Paolo is the Arup Italy Sustainable Development Leader and a member of the Europe Region Climate and Sustainability leadership. With 25 year experience, Paolo has developed a significant international experience leading multidisciplinary teams in the delivery of innovative and highly sustainable projects across city, masterplan and building scale. He is a lecturer and speaker at conferences and universities, promoting an integrated and science-based approach to sustainable development, climate change mitigation/adaptation and to support the transition towards a regenerative economy based on circularity principles.

Emily Hamilton is Head of ESG at Savills Investment Management and responsible for directing Savills IM sustainability strategy across the business globally. This involves setting corporate standards and approach to ESG criteria as well as collaboration with fund teams, both at the property portfolio and individual asset levels. She represents Savills IM on several industry groups including as Co-Chair of the Better Buildings Partnership Owner and Occupier Forum and as a member of the GRI Global ESG and Impact Investment Committee. Emily joins Savills IM from Grosvenor Britain & Ireland, part of Grosvenor Group, where she was associate director, sustainability.

Daniel Chang is European Head of ESG at Hines and in his role focuses on the transition to decarbonisation, enhancing meaningful social engagement in the built environment, and bolstering governance frameworks. Daniel joined Hines in 1999 as Development Manager and from 2009 to 2021 was a Portfolio Asset Manager in investment management. He continues to play a key part in the success of Hines’ European Funds with all 4 funds achieving 5 green stars in 2022 by GRESB and several being awarded as Global Sector Leaders, including the Hines European Core Fund (HECF), achieving this recognition for the last six consecutive years. In addition, HECF won the PREA open-end fund ESG award in 2021 and 2022, with Daniel playing an instrumental part in this accolade. Daniel sits on the Advisory Board for the ULI Randall Lewis Center for Sustainability in Real Estate, which is dedicated to creating healthy, resilient, and high-performance communities around the world. Daniel is also part of the C Change steering committee and is a member of ULI’s Sustainability Council in Europe. Prior to Hines, Daniel worked as an architect at Architecture Studio in Paris. Daniel holds a BSc in Architecture from the University of Maryland and an MBA and MS in Urban Planning from Columbia University.