Dr. Jagannathan P.Ramaswamy

Dr Jagannathan is well known in the industry as an expert on Sustainability and Climate Action and has more than 25 years of professional experience with a specific focus on developing Policies and frameworks for the built environment. As Senior General Manager, Sustainability at Sobha Realty, he is entrusted with the task of driving Sustainability and emission reduction strategies across the business value chain, embedding ESG principles across the group, and articulating them through climate reporting such as ESG, GHG and TCFD reports. He steered the development of Sobha’s climate road map and is currently driving the net zero transition for the group across all emission scopes. He was an active member of the built environment group set up by the UAE high level champions for developing the sustainability blueprint for built environment, which was published alongside COP28 in Dubai.

In his earlier role as Sustainability Head at Trakhees a Regulatory authority in Dubai, he has designed, developed, and administered major policy tools surrounding energy efficiency, green building code and certification and was instrumental in establishing a robust infrastructure for their implementation. He was an active working group member in Emirate’s strategic programs including 2040 Master plan, Demand side management programs and Dubai Code unification. He is a part of Experts Working Group of GRESB Netherlands, an independent organization providing validated ESG performance data and peer benchmarks for investors and managers.

He has participated as speaker in numerous events including COP 28, IBEW & Vertical Cities conference Singapore, and Cities Climate Action Summit UK. He believes the global race towards net zero poses the greatest opportunity for introspection, and innovation, which should not be missed.