Real estate advisor Avison Young has appointed Eime Tobari to the position of ESG Social Value director for EMEA and Emily Huynh to the role of ESG Associate director EMEA.
Tobari and Huynh will be working closely with the existing EMEA ESG team headed up by Wesley Thomson, head of ESG EMEA, to create ESG solutions around social impact and climate change.
Both appointments build on Avison Young’s push to further strengthen global ESG strategies and programmes, including its own commitments, such as aligning its strategy to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and becoming a member of the World Economic Forum.
Tobari is a Social Value Strategist in real estate and urban planning, with an established track record of delivering projects through meaningful engagement with clients, adapting tailored approaches in response to their needs, and driving positive change for cities and places with a focus on wellbeing, equity, social cohesion and cultural identity. Her project experience ranges from large-scale regeneration across the EMEA region to corporate sustainability leadership programmes for global firms.
Previous roles have included running her own consultancy, Cocreatif, and working for Aecom and Space Syntax amongst others.
Huynh joins from the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC), where she was a Senior advisor for the Advancing Net Zero and Circular Economy programmes. During her time at UKGBC, she drove the development of industry best practice guidance on renewable energy procurement and carbon offsetting; acted as technical advisor on the New Homes Policy Playbook, a resource created to support Local Authorities improve the sustainability of new homes; supported on the Whole Life Carbon Roadmap for the UK Built Environment, launched at COP26; and was the UKGBC lead on EU’s Horizon-funded Circular Construction in Regenerative Cities (CIRCuIT) project in collaboration with 30+ partners across the built environment value chain in Europe.
She previously worked as a sustainability consultant across the EMEA region, ranging from asset-level projects to international masterplanning and strategic consulting for public, private and third-sector clients.
