Mille Munksgaard
Username
Mille Munksgaard
Proposer First Name
Mille
Proposer Email
mimu@di.dk
Proposer Last Name
Munksgaard
Proposer Phone
(929) 290-9701
Proposer Job Title
Project Manager and Consultant
Proposed Session Description
The United Nations has defined 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that are to be achieved by 2030. The challenges are huge, but so are the benefits that be made by turning these challenges into opportunities. To do so, we need to challenge habitual thinking and produce new ideas, methods and designs. The SDGs have a huge business potential and during the session, you will get a better understanding of the business incentives behind the SDGs and how you can save the world while securing profits.
During this highly interactive session, the participants will be challenged and gain insights about how they can kick-start the work with the SDGs based presentations from companies who will share perspective on their journey with the SDGs and on five very tangible tools from the large project From Philanthropy to Business.
The heat is on. In the face of climate change, we need creative thinking to enable novel solutions that foster more sustainable buildings and practices in the built environment. The big question is, how actors across the entire value chain, from early planning to implementation, can use the SDGs as a tool to create long-term value for users and society, while at the same time making a good business case.
Why is this session important?
The UN’s SDGs pose challenges and create opportunities, but collaboration and partnerships remain a central element in succeeding with the SDGs. The businesses, Cities and nations that will succeed in shaping a more sustainable tomorrow, will be the ones that use the SDGs strategically in their own business development. Such actors, will create processes that contribute directly to meeting the SDGs, and will deliver projects, products and services that help their clients, customers and communities contribute to a sustainable world.
Learning Objectives
How the SDGs define the competitiveness of your business due to e.g. changing consumer preferences.
The SDGs should not be considered another CSR strategy. The SDGs must be an integrated part of your strategy and it is possible to save the world while earning money.
How businesses and organizations can operationalize the work with the SDGs based on five concrete tools from the project From Philanthropy to Business: develop SDG vision, define SDG and business focus, engage, implement and manage and measure impacts.
How you as architects can design for equity and inclusion
Has this session been presented before?
No
NYC 2021 Areas of Focus
Target Audiences Level of Expertise
Level 1 - No prior knowledge needed.
Session Format
Interview or structured conversation among panelists
Debate between opposing viewpoints
Recommended Length
60-minute session
Strongest Content Connection - NYC 2021
Reviewer 1
Smits Anderson, Jodi
Proposal #
120
Committee Decision
Rejected