Radhika Kanaskar’s work illustrates how sustainability initiatives often begin inside institutions that were not originally designed with these goals in mind.
She joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston in 2019 as a Systems Administrator. At that time, there was no formal sustainability program.
By 2021, she had established one. She became the institution’s first Sustainability Program Lead within the Real Estate Services Group.
Her work involved developing a strategy to reduce emissions and waste across a large, complex building system—spanning nearly one million square feet.
Building a sustainability function from scratch in a federal institution requires a combination of technical, organizational, and strategic capabilities.
It involves understanding building systems and emissions measurement. It also requires navigating internal processes, aligning stakeholders, and building credibility for a new area of work.
Radhika brings all of these elements together. Her background in Management Information Systems provided the analytical foundation to build measurement systems, which are often the first step in any sustainability effort.
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