The Built Environment & Stakeholder Communities

On March 27, 2025, RSI held its second event in The Big Shift series: The Built Environment & Stakeholders Communities, hosted by TELUS at their offices at 25 York Street in Toronto.

Peter Love, President of Love Energy Consultants and a prominent voice in Canada’s decarbonization movement, set the tone for the day with reflections on society’s capacity for transformation when faced with urgent challenges. Drawing on recent shifts in public sentiment, Love emphasized that while broad social movements often take years to mature, there are moments when change can accelerate rapidly,
especially when the stakes feel personal and immediate.

Framing this transition from belief to behavior, Love encouraged participants to see momentum not as something to wait for, but as something to help build. His message struck an optimistic chord: meaningful progress toward sustainability is entirely within reach if we can mobilize our collective will and begin, wherever we are, with whatever tools we have.

The group of 120 attendees represented diverse and broad perspectives: post-secondary institutions, tech corporations, AI and smart-tech experts, CRE and multi-residential developers, REITs, constructors, energy producers and distributors, professional services (e.g., engineering, climate-positive energy, architecture, urban planning, HR), financial services, and next-generation leaders (students)

Here is the Summary Report from The Big Shift series: The Built Environment & Stakeholders Communities.

Download the report here