
The Future We Build is a podcast about sustainability in real estate when it is shaped by innovation, investment, and real commercial decision making. Hosted by Alex Edds, a corporate sustainability innovator with over 20 years inside the industry, this podcast looks at sustainability through the lens of value creation, resilience, and human outcomes, not just carbon metrics. This is a show for pe... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 16 | Founded | 5 months ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | InvestingBusiness | |||

Bellway builds around 8,500 homes a year — and a large share of its carbon footprint comes not from construction, but from the homes people live in after they buy them. Jamie Bursnell, Group Head of Technical and Innovation at Bellway Homes, has spen... more
CRREM tells real estate investors whether their assets are Paris-aligned or heading for stranding risk.
Andrea Palmer is one year into the role as CRREM's first CEO — appointed after leading ESG integration for PGGM's global listed real estate portf... more
Anna Denell is the Chief Sustainability Officer at Vasakronan, a Swedish office real estate company managing 2.4 million square metres across Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Sweden’s other major cities. Owned by three state-controlled pension funds, Vasak... more
Sam Carson leads sustainability within CBRE’s Valuations practice — a role that sits entirely separate from the firm’s sustainability function, by design. After fifteen years in consultancy, Sam joined CBRE to solve the question the sector had been d... more
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Brilliant to hear perspectives on sustainability strategy, execution and leadership in an uncertain world. Well-worth a listen, even if you’re not in the property sector.
Look forward to more important conversations
Congrats Alex, how exciting to see the launch of your podcast!
Thank you to you, Julie and Sarah for a much needed boost of inspiration, wisdom and Upstream nostalgia 💚
All real estate leaders should listen to this podcast about building a better built environment. So far, Alex brought some fascinating guests to do the table and I’m looking forward to more.
A real insight into capital investments today. Thank you Alex
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A pragmatic deep-dive into real estate sustainability, capital flows, and practical implementation. Episodes center on how environmental stewardship intersects with valuation, asset management, and decision-making in large portfolios, with guest experts from CBRE, Nuveen, UK Proptech, and leading proptech ventures offering hands-on insights. Across conversations, the show emphasizes measurable outcomes, governance, data standards, and innovative business models that align sustainability with value creation, risk management, and investor returns. Notable is the blend of technical decarbonization topics with real-world stories of procurement, fractional leadership, and market-scale adoption, making it useful for practitioners, investors, and ... more
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