About this Episode

More than surviving disruptions - resilience is about maintaining mission continuity, protecting occupants, and creating long-term value. We discuss how climate risk, building standards, sustainable finance, and legal exposure all connect, and why compliance should be treated as a floor, not the ceiling.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Resilience in Law Firms

03:38 Defining Resilience: Importance for Law Firms

07:40 Priorities for Building Tenants and Owners

11:20 Tracking Policies and Regulations

16:11 The Role of Sustainable Finance in Resilience

16:11 Understanding Market Demands and Regulations

21:47 Extreme Weather and Its Impacts

26:19 Understanding Risk and Liability in Architecture

30:50 Blind Spots in Climate Risk Awareness

35:09 Prioritizing Resilience Actions

41:24 Integrating Resilience into Building Practices

44:58 Resources for Enhancing Resilience Awareness

Resources

• AIA Resilience Design Toolkit
• AIA Resilient Project Process Guide
• IBHS (Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety) 
• The Building Resilience Index
• ULI (Urban Land Institute) Physical Climate Risk/Resiliency suite of reports
• ASTM 3429-24
• IFRS S1: General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information
• IFRS S2: Climate-related Disclosures

Speaker links

Alan Scott - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanscottfaia/

Hamoda Youssef - https://www.linkedin.com/in/hamoda-youssef/