Verdani Partners

Verdani is excited to share the Summer of Sustainability issue of our Verdani Vitals newsletter, highlighting the exciting strides we have made with our clients toward a more sustainable built environment. Over the past few months, we’ve marked our one-year anniversary in our new office, welcomed several new clients, published multiple comprehensive client annual ESG reports, and achieved our highest number of GRESB submissions to date. As we continue to advance our mission to empower organizations with cost-effective strategies for creating sustainable buildings and communities, our enthusiasm only grows. To read the newsletter in full, click here: https://lnkd.in/ghDRaEyT. To stay tuned all things Verdani News & Insights, click here: https://lnkd.in/dX9Wfhwe.

Please join us in welcoming Mei Tsuruta, MSc, LEED AP, CEM back to our Verdani team!  Mei worked as an Energy Engineer for nearly five years with Verdani and returns to us as an Associate Director of ESG, with several years of relevant private and public sustainability experience. In her tenure as a sustainability professional, Mei has enlisted her robust professional and academic experience to maximize the sustainability performance of her clients and past employers. Mei holds a M.S. in Engineering, Urban, Energy, and Environmental Planning, along with a B.S. in Environmental Engineering, and is a Certified Energy Manager (CEM) and Engineer in Training (EIT). She has a LEED AP O+M certification and is also a Fitwel Ambassador. We warmly welcome her back to the Verdani team and are excited to leverage her dynamic background to help elevate our goals and those of our clients. If you are interested in joining the Verdani team, check out our recent job postings including both Energy and Junior Energy Engineers. To see these and other job postings visit https://lnkd.in/gJMvDXn. 

Over the past two decades, cities and states in the U.S. have significantly expanded sustainable building ordinances that focus on benchmarking, audits and retro-commissioning, and building performance standards (BPS). In Verdani's latest article, authors Carli S., Dana Weiss, Kelsey Ceccarelli, Sydney Armitage, and Rimzhim Mazumdar examine how benchmarking, auditing, and BPS are enforced in three key jurisdictions — New York City, Boston, and Denver. To read this piece on BPS from Verdani's team of subject matter experts, follow this link: https://lnkd.in/gszwwzhg.

In an era where climate risk is increasingly central to business strategy, it’s crucial to distinguish between climate risk indicators and actual hazards. Many organizations are grappling with questions about the data from climate assessments, including what to do with these assessments, differentiating climate risk versus a hazard indication, and evaluating data accuracy and how to interpret it. During a recent panel at the IMN Conference, our own Dana Weiss, Senior Director of ESG and Head of Resilience, explored just this, including how physical and transition risks, and the evolving standards from SEC, TCFD, and IFRS, are impacting insurance and resilience.  The team at Verdani excels in helping clients navigate potential vulnerabilities within their portfolios, offering strategic advice on how to effectively mitigate or adapt to climate risks wherever possible. A few solutions Verdani employs to help understand and address risk through resilience include:  - Conducting asset-level resilience assessments to uncover asset vulnerability and preparedness.  - Guiding clients through regulatory and disclosure requirements.  - Navigating the climate risk assessment vendor landscape and selecting appropriate providers.  - Developing decarbonization roadmaps and identifying transition risks. To learn more about climate risk, bolstering resilience, and how Verdani can help you succeed in a changing climate, contact us here: https://lnkd.in/gzXy_vAW. 

Verdani is excited to highlight the Los Angeles Business Council's upcoming 18th annual Sustainability Summit. This keystone summit will bring together industry leaders to discuss solutions for meeting California's net zero goals, providing attendees with actionable solutions for sustainability issues facing the region and beyond. To learn more and register for this event on September 6th, click here: https://lnkd.in/gbBckzCy.

As we welcome one of our newest clients to Verdani, our ESG team is poised to continue and expand on the great work that Shorenstein Realty Services has already started in their sustainability efforts.  Shorenstein is a fully integrated real estate investment company with office and mixed-use properties across the U.S. At Shorenstein, sustainability means enhancing investment performance, operational resilience, and business governance for the benefit of the company’s properties, tenants, employees, investors, and communities.  We're excited to collaborate with Shorenstein in creating value, reducing environmental impact, and enhancing the communities where we operate. To learn more about Shorenstein’s ESG program visit https://lnkd.in/gfY4zVUK. To learn more about Verdani’s corporate ESG programs visit https://lnkd.in/gySdMqJ. #shorenstein, #commercialrealestateesg, #sustainability, #esg 

Verdani is currently hiring for a Scrum Master to join our dynamic team. This important role will facilitate and manage Agile Scrum processes within our organization, ensuring effective collaboration and efficiency in delivering top-notch solutions. In partnering closely with the product development team to keep projects on track, within budget, and up to our quality standards, this person will act as a coach and mentor, promoting a culture of continuous improvement and helping the team consistently meet its goals. To learn more about this role and to apply, click here: https://lnkd.in/gqdup_3M

Happy Women’s Equality Day! Today commemorates the anniversary of women in the U.S. gaining the right to vote 104 years ago. While there has been immense progress toward equality since 1920, there is still work to do in closing the gender pay gap and removing barriers to voting many people, particularly people of color, face in parts of the country.   As a proudly women-led and certified Women- and Minority-Owned Business, Verdani acknowledges the contributions of women within and beyond our industry. With the federal elections approaching on November 5th, we encourage you to exercise your right to vote!

Verdani has surpassed one billion square feet of real estate managed by clients who utilize our services. This massive amount of built environment square footage is helping elevate the collective sustainability of our industry; we are grateful to have strong partnerships with our clients who share our goals of maximizing building efficiency. As we reach this milestone, we look forward to further expanding our portfolio and championing ESG solutions for a better, greener future! To learn more about our services and impact, follow this link: https://lnkd.in/gSjTEthb.

Did you know there are cost implications, from climate change, on insurance costs? According to a recent article published by Deloitte, by 2030, the cost premium of being in a higher-risk, extreme weather state could be 24.0% greater than the national average - compared to a 32.5% discount in lower-risk states. To read the article, click here: https://lnkd.in/e3h-erXc. To learn about Verdani's strategy-oriented services, which can help you reduce climate-related risks, click here: https://lnkd.in/gySdMqJ.