I’m pleased to announce that I and Keyah Consulting Ltd are signatories of the Urban Land Institute’s Commitment to Health and Equity in the Built Environment.
The Commitment is an actionable commitment. It is to affirm health and equity as core values of our work. It’s a call to action to those of us shaping of our cities and communities and decision-making processes tied to the built environment.
It’s founded on the recognition that our decisions and actions have a significant impact on our lives and our communities. It also recognises our responsibility in supporting conditions that improve the health, environmental quality, economic vitality, and social equity of communities.
I see my contribution, and that of Keyah Consulting’s, as promoting the importance of health and equity considerations across the built environment through talks, articles and promoting good work that is taking place. There’s also important work to be done through the ESG lens – in working with companies to embed these considerations across all their work.
And I have very much lived this commitment – via The IET having engaged with 4.5k people globally on a series of webinars on health and the built environment, writing various blogs, and through conferences where I discuss ESG through the lens of health and equity to national and international audiences.
Keyah Consulting Ltd works with companies across the built environment in developing their approach to ESG. Get in touch if you’d like to know more.
*The image is of Cheonggyecheon stream in Seoul. From 1976 to 2003, it was covered in a highway. The highway was torn down in 2003 with the aim of revitalising the area. You can read more here on how the highway was transformed into an urban park.
