The Sustainability for Business Forum 20 explored ideas for a green recovery in 3 major industries: Susatinable and Smart Cities, Responsible Fashion & Beauty and Food of the Future.

The event organized by CCEF (France Foreign Trade Advisors) event covered key areas of Thailand 4.0 plans.

We were invited to join theSustainable Development focus to speak about the future of our cities and how we support the acceleration and development of green, smart and healthy cities in the region.

During her speech, Armelle highlighted the importance to adress cities and buildings to not only minimize these consequences but to propose a more prosper, resilient and liveable alternative. Buildings when conceived, designed, built and operated sustainably minimize their impact on the environment while promoting the health and wellbeing of its users.

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She introduced the integrative design process and bioclimatic approach upon which she conceives high performance buildings with people and the planet in mind and showcased how this was applied in the conception of the Olympic Leisure Center in Mongolia.

Under the Driving Sustainability Demand topic, Armelle Le Bihan explained how cost-effective green features could shift your venue to a sustainable MICE venue that will increase the performance of your meetings and events and grow your customers’ satisfaction.

As an active member of the Multi-Chamber Sustainability Committee, Green Building Consulting & Engineering co-organized the event and organized the Sustainability in the hospitality industry track, the Sustainable Value Chain track  and the Green tech and smart buildings track.

As a speaker in the Sustainability in the hospitality industry track, Armelle Le Bihan demonstrated how hotels can integrate step by step sustainability within their facilities, covering engineering, operations to corporate policies. To support this roadmap, she was joined by Technic Electrical Engineering on energy saving in air conditioning solutions  and Soneva Kiri, leader in Barefoot luxury.

The 100% woman panel aimed to discuss the future of our cities and women's role in the development of smarter and more sustainable urban environments. The panel was hosted by City Developments Limited and was joined by women industry leaders from the World Green Building Council, Resilient Cities Network, Shell and SmartCT.

The workshop covered expert tpoics on sustainable design and construction practices in hospitality. The attendees were divided in groups where they were asked to come with innovative ideas to improve the sustainability profile of a fictional project. We discussed notably self sufficiency, energy, zero waste, environmental preservation and community responsibility.

The workshop gathered representatives from municipal and national levels of government, academia, training institutes, private sector from China, India, Indonesia, Mongolia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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The objective was to share best practices and experiences on how the urban nexus approach contributes to the achievement of the 
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and developing  recommendations  for  advancing  the 
nexus approach into national policy frameworks.

As a private consultancy firm, we were able to share our perspective on the current green building landscape in Thailand and our recommendations for public policy to increase their market share. 

The Sustainability for Business Forum offered participants discussions and presentations arranged in 5 tracks on the topics of Green Energy Transition, Pollution & Waste Management, Education at the Workplace, Health & Well-being and Sustainable Events and Marketing.