First Friday Webinars – Exceeding ESG Commitments with LEED for Communities

USGBC will once again offer First Friday Webinars in 2024. These are previously recorded, highly rated, LEED specific education programs. Gather with peers and colleagues at noon Central Time on first Friday of each month to earn those CEs!

These courses are available for anyone to attend, but are free to local or company USGBC members. That includes Missouri Gateway Green Building Council members!

Access the webinar registration and code here. You will be prompted to login to access the code. Once you enter your login details, it will take you to your Member Dashboard. From there, click Member Only Benefits from the left-hand side menu to view the list of benefits and access code for the First Friday Webinars. You can use the code to register for one or more of the first Friday webinars. Questions? Reach out to your MO Gateway Green Building Council staff at info@mogreenbuildings.org.

REGISTER FOR THE AUGUST WEBINAR

Exceeding ESG Commitments with LEED for Communities

In this webinar, developers and consultants offer insights into how they utilize LEED for Communities rating system to support their own and clients’ ESG priorities and climate commitments. They provide examples of successful ESG reporting and continuous improvements using LEED for Communities, clearly demonstrating how to expand the benefits of using this tool by linking it to the performance of environmental and social aspects.

The LEED for Communities rating system offers a credible framework for corporations, developers, real estate companies and investors to navigate complexities of ESG issues, make improvements, and support decisions. It requires district, neighborhood and community scale projects to report on energy, emissions, water, waste, transportation, social equity, and quality of life within performance prerequisites.

In this webinar, developers clearly outline how their organization established a concrete sustainability strategy, then structured and aligned actions, initiatives, challenges, and commitments. That strategy allowed them to understand the needs and expectations of all of their stakeholders, including the communities they serve. Utilizing the LEED for Communities rating system, they were able to validate their sustainability priorities and embrace new strategies and technologies to accomplish commitments to comprehensive sustainability.

REGISTER FOR THE AUGUST WEBINAR

• February: Overview of LEED v5: Taking action on climate, quality of life, and ecology
• March: LEED v5: Swift Climate Action, Enriched Quality of Life, and Advanced Land Use and Biodiversity
• April: Navigating Smart Building Certifications for Sustainable Futures
• May: LEED and Upfront Carbon Emissions: A Comprehensive Look at A1-A5 Embodied Carbon in Building Construction
• June: LEED EBOM Plays Nice with WELL Health-Safety at the Children’s Museum of Cleveland
• July: Smart Building Charrette, circa 2030: Realizing the Promise of High-Performance Green Buildings
• August: Exceeding ESG Commitments with LEED for Communities
• September: Looking to the Future: Utilizing LEED as a Tool for Adaptive Reuse Projects
• October: LEED Zero Project Profiles
• November: Implementing the Future of LEED with LEED v5 Operations + Maintenance
• December: Beneficial Electrification in Northern Climates
• January 2025: Inclusive Pathways to Health in LEED v5: Harnessing Biophilic and Universal Design