ESG in 2024: the good, the bad and the sustainable with RICS President Tina Paillet and Frank Hovorca #108

In this podcast episode RICS Sustainability Chair, Frank Hovorka interviews RICS President Elect, Tina Paillet about the evolution of sustainability in the built environment.Tina shares her perspective of how sustainability has developed during her time in the industry, highlighting the growing role of public perception and policy. Examining developments in sustainability standards and their importance for measurement, Frank and Tina refer the need for differentiation between long-term and short-term impacts.Within this episode, Tina also offers insights from her experience at COP28 and shares her vision for the future, where she advocates shifting to a circular economy approach based on reusing materials before recycling. This episode of The RICS Podcast covers:How sustainability practices have evolvedThe role of public perception in driving sustainable practices Developments in sustainability standards Key takeaways from COP28 Future-gazing into 2024Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors:https://www.rics.org/uk/RICS Podcast Pagehttps://www.rics.org/podcast/Kieran Halliwellhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/kdhalliwell/