Workspace Design Show

26 – 27 February 2025 | Business Design Centre, London

Sustainability Works

Sustainability Works is a series of talks, discussions and interviews, bringing together a selection of key figures behind the workplace market’s leading sustainable initiatives and projects.

Carefully curated by Mick Jordan, Editor at Works magazine, these talks offer you the chance to hear from companies like Gensler, Scott Brownrigg, M Moser Associates, BDP, Spacelab, BDG architecture + design and many more.

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2024 Sustainability Works Agenda

27 February

The Teach/Preach Conundrum. Getting the sustainability message across to consumers amid marketing contradictions
9:50 – 10:35am

Mick Jordan, Editor, Works Magazine

Mario Viera, Head of Sustainability, Scott Brownrigg

Gurvinder Khurana, Director, M Moser Associates

Rhiannon Laurie, Associate, Gensler

The Good Life. Transforming office spaces: from underused balconies to self-sustaining urban gardens
10.50 -11.35am

Mick Jordan, Editor, Works Magazine

Lydia Randall, Director, Head of ESG, BDG architecture and design

Alison Grant, Senior Associate, HLW

Patrick Dumas, Founder & CEO, Square Mile Farms

Perfect Imperfection. Embracing imperfection in design, by considering functionality, sustainability and clients’ expectations
11:55 – 12:40pm

Helen Parton, Freelance Workplace Design Journalist

Dominic Coleman, Director, Kibre

Estelle Schurer, Sustainability Analyst, Gensler

Manasi Menon, tp bennett, Sustainability Coordinator

Emma Morley, Director, Trifle

To B corp or not to B corp – the pros and cons of certification and how it affects businesses big & small
13:00 – 13:45pm

Mark Eltringham, Publisher, Workplace Insight & IN Magazine

Beatriz Gonzalez, Director, Scott Brownrigg

John Wozniak, Sustainability Lead, Hunters

Deepak Parmar, Design Director / BCorp Lead, MCM

Our England (and Wales, Scotland and NI, of course). Rethinking sourcing strategies by balancing global specification options with the best of British

14:05 – 14:50pm

Anna King, Founder, Informare

Laurence Orsini, Project Director, Scott Brownrigg

Pernille Bonser, CEO, Resonate Interiors

Golnaz Ighany, Sustainability Director, BDP

Digital Watch. Tackling the digital footprint dilemma: email emissions, workplace design and sustainability
15.05 – 15.35pm

Mick Jordan, Editor, Works Magazine

Alex Soto, Associate Director & Head of Sustainability, studioNWA

Jeni Durksen, Senior Associate, Design, M Moser Associates

Harsha Kotak, Founder Director, Women in Office Design and Sustainable Design Collective

This May Destroy You. The big manufacturing reveal: seeking transparency in sustainability, ethics, and ESG

15.50-16.35pm

Mick Jordan, Editor, Works Magazine

Elena Panagiotidis, Managing Director, Siren Design

Kara Carter, Director, Spacelab

Nigel Tresise, Co-Founder, Align Design and Architecture

Nicola Osborn, Creative Director, Basha Franklin

2024 Speakers

Gurvinder Khurana,
Director, M Moser Associates

Beatriz Gonzalez,
Director, Scott Brownrigg

Dr. Golnaz Ighany,
Sustainability Director, BDP

Emma Morley,
Director, Trifle

John Wozniak,
Operations & Sustainability Manager, Hunters

Elena Panagiotidis,
Managing Director, Siren Design

Mick Jordan,
Editor, Works Magazine

Lydia Randall,
Director, Head of ESG at BDG architecture + design

Rhiannon Laurie,
Associate, Gensler

Patrick Dumas,
Founder & CEO, Square Mile Farms

Co-founder and Director,
Align Design and Architecture

Dominic Coleman,
Director, Kibre

Pernille Bonser,
CEO Resonate Interiors

Estelle Schurer,
Sustainability Analyst, Gensler

Kara Carter,
Director, Spacelab

Mario Vieira,
Head of Sustainability, Scott Brownrigg

Deepak Parmar,
Design Director / BCorp Lead, MCM

Laurence Orsini,
Project Director, Scott Brownrigg

Manasi Menon,
tp bennett, Sustainability Coordinator

Jeni Durksen,
Senior Associate, Design, M Moser Associates

Harsha Kotak,
Founder Director, Women in Office Design and Sustainable Design Collective

Allison Grant,
Senior Associate, HLW

Nicola Osborn,
Creative Director, Basha Franklin

Alex Soto,
Associate Director & Head of Sustainability at studioNWA

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