives, including the Doncaster Hill Sustainability Guidelines and the Moreland STEPS and Sustainable Design Scorecard.

Cate is an active participant of the new Green Building Council of Australia’s Asia Pacific Committee, the Property Council of Australia’s National Sustainability Roundtable and the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative Property Working Group, developing resources to facilitate sustainable responsible investment globally.

Cate was also announced as a winner of the 2009 Australian Financial Review - BOSS Magazine Young Executive of the Year Award.

Synopsis

From Green Buildings to Green Precincts
There is a strong trend within the property sector to move beyond delivering individual green buildings to developing Sustainable Precincts. Using some of Lend Lease's major development projects, Cate will discuss this industry movement and explore the innovations in both design techniques and technologies, as well as the importance of partnerships, stakeholder engagement and community development in moving from green buildings to green precincts.

  
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Richard Sharp

Dr Richard Sharp
Principal
Practice Leader - Management Consulting, Australasia
Arup Pty Limited

 

Dr Richard Sharp is a Principal of Arup, and leads the Management Consulting business of Arup Australasia.

Richard brings very wide experience across infrastructure design and construction, including roads, rail, water, energy, commercial building, industrial, educational and residential developments. Over the last 15 years, he has built several businesses providing specialist technical advice, or commercialising new technology into engineering markets.

He specialises in integrating diverse technical, commercial and strategic inputs to deliver the very best in project outcomes. He has dealt extensively with State and Federal Governments including at Ministerial level, and interfaced with defence and security agencies both within Australia and internationally.

He is an experienced Company Director and Chairman of both public and private companies.

Synopsis

Richard will provide a snapshot of some recent building developments which aim to demonstrate sustainability, and will discuss some of the challenges in determining what sustainability means for such developments.

  
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Mark Thomson

Mark Thomson
Corporate Sustainability Principal
SCHIAVELLO

 

Mark Thomson is an Ecological Architect and Adjunct Professor of the QUT School of Design, who has recently been reappointed as President of the Australian Green Development Forum.

In February 2010, Mark accepted the role as Corporate Sustainability Principal of the Schiavello Group of Companies, following a 17 years as a Director of The TVS Partnership, Architects.

Schiavello is a recognised world leader in the design and manufacture of whole of workplace systems and solutuions. Employing over 1200 people globally ,Schiavello has been rated in the top 200Privately owned Australian Companies by BRW.

Mark is currently a member of the Green Building Council Australia Green Star Faculty and past chair of the QLD Property Council of Australia, Sustainable Development and Management Committee. He has a continuing role as a research Director at the Centre for Sub-Tropical Design and co-authored the book “The Environmental Brief – Pathways to Green Design”, published in London in 2007.

Mark has designed a number of award winning buildings all with a strong ESD focus and outcomes.
As an Environmental Consultant, Mark advises Government and Commercial enterprise on the implementation of sustainability initiatives and educates various forums on ESD issues. He is accredited in Green Star tools, proficient in Green Globe rating tools and has been responsible for writing various ESD guidelines and covenants.

Synopsis

The principles of innovation, quality and service excellence underpin most successful businesses. Sustainability now, must also feature integrally within an organisation, not just being addressed in a companies marketing strategy. Innovation in product and service delivery comes from successful stakeholder engagement and communication. Mark will outline some strategies to assist organisations to address “sustainability” integrally and practically to address current environmental and business concerns.

  
 
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