Building Green: An IFC & APREA Roundtable Discussion

Sigrid 是亞太房地產協會 (APREA) 的首席執行官。她總部設在新加坡，負責監督協會在亞太地區的戰略方向、倡議和運營。在她的領導下，APREA 重新定位為一個專注於房地產和基礎設施的行業貿易團體。.

Sigrid 於 2019 年 1 月加入 APREA 的執行團隊。.

在加入 APREA 之前，她於 2010 年至 2018 年間擔任高纬宏 (C&W) 亞太研究與諮詢服務部董事總經理，負責研究、思想領導、策略制定和客戶管理。 在遷往新加坡之前，她在華盛頓特區工作，並領導 C&W 在中大西洋地區的美國研究小組，負責監督華盛頓特區、維吉尼亞州、馬里蘭郊區、巴爾的摩和費城地區市場研究活動的所有方面。加入 C&W 之前，Sigrid 擔任全國房地產經紀人協會 (NAR) 的資深經濟學家。在該職位上，她發展了 NAR 的辦公室、倉庫、零售、多戶住宅和國際研究計劃。.

Sigrid 是全球經濟、公共政策和房地產問題的公認專家，經常在業界活動中發表演說。 華爾街日報》、《金融時報》、彭博社、《紐約時報》和路透社等眾多全球刊物也經常刊登她對商業和住宅房地產市場的評論。此外，她還在 CNBC、彭博社、CNN、全國公共廣播電台和亞洲新聞頻道等財經網路和廣播電台多次亮相。.

Sigrid 擁有康乃爾大學 Johnson Graduate School of Management 的工商管理碩士學位，以及賓夕法尼亞州立大學的經濟學碩士學位。她是多個民間團體的成員，包括新加坡萊佛士市扶輪社 (Rotary Club of Raffles City)，她曾在該社擔任多個領導職位，並擔任新加坡克隆氏結腸炎協會 (Crohn's & Colitis Society of Singapore) 執行委員會的成員。.

A champion of sustainable built environments, Prashant Kapoor, is a passionate advocate for sustainable solutions that align the interests of businesses, financial institutions, governments and civil society.

As an Industry Specialist, he guides the IFC’s global investments in the built environment with a particular focus on financing low carbon developments and sustainable cities.

He is the entrepreneur who created EDGE (“Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies”) to mainstream resource-efficient buildings in emerging markets. EDGE is free software, a green building standard, and an international green building certification system. More than 60 million m2 of floor space has been EDGE certified globally. Under his leadership, IFC has created a green building investment portfolio of commercial and residential buildings that totals more than US$12 billion, both directly and through financial intermediaries.

Prashant is currently leading the APEX Green Cities Program that supports cities to transition to low- carbon and resource-efficient growth pathways. As a part of the Program, he has developed the APEX online app that allows cities to map out different action plans and evaluate their impact and financing options that the City can adopt to achieve its climate action goals.

Denis Medvedev is a Senior Economic Advisor in IFC Global Industry Vice-Presidency. In his previous assignments at the World Bank Group, he was Director of IFC Economic Policy Research department, Manager of World Bank global unit on firms, innovation, and entrepreneurship, and before this was responsible for policy dialogue, lending operations, and analytical work in South Asia, Latin America & the Caribbean, and Africa, and developing forward-looking scenarios for the global economy. His own research has recently focused on firm growth and productivity, while his earlier work explored international trade, income distribution dynamics, and the Sustainable Development Goals. He is an author of more than 30 peer-reviewed journal articles, books and book chapters, and World Bank reports. He holds a Ph.D. from the American University.

Esther 從事可持續發展工作超過二十年，於 2008 年出版了新加坡第一份可持續發展報告，並於 2017 年發行了新加坡公司的第一筆綠色債券。Esther 被聯合國全球盟約授予 2018 SDG 綠色基礎設施和低碳經濟先鋒，並被路透社評為 2023 年 25 位應對氣候變化的開創性女性之一，以及首屆 TIME100 2023 商界氣候領袖：

• 世界經濟論壇自然積極城市全球委員會
• 世界綠色建築協會企業諮詢委員會主席
• 與自然相關的財務揭露工作小組
• UN PRI 房地產諮詢委員會
• UN ESCAP 可持續商業網路執行理事會
• 全球報告倡議組織 (GRI) 監事會
• 城市土地學會 (ULI) Randall Lewis Center 房地產可持續發展諮詢委員會和 ULI 亞太淨零理事會
• 亞太房地產資產協會 (APREA) 董事會兼 ESG 委員會主席
• GRESB 基金會董事會

她創辦了 Women4Green 和 Youth4Climate 網路，以賦予婦女和青年支持氣候行動和永續發展的能力。.