GRA Symposium: ESG | Climate Resilient & Sustainable Remediation

• Groundwater Resources Association
• San Diego, CA

Learn with the Groundwater Resources Assocation community at the beach in San Diego on February 6-7th, 2023. We will be hosting GRA’s first ever climate and sustainable remediation event – amplifying your learning and vocabulary on all things E- Environment, S – Social, and G-Governance. At GRA – we embrace being a different kind of professional organization. What this means for this event is that we are bringing in the innovators and movers on the regulatory side of climate change topics and creating not just listening space, but networking and discussion space for all attendees grappling with new terminology and an unclear path in daily implementation around these accelerating external drivers. We have invited key speakers in this space from states that are far ahead due to climate vulnerabilities, and educational partners like the Sustainable Remediation Forum to coach you on tools and approaches for incorporating sustainability and resiliency into remediation projects.

This conference will focus in the following areas:

• Environment, Social, Governance (ESG) – What is it, and where does groundwater intersect
• Sustainable Resilient Remediation – Leveraging groundwater site cleanup to incorporate ESG and climate adaptation
• Climate Change Impacts in the Industry – Bracing for changing groundwater levels and new regulations

We are inviting some of the top industry professionals from regulatory agencies, private companies, and the biggest thinkers in the West to share lessons learned, best practices and emerging ideas on the evolving climate regulations. We know that we don’t know enough about climate impacts and are always learning…that’s where we want your participation! Please submit your ideas for talks and speakers (no long-form abstracts required) here. A Preliminary Agenda will be posted towards the end of November.

This conference will take place on the beach at the Kona Kai Resort in San Diego over a day and half. Technical sessions focused on climate change and sustainable resilient remediation along with a round table with various industry experts and a networking happy hour will be held on Day 1. Day 2 will focus on ESG connections. The venue is so epic, we’ve purposely put the conference on a Monday, so you can bring the family for the weekend and enjoy the location.