What

We need to be regenerative in order to ensure our world remains sustainable. ULI UK has established a new Product Council focused on climate change and how real estate and the Built Environment should facilitate sustainable development within the communities it occupies.

How

We are looking for members for this product council.

Please submit your CV and a short explanation as to why you are keen to be involved.

We will hold the next Product Council Day on the w/c 27th June 2022 ahead of the ULI UK Annual Conference.

You will require Full ULI membership upon successfully joining the council.

Why

Product Councils at ULI are a fantastic opportunity for members to take on thought leadership roles within ULI. PCs comprise of no more than 50 ULI members. Full membership is required for participation.

Renaming the old Sustainability PC:

The name and remit of the PC need to be agreed upon 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 PCClimate 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:
  • • Collaborate inside and outside of the ULI.
    • To engage across the industry, ensuring a multi-disciplinary and holistic look at this agenda (interdisciplinary and integrated).
    • Share and disseminate knowledge, experiences, successes, and lessons learnt.
    • Network, join dots, and help organize events of interest.
• Thought Leadership:
  • • • To review the long-term consequences of existing policy and practices within the RE industry.
      • To consider how RE can and should respond (consider issues over the next 10-20 years and where industry going).
      • To review trends (i.e. importance of regenerative ecosystems) and innovative practices.
      • To reflect on the status quo and existing mindsets.
      • To ask challenging questions and tackle thorny issues.
      • To collate observations and look at the big picture.
      • Problem Solving & Innovation.

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