Cities have always been seen as a source of social and economic opportunity – the challenge now is to achieve these aspirations while protecting our global home. We need ‘climate positive’ thinking – shifting from crisis mode to taking deliberate and proactive steps toward betterment of places and practices to ensure health and wellbeing for both humans and the natural world.

In this thought-provoking discussion, a panel of experts bring together perspectives around public health, social value, community wellbeing, regenerative place-making, neighbourhood renewal, climate adaptation and urban resilience to uncover holistic solutions and strategies for making the transition to a safe, inclusive, and prosperous future.

Our speakers

• Dr Kate Wylie, Executive Director, Doctors for the Environment 
• Tim Weale, Head of Strategic Partnerships and Delivery, Region Group 
• Dr Sarah Joyce, Director Transformation, Strategy and Transformation, North Metropolitan Health, WA Department of Health.
• Hannah Blossom, Director of Sustainability, Cundall Melbourne 
• Oliver Grimaldi, Director of Sustainability (Asia-Pacific), Cundall (moderator) 

In a compelling, wide-ranging discussion hosted by Cundall Associate Director, Hannah Morton, a panel of experts address the tough challenges for Australia’s urban communities, and what we must do to improve resilience to climate impacts. The podcast was created for World Green Building Week, and features Professor Cheryl Desha from Griffith University; Sustainability Lead for City of Perth, Phill Raso; GPT Group Head of Development (Office), Jamie Nelson; Cundall Partner, Julian Sutherland; and Cundall APAC ESG and Sustainability Strategy Lead, Madlen Jannaschk.

In this episode, Bianca Spoeala, Senior Marketing and BD Executive in Manchester, talks to the key people behind Eden, New Bailey concept, design and sustainability strategy.

Listen to this podcast to delve into the story behind the project that’s creating a ‘greenprint’ for net zero carbon buildings and the role Cundall played in its journey.

Presented by:

Phil Marsden – Director of Project Management at Muse Developments, Muse is part of the English Cities Fund partnership.

Stuart Fraser- Partner at Make Architects, lead architect

Simon Wyatt -Partner at Cundall, sustainability lead

In this podcast, Sonya Ku, Cundall Sustainability Strategy and ESG Associate, and Ruben Langbroek, Head of Asia Pacific at GRESB, discuss the latest insights on GRESB and what respondents need to know for the 2023 assessment cycle.

In this episode, Rob Turner, Acoustics Partner in Manchester, together with Sid Williams, Co-founder & Director of Embassy, discuss the journey of delivering a new permanent community facility for the city’s homeless and vulnerable men.

Sid describes the initial use of a tour bus as an emergency shelter and how, with the collective help of the North West property and construction industry, the charity is delivering a permanent facility which will provide 40 high quality permanent homes that will enable vulnerable adults to get back on their feet.

Listen to this podcast to hear about Cundall’s involvement in the project and how you can help too.

Can buildings get ‘hacked’? The simple, and alarming, answer is Yes!

In this podcast, Cundall Head of Clients and Marketing, Ric Navarro, catches up with Waterstons Director, Charlie Hales, to discuss themes presented in the recently launched white paper, ‘How safe is your building?', a comprehensive guide co-authored by experts from Cundall and Waterstons.

Charlie discusses in this interview how stakeholders in the property sector need to be aware of the steps they can take to secure assets and businesses processes whilst protecting the safety and wellbeing of building occupants.

Elaine Chan and Cundall Building Performance Services (BPS) specialists from Asia Pacific, Mathuran Marianayagam, Annie Nguyen, and Chris Leung will discuss what BPS is, why you should care about how buildings perform, and why BPS is so important in the big global picture.

In this podcast, Ric Navarro catches up with Tommy Crowley, global director of APAC at Wiredscore to discuss the growing importance of Wiredscore accreditation, explore the intersection of smart buildings and decarbonisation, and uncover how Wiredscore and Smartscore provide a fundamental focus on asset resiliency.