Feb 15, 2023
Devon Bertram is the VP of Sustainability Consulting
at Stok, focused on impact at scale, advising clients on how to
define, implement, and manage customized sustainability programs
and standards for their building portfolios that authentically
align with their brand, values, and purpose. Her work aims to
reinforce broader strategic goals to enhance ESG initiatives,
develop corporate carbon strategies, and improve overall
sustainability impact. Former and current clients and partners
include SFPUC, Sitecore, Delta Dental, Twitter, Starbucks,
Citibank, Subaru, and Sephora.
Show Highlights
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Mapping Stok’s direction and impact.
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Role focuses internally and externally helping align culture to stay true while also helping clients tackle challenging climate issues.
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Provide integrated solutions for our clients with a sustainability consulting team, workplace solutions team, engineering team and a commissioning team.
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Latest Stok publication “High-Performance Buildings and the Evolution of the Workplace: Insights for a People-First Approach” comprises survey responses that offer clarity about decisions and changes to the workplace experience that will positively impact employee productivity, retention and wellbeing.
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Integrating corporate initiatives, not just in building design but how a company works.
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Working with clients and partners to identify what challenges they're trying to resolve or solve and how to prioritize and identify the right SMEs to help push those solutions.
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Navigating decarbonization and ESG with clients to set operational goals to shift from hopeful to action.
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A new goal to “walk and talk” with clients and partners, and move this practice beyond internal team members
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Understanding there's no bad or wrong questions will drive the green building movement forward.
“LEED volume and portfolio-wide sustainability programs help to identify a standard process of education and quality control, and a standard for how you roll that out across a portfolio rather than just on a single building.”
-Devon Bertram
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Show Resource and Information
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High-Performance Buildings and the Evolution of the Workplace: Insights for a People-First Approach
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The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charles Mackesy
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Brave New Work by Aaron DIgnan
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