Patience: Because We All Need to Practice
In this installment of Wit and Wisdom for Well-Being, we bring you: patience. Patience is a virtue. This is likely not the first time you’ve seen this phrase.
COP27 Recap: The State of Net Zero and Negotiations
With COP27 wrapped, here are key announcements and agreements from the conference.
How COP27 Impacts Real Estate: Pricing Real Estate Climate Risk
One topic of urgent and primary focus at COP has been around how and who will finance the changes of climate change. The general mood around GFANZ (Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net-Zero), a group of the world’s largest financial institutions which pledged at COP26 in Glasgow to finance their own and their assets’ net zero transition, is not optimistic based upon current progress, despite the grand plans.
Fractal Patterns: Because Nature is Pretty Amazing
In this installment of Wit and Wisdom for Well-Being, we bring you: fractal patterns and why they can help reduce stress! To all you leaf peepers out there, do you ever wonder why your shoulders drop and perhaps a wave of relaxation comes over you when you are exposed to nature? Turns out, it’s not just you.
GRESB Results: A Guide to Interpreting and Improving Your Score
For many of us ESG and reporting nerds, September and October are a time of great excitement and anticipation as we await the results of our GRESB submissions. Flashbacks from earlier in the summer ensue, and we are transported to July 1, exhausted and obsessively reviewing GRESB submissions one last time.
Posture: Because Your Parents Were Right
In this installment of Wit and Wisdom for Well-Being, we bring you: posture! “Stand up straight!” That phase might bring flashbacks for some of you. Turns out, the advice your parents gave you (even if unsolicited) was pretty helpful.
Greenbuild 2022: A Quick Guide
We’re thrilled for Greenbuild, the world’s largest green building conference, to come to San Francisco this November 1-4! For the 20th year running, Greenbuild will convene thought leaders and practitioners across the building industry to re-imagine what it means to build green, going beyond buildings to create greener communities, better workplaces, equitable programs, new sustainable solutions, and more.
Choice: Because We All Need a Little Guidance Sometimes
This month in our Wit and Wisdom for Well-Being series: Choice! Good designers give choices that make you successful no matter what you choose. Let’s be honest, there are individuals making design decisions at organizations who don’t even make their own wardrobe decisions. So, it’s important that as we think about the choices we provide to our stakeholders, we give them the right variety and clear, concise, and consistent information to help them be successful in whatever choice they make.
Passion: Because We Are All Motivated By Something
People are more driven by a sense of purpose than we often assume. Think about those that work for non-profit organizations, those who donate time and resources to help others in need, even parents that sacrifice their own needs to ensure their children want for nothing. This sense of purpose is often what motivates people each day, what drives them to do their best work and keeps them engaged even when they could earn higher compensation elsewhere.
Well-Being Defined: Because We Are All Human
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines Health as “a state of physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity,” meaning that if a person is not “sick” it doesn’t necessarily mean that they are “healthy” or “well” because there’s always room for improvement.