Together with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), we’re hosting a landmark student design competition for the 2024-2025 academic year! Learn more about the Design for Freedom “Ethical & Equitable Materiality: To End Forced Labor" competition at our upcoming informational webinar on Thursday, September 26th at 4:00pm EST: https://lnkd.in/dbhaGwRs Speakers Sharon Prince (Grace Farms Foundation CEO and Founder), Karen Kariuki (Head of Design for Freedom University Involvement and Grace Farms Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives and Investor Engagement) and Michael J. Crosbie (Professor, University of Hartford; Design for Freedom Working Group) will provide vital insights and the details you need to move forward! As part of the competition, architecture students can compete in two separate categories: a design project and a materials research project. The competition aims to challenge individual or teams of students to explore how architectural materials research and design can eliminate forced labor in the building materials supply chain -- and to explore and propose how architects can work to eradicated modern slavery from the built environment. We are honored to partner with the ACSA on this competition and continue our work with students, colleges and universities as they are at the helm of creating change for the next generation and accelerating the momentum of the global Design for Freedom movement! Sign up for the webinar: https://lnkd.in/dbhaGwRs
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The New Canaan Library was one of the earliest Pilot Projects for Design for Freedom. Conceived as a learning building, its flexible space facilitates both quiet contemplation and vibrant collaboration, as its design embodies our shared values of environmental and social sustainability. Read our case study now to discover why the New Canaan Library is playing an important role in accelerating the Design for Freedom movement by raising awareness of forced labor in the building materials supply chain. Importantly, you'll also learn more about our collaborative process with Centerbrook Architects and Planners, Turner Construction Company, and multiple subcontractors to trace raw and composite building materials as far as possible within the supply chain. Download it now: https://lnkd.in/gdvHx9FG Image Credit: Jeff Goldberg/ESTO, Centerbrook Architects & Planners
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#CRBISS2024 #SessionAnnouncement #designforfreedom We are thrilled to announce that Design for Freedom by Grace Farms, will be hosting a session titled "India 2047: Enhancing Circularity, Ethical Decarbonisation & Social Wellbeing in Buildings & Infrastructure" at the India and Sustainability Standards Summit. This session will be part of our 11th Annual Sustainability Summit, held at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, on 15th November 2024, from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM. Join us for a dynamic day filled with thought-provoking discussions on conference theme 'Sustainability 2.0: Leveraging Opportunities, Balancing Trade-offs, and Navigating Pitfalls'. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gxzww2dq #CRBISS2024 #Sustainability2_0 #SustainableDevelopment #SustainabilityDialgues #SustainableBusinessConference #SustainableBusinessSummit #ISS2024 #SustainableBusiness #DelhiEvent #SustainabilitySummit #designforfreedom #Circularity #EthicalDecarbonisation #SocialWellbeing
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Join the Design for Freedom movement and stand alongside global leaders and innovators committed to eliminating forced labor in building materials supply chains. Where to begin? Awareness is key. Here are some helpful steps: Know the laws and assess the risk Create a strategic plan Know your materials supply chain Ask and require provenance documentation to include verification of production without forced labor. Consider how data and other innovative technology can help drive slave-free building Visit designforfreedom.org to access comprehensive resources for design and construction professionals to help implement ethical material sourcing strategies into their own practices. Let's design more humanely!
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Calling all architecture college and university students! Participate in our landmark student design competition that we are delighted to co-host with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) for the 2024-2025 academic year. This dynamic competition offers students the impactful opportunity to both raise awareness of and amplify the global Design for Freedom movement in two separate categories: design project or material research. For the design project, students will choose a site and building program using the Design for Freedom Principles and Toolkit to design more ethically and equitably. Alternatively, students can research material sourcing to existing and new industry-wide practices and material transparency measurements and adopt shorter material supply chain methods to create a more ethical and equitable future. Learn more about the competition and how to register: https://bit.ly/4cTQJ5N Photo: Melani Lust
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Rebel For Good is honored to be a part of GAIM Ops West's 10th Anniversary conference with over 350+ leading operations and compliance leaders in alternatives - including some of the largest US and international institutional investors. Sylvia Kim will be leading a powerful keynote panel "From Trailblazers to Trendsetters - Empowering the Women Collective" alongside some incredible 👑Queens👑: ✨ Emna Ghariani, Co-Founder, Bridge Funding Global ✨ Lisa Bhathal Merage, Managing Partner & Chief Impact Officer, Revitate ✨ Sharon Prince, Founder & CEO, Grace Farms Foundation We look forward to a dynamic discussion where these trailblazing women will share how they have each successfully navigated predominantly male industries to make a positive impact in the world. Most importantly, we will learn how each of us can use our power for good in advancing and empowering women - not just within the alternative investment sector - but in all sectors. 📅 Join us on October 29th at 9:50 AM PT to learn how we can claim our Queen power in the world of alternative investments: https://lnkd.in/es9WmEKs #GAIMOpsWest #PowerForGood #WomenInLeadership #Queens #SocialImpact #Trailblazers #RebelsForGood #RebelsUnite
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See our CEO and Founder, Sharon Prince, at GAIM Ops West this year on October 29th at 9:50 am PST: https://lnkd.in/es9WmEKs Sharon will take the Main Stage alongside the inspirational women leaders, Sylvia Kim (CEO and Founder, Rebel For Good), Lisa Bhathal Merage (Chief Impact Officer and Managing Partner, Revitate) and Emna Ghariani (Co-founder Operations & Product at Bridge Funding Global) for the morning Keynote panel “From Trailblazers to Trendsetters – Empowering the Women Collective.” It is going to be an incredible experience as you hear these three transformative women share meaningful insight on their innovative leadership styles, how they’ve successfully navigated a male-dominated landscape and continue to affect positive change and more, and critically, how we can all use our power to advance good and foster empowerment among women across all sectors. Tap the link above to learn more and secure your spot.
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“ . . . it’s the right thing to do.” Thank you The McMorrow Reports/FMLink for this important feature on the Design for Freedom movement and for amplifying our efforts to create a more ethical and transparent building materials supply chain!
In this article, Sara Marberry reminds us to ask the question “Is your building ethically sourced, without forced labor, as well as sustainably designed?” Read to learn about Design for Freedom, a movement started by the Grace Farms Foundation to eliminate modern slavery in the built environment. The organization offers a toolkit that is a great resource for those planning, designing and constructing healthcare facilities on how to implement ethical, forced-labor free materials sourcing strategies into projects and/or practice. https://lnkd.in/gNSV7iQi #FacilitiesManagement #HealthcareDesign #EthicalSourcing
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⚠️Tomorrow-Built Environment Against Slavery: Insights, Actions and Collaboration Conference!⚠️ Ahead of #AntiSlaveryDay join us for our our face-to-face conference to gain practical insights and top tips on modern slavery due diligence. Discover the power of collaboration, from risk identification to audits and contract management, and share experiences and intelligence under Chatham House Rules. Hear from: 🗣️A survivor with lived experience 🗣️Dame Sara Thornton - Former UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner and 🗣️Modern Slavery Consultant, CCLA Investment Management 🗣️Phillip Clayton - CEO, Align Ltd 🗣️Adam Whitfield - Head of Compliance & ESG, Achilles Information Limited 🗣️Jo Potts- Sustainability Director - Responsible Sourcing & Social Impact, Balfour Beatty plc 🗣️Philip Cain - Operations Director, Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) 🗣️Jamie Swanston - Procurement & Supply Chain Director, Tilbury Douglas Douglas 🗣️Roxann Dawson- Business Assurance Director, Tilbury Douglas 🗣️Jennie Gallagher - Accounts Director, CarmichaelUK - Civil Engineering & Construction Recruitment 🗣️John Bullivant - Group Head of Ethical and Responsible Sourcing, Travis Perkins 🗣️Sally Taylor - Sustainable Procurement Specialist, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 🗣️Elaine Mitchel-Hill - International Lead, Design for Freedom by Grace Farms 🗣️Emma-Jane Allen - Senior Consultant, Action Sustainability and Lead and Facilitator for the Built Environment Against Slavery Group, Supply Chain Sustainability School Register for free today to stay ahead with the latest challenges in modern slavery within the built environment: 📅16 October 2024 🕙Registration stats at 8:30 🎟️https://ow.ly/VXuB50THFap #antislavery #modernslavery #conference
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Did you know half of all buildings on Earth are made from concrete? Unfortunately, the materials that make up concrete (including cement, sand, gravel, and crushed stone) often come from countries where material extraction may not be regulated, worker safety is at risk, and fair labor laws are not enforced or do not exist. Cement, the binding ingredient within concrete that hardens the mix, is the primary source of concrete's significant global climate impact producing 8% of the world's carbon dioxide emissions. Practices that do harm to the environment are highly correlated to human exploitation. Concrete is the largest contributor to embodied carbon in the built environment and also at high risk of embodied suffering during the quarrying of limestone and gravel as well as the mining of mica and soda. On your next visit to Grace Farms, explore our Design for Freedom exhibit, With Every Fiber, to dive deeper into high risk building materials like concrete, but to also discover why there is hope for the future and the strategies we can adopt to create new a more humane and environmentally-friendly path forward. Learn about With Every Fiber: https://lnkd.in/g3N6q4Xg Photo by Jacek Dolata