Panel debate: Rethinking the 'sustainable' workplace

By Leslie Thompson in sustainability

Posted on November 4th 2020 5 2 minute read

As the current health crisis continues to unfold, Tarkett research reveals that office workers in the USA and Europe are becoming more concerned about their employers level of commitment to environmentally-led initiatives.

Join us at this year’s Workplace Week International 2020 where our esteemed panel of experts discuss the role of sustainability in commercial office design as the World continues to battle the Covid-19 pandemic.

THIS EVENT HAS NOW TAKEN PLACE - See on demand here.

Panelists:
Nitesh Magdani, Architect & Associate Partner of Insight Futures, London
Dr Mike O’Neill, Author and Founder HumanSpace™, Wisconsin
Sandra Tripp, Principal at Huntsman, New York
Ryan Ware, Co-founder & Vice President of Construction, Vantis, California

Panel discussion at Workplace Week

Tarkett has gathered an esteemed panel of experts from both sides of the Atlantic to discuss the role of sustainability in commercial office design as the World continues to battle the Covid-19 pandemic.

The event is part of Workplace Week International 2020 is a 4-day online global festival organised by global management consultants, Advanced Workplace Associates (AWA). The festival is an opportunity to see how forward-thinking organisations around the world are adapting their ways of working to embrace the ‘new normal’.

Global office research

In September 2020, Tarkett commissioned a global piece of research, The Rethinking Workplace, which tracks how office workers are responding to the current health crisis.

The results are clear - employees are emerging from the pandemic with a renewed sense of purpose and a strong desire to make a positive social impact. And environmental policy is seen as a key issue.

Sustainability front & centre

Join us as we look at what is driving this mindset with experts from across the built environment. Led by Roxane Spears, Vice President, Sustainability, USA and Rob Kragt, CSR communication manager EMEA, we will explore key themes including how businesses keep sustainability front and centre, and whether collaboration and acceptance are the keys to success in the circular economy.

All proceeds from Workplace Week go to a number of great causes around the world; Make A Wish Foundation, BBC Children in Need and I Have a Dream Foundation.

To learn about the shifting attitudes to sustainability in the USA, download our latest report, Rethinking The ‘Sustainable’ Workplace

For more in-depth insights into Tarkett’s wider research on the impact of the ongoing pandemic on the commercial office industry globally, visit The Great Indoors.