ASEAN’s real estate sector sits at a critical inflection point. With a strong emphasis on energy efficiency and operational emissions from buildings, embodied carbon from new construction and renovation works is increasingly coming into focus as well. Driven by regulatory pressure, investor expectations and occupier demand, built environment stakeholders in the region are grappling with three interlinked challenges: the need to stay competitive and resilient by addressing buildings’ energy demand and cost, getting to understand the business case for reducing the embodied carbon of buildings across their full life-cycle, and to adapt buildings to the changing climate conditions.  

This WBCSD workshop will introduce the Market Transformation Action Agenda for the Built Environment to the ASEAN business community to foster the deep collaboration that is required along the full value chain to transform a fragmented and short-term focused sector.  

Workshop participants representing developers, asset owners, financiers, occupiers and solution providers will discuss: 

• What whole life carbon assessment means and why it matters strategically and commercially, how it can be measured (practical case studies), and what levers and solutions are available in design, construction and procurement to tackle whole life carbon emissions; 

• How to unlock the strategic opportunity of retrofitting commercial real estate by addressing the key financial and stakeholder misalignment barriers, thereby reducing business risk due to energy market instability; 

• How business and policymakers can work together to strengthen the enabling environment for the transformation. 

A confirmation will be sent to you in the coming weeks if your registration if successful. Please contact hunziker@wbcsd.org if you have any questions.

WBCSD Connect at Ecosperity Week 2026

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