Workshop: Unravelling Circularity and Nature Metrics: The Drivers, Metrics & ESG Frameworks

Presenter : David Baggs - CEO, Technical Director and Cofounder of Global GreenTag International
Duration : 1 Hour
Event : Futurebuild Australia

This session by David Baggs merges his experience in the fields of architecture, design, sustainability, ESG, circular economy, and green product intelligence.

Participants will gain a clear understanding of circular economy principles, nature-based metrics, and ESG frameworks, enabling practical application in building, infrastructure, and design decision-making, including integration of trusted, independently verified, high integrity products and materials in driving genuinely sustainable, circular projects.

The session provides a clear picture of the global drivers of sustainability in construction to the key industry pressures: regulatory, investor, and market expectations, and then drills down to actionable steps for participants to follow to produce desired circular economy project outcomes.

Overall Workshop Takeaways

1. Understanding the drivers behind circular economy adoption and nature metrics in the built environment.

2. Awareness of ESG frameworks - GRI, SASB, TNFD and emerging standards - and how third-party assessed and certified materials, particularly with Nature Positive and Environmental Product Declarations or whole of sustainability certifications - strengthen project credibility.

3. Understanding circularity and material readiness -focusing on materials designed for reuse, recycling, longevity, closed material loops, waste diversion, and lifecycle assessed.

4. More confidence to present key metrics and reporting strategies for circularity and nature impact to stakeholders – mapping project impacts to ESG and nature metrics, measuring and reporting transparently.