Rebecca Best
EVP Sustainability
Material Bank
Rebecca has 20+ years’ experience developing and leading corporate sustainability and marketing strategies across the construction and design industry. She brings a deep passion for embedding sustainability and corporate responsibility into core business strategy and operations.
As EVP at Material Bank, Rebecca leads the company’s climate action initiatives as part of its broader commitment to responsible corporate governance. Her work focuses on integrating practical, scalable sustainability strategies into the tools and platforms used by architects and designers every day. She is especially focused on aligning decarbonization goals with material selection workflows, aiming to help reduce the carbon footprint of design and construction projects from the earliest planning stages.
Rebecca is consistently driven to create intersections between ROI and sustainability and to uncover new opportunities to bring decarbonization tactics and education directly into construction & design project workflow. Currently, she also contributes to AI research initiatives that explore how intelligent systems can enhance stakeholder experiences by enabling smarter tools, personalized insights, and more streamlined decision-making throughout the design process.
As EVP at Material Bank, Rebecca leads the company’s climate action initiatives as part of its broader commitment to responsible corporate governance. Her work focuses on integrating practical, scalable sustainability strategies into the tools and platforms used by architects and designers every day. She is especially focused on aligning decarbonization goals with material selection workflows, aiming to help reduce the carbon footprint of design and construction projects from the earliest planning stages.
Rebecca is consistently driven to create intersections between ROI and sustainability and to uncover new opportunities to bring decarbonization tactics and education directly into construction & design project workflow. Currently, she also contributes to AI research initiatives that explore how intelligent systems can enhance stakeholder experiences by enabling smarter tools, personalized insights, and more streamlined decision-making throughout the design process.