ESG + Corporate Sustainability
ESG & Sustainability Program Design
Leverage Disclosure to Take Action
To design a comprehensive ESG program for an enterprise, your consulting team must have expertise in the full range of services that represent the range of activities required for success and defensible disclosure to stakeholders. Brightworks is a leader in not only deploying but also developing ESG and sustainability methods for all aspects of your organization.
- Action Planning
- CDP
- Carbon and Energy Auditing
- Embodied Carbon Analysis
- GHG Protocol Compliance
- GRESB
- GRI
- Guides & Playbooks
- Implementation Planning
- Master Planning
- Renewable Energy Credits (REC)
- Renewables & Clean Energy
- Reporting Platform Implementation
- Resiliency
- SASB
- SBTi
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Stakeholder Mapping
- Supply Chain Engagement
- Sustainability Compliance Management
- Sustainability Reporting & ESG Disclosure
- TCFD
- Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment (WBLCA)
- Zero Carbon
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Key Contacts
Representative Clients
Ashland School District
School Bond Climate Action Plan
Ashland School District
School Bond Climate Action Plan
Ashland, OR
For this bond-funded facilities program, Brightworks designed project-specific energy efficiency and sustainability measures to align with the City of Ashland’s Climate and Energy Action Plan (CEAP). The project took advantage of Energy Trust of Oregon and City of Ashland incentives for building energy analysis and natural gas energy savings. Additionally, the City of Ashland water department provided incentives for low-flow plumbing fixtures and irrigation systems upgrades.
Practices Engaged:
Government Sector Sustainability, Sustainable Built Environments
Industry Sectors:
K-12 Education
Building Types:
Real Estate Portfolios, K-12 Schools
Infrastructure Masons (iMasons)
iMasons Climate Accord
Infrastructure Masons (iMasons)
iMasons Climate Accord
Portland, OR
In April 2022, iMasons launched the iMasons Climate Accord (ICA), an industry initiative to transform the data center industry toward net-zero carbon. To spearhead this effort, Brightworks team members provide staff augmentation to the organization. In this capacity, Brightworks convenes iMasons stakeholders, establishes and manages day-to-day operations and special programs, and facilitates all working groups, including the iMasons Climate Accord governing body.
Practices Engaged:
Carbon
Industry Sectors:
Infrastructure, Professional Services, Technology (Non-Bio)
Building Types:
Data Centers
Our Just Future
The Nick Fish Affordable Housing
Our Just Future
The Nick Fish Affordable Housing
Portland, OR
This addition to Portland's Gateway neighborhood provides a mix of affordable and market-rate housing and serves as the headquarters for affordable housing non-profit Our Just Future. Brightworks managed its LEED for Homes Gold certification.
Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments
Industry Sectors:
Healthcare & Social Services, Real Estate Development
Building Types:
Affordable Housing
PAE
PAE Living Building Office
PAE
PAE Living Building Office
Portland, OR
Brightworks Sustainability successfully managed the process of achieving the Living Building Challenge Materials Petal for PAE's flagship headquarters working with engineer PAE, developer Edlen & Co., and ZGF Architects. The world’s first developer-driven Living Building, this 58,000-square-foot office building is a teaching tool for sustainable design and construction. (Photo by Daniel Lorentzen)
Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments, Materials
Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development
Building Types:
Offices (Interiors), Offices (Core & Shell), Offices (Headquarters)
ZRZ Realty
Zidell Yards Sustainability Master Plan
ZRZ Realty
Zidell Yards Sustainability Master Plan
Portland, OR
Upon completion of a master plan by Sasaki, Portland's Zidell family retained Brightworks to develop a sustainability master plan for 33 acres on the Willamette River. Originally a shipyard, the new Zidell Yards is slated to become to a mix of parks, housing, retail and office space. The sustainability plan translates the Zidell family’s sustainability vision into a technically and economically feasible plan.
Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments
Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development
Building Types:
Multifamily Residential, Offices (Core & Shell), Large-Scale Developments / Megadevelopments, Maritime / Waterfront
3D Holdings
TimberView Affordable Housing
3D Holdings
TimberView Affordable Housing
Portland, OR
This eight-story multi-family affordable housing development provides Northeast Portland with 112 much-needed units and a 3,000-square-foot commercial area. Special energy measures will secure incentive funding from the Portland Clean Energy Fund.
Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments, Energy
Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development
Building Types:
Multifamily Residential, Affordable Housing