# October 2022 Meeting of the NGO/Government Roundtable on Embodied Carbon **URL:** \ **Category:** Roundtable: NGO/Government Alignment\ **Created:** [October 29, 2022, 11:13pm UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/october-2022-meeting-of-the-ngo-government-roundtable-on-embodied-carbon/6051 "2022-10-29T23:13:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![andrewhimesclf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.carbonleadershipforum.org/andrewhimesclf/32/3266_2.png) [@andrewhimesclf](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/u/andrewhimesclf)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2022, 11:13pm UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/october-2022-meeting-of-the-ngo-government-roundtable-on-embodied-carbon/6051/1 "2022-10-29T23:13:26Z")
CLF’s \*\*[Embodied Carbon Roundtable](https://carbonleadershipforum.org/ngo-roundtable/)\*\*has the following objectives: - Share news, strategic plans, resources, and tools related to embodied carbon. - Report planning and future dates for conferences, webinars, and meetings. - Inspire and facilitate ongoing communication and conversation among key leaders related to embodied carbon. - Encourage convergence on shared embodied carbon terminology, data standards, benchmarks, and targets for embodied carbon reduction. ## Recording [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/carbonleadershipforum/original/2X/0/0227eafe4db62a17e8b589b3c5c4d6c7db791888.jpeg "2022 October NGO Government Roundtable on Embodied Carbon") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x568oq-gmE) _Meeting date October 27. 30 attendees, 90 minute meeting_ **Meeting attendees included:** - Victoria Falcone - WBCSD - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Alice Yates, Director of Government Affairs, ASHRAE, Washington, DC - James Kitchin, MASS Design Group, Bozeman MT - Peter Bacas - Paul Carpenter Associates Inc. for The Port Authority of NY & NJ. Currently in Chicago, based out of NJ - Gitika Mohta, We Mean Business coalition, New York City - Luca De Giovanetti - WBCSD - Biasca (Switzerland) - Michael Deru, NREL, Golden, CO - Lizzie Collins, Build Change, Atlantic Highlands, NJ - Fin MacDonald from the Canada Green Building Council. In Ottawa, Canada right now - Pamela Conrad, Climate Positive Design, Currently Cambridge, MA - Louise Foulkes, Build Change, San Francisco - Cath Kinsman-Neurauter CAGBC - Ottawa ON Canada - Frances Yang (Arup, San Francisco) - SE 2050 - Jim Edelson, NBI; Portland OR USA - Irene Domínguez - Bellona Europa, Brussels based (currently in Munich) - Alison Kinn Bennett, US EPA Sustainable Marketplace/Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program - Vincent Martinez, Architecture 2030; Seattle, WA - Monica Schroeder, Build Change - based in East Longmeadow, MA - Abigail Regitsky, Breakthrough Energy; Washington, DC - Natalie Douglas, City of Nelson (in British Columbia, Canada) - Danny Macri, US EPA Climate Protection Partnerships Division, DC - Jessica Bristow, ILFI. Brooklyn, New York - Erik Bowden : Victoria, BC, Canada, Builders for Climate Action - Luca De Giovanetti - WBCSD - Cath Kinsman, Canada GBC, - Wes Sullins, US GBC, Washington DC - Meghan Byrne, CLF, Philadelphia - Megan Kalsman, CLF, San Francisco - Andrew Himes, CLF, Seattle ## Reports 1. Andrew Himes - Carbon Leadership Forum [https://carbonleadershipforum.org/white-house-fact-sheet-highlights-clf-collective-action-on-embodied-carbon/](https://carbonleadershipforum.org/white-house-fact-sheet-highlights-clf-collective-action-on-embodied-carbon/) 1. Jim Edelson, New Buildings Institute; Portland OR USA > **[Home - New Buildings Institute](https://newbuildings.org/)** > > s 1. Peter Bacas - Port Authority of New/New Jersey (PANYNJ) > **[PORT AUTHORITY UNVEILS CLEAN CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM DURING CLIMATE WEEK,...](https://www.panynj.gov/port-authority/en/press-room/press-release-archives/2020-press-releases/port-authority-unveils-clean-construction-program-during-climate.html)** 1. Gitika Mohta - We Mean Business Coalition > **[We Mean Business Coalition works with the world’s most influential businesses...](https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/)** > > The Coalition is a group of seven nonprofit organizations: BSR, CDP, Ceres, Climate Group, CLG Europe, The B Team and WBCSD. 1. Monica Schoeder and Louise Foulkes - Build Change > **[Build Change | Every Home is Disaster-Resilient](https://buildchange.org/)** > > Women-led global social innovator with a vision to make every home disaster resilient. 1. Abigail Regitsky - Breakthrough Energy > **[Breakthrough Energy | Home](https://www.breakthroughenergy.org/)** > > Empowering innovators to build the future of energy 1. Irene Domínguez - Bellona Europa > **[Bellona Foundation - Bellona.org](https://bellona.org/)** > > International NGO with offices in Oslo, Brussels, Berlin and Vilnius. Our focus areas include climate change, CCS, CO2 emissions, energy systems, nuclear issues, the Arctic, bioeconomy, aquaculture, industrial pollution, waste and waste management,... 1. Alice Yates - ASHRAE - Kigali Amendment: to phase down high-GWP HFCs > **[Home | ashrae.org](https://www.ashrae.org/)** > > Learn more about Home at ashrae.org 1. Jessica Bristow - International Living Futures Institute (ILFI) > **[Regenerative Buildings & Design - Living Future](https://living-future.org/)** > > Our Mission for a Healthier World: Creating regenerative buildings and materials that foster human well-being, environmental health, and thriving communities. 1. Alison Kinn Bennett - US EPA (impact of the IRA on EC) > **[Sustainable Marketplace: Greener Products and Services | US EPA](https://www.epa.gov/greenerproducts)** > > The greener products site will educate manufacturers, consumers, institutional and Federal purchasers on greener products and sustainable acquisition. 1. Luca De Giovanetti - World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD - COP27 report > **[The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)](https://www.wbcsd.org/)** > > The leading community of global businesses making sustainability performance a key driver for competitiveness. 1. Luke Leung - ASHRAE and MEP 2040 > **[MEP 2040 | Join the Sustainability Movement](https://www.mep2040.org/)** > > Learn how MEP 2040 is driving reduction in building system carbon emissions through collective action, commitments, resources, and forums. Join us in transforming the industry. 1. Vincent Martinez - new partnership and project between Architecture 2030 and Climate Positive Design > **[COP27 » CarbonPositive](https://www.carbon-positive.org/cop27/)** > > Est. reading time: 17 minutes > **[Architecture 2030](https://www.architecture2030.org/)** > **[CARE Tool | Carbon Avoided: Retrofit Estimator](https://www.caretool.org/)** > > CARE Tool | Carbon Avoided: Retrofit Estimator 1. James Kitchin - MASS Design Group > **[Home Page | MASS Design Group](https://modelofarchitecture.org/)** 1. Frances Yang - SE2050 > **[SE2050](https://se2050.org/)**