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Amy Seif Hattan
LEED Green Associate Corporate Responsibility Officer
About
Amy Hattan oversees our corporate responsibility initiatives, which are closely aligned with our purpose and values. Working with our board and executive leadership, she spearheads the creation and implementation of programs geared toward improving employee health and wellness, more environmentally sustainable business operations and making a positive impact on the communities in which we live and work as well as impoverished locations around the globe. Amy is actively involved in our efforts to reduce the carbon footprint of the built environment through such programs as our embodied carbon measurement study and development of Beacon, an open-source embodied carbon optimization tool for structural engineers. She also manages our participation in sustainable and philanthropic endeavors, including the Carbon Leadership Forum’s Structural Engineers 2050 Challenge and Bridges to Prosperity.
Education
M.P.A., Harvard University
M.A., Journalism and Mass Communications, University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.S., Environmental Conservation, University of New Hampshire
Amy played a pivotal role in initiating the Carbon Leadership Forum’s Structural Engineers 2050 Challenge, which calls on engineers to reduce and eventually eliminate embodied carbon in their projects.
Amy's News
Here's How, Embodied Carbon: 12 Minutes on Climate Action in Engineering
November 12, 2024
With the building sector contributing up to 40% of greenhouse gas emissions, designers have a responsibility to act to combat the negative impacts of climate change.
Here's How, Embodied Carbon: 13 Minutes on Ethical Decarbonization
November 07, 2024
The decisions designers make have a wide-reaching impact, including across supply chains, on the project's construction team and its end users.
Here's How, Embodied Carbon: 15 Minutes on The Structural Engineer’s Influence
October 23, 2024
From schematic design to construction, structural engineers have many opportunities to reduce embodied carbon on building projects.
Here's How, Embodied Carbon: 12 Minutes on Extreme Carbon Reduction: A Case Study
October 08, 2024
When it comes to sustainability in building design, some projects go above and beyond. Our latest podcast looks at what it takes to achieve ambitious goals for embodied carbon reduction.
Here's How, Embodied Carbon: 9 Minutes on Higher Degrees of Sustainability on Campuses
September 25, 2024
Colleges and universities are often ahead of the curve when it comes to sustainability, as a growing number of institutions put greater emphasis on reducing embodied carbon, achieving net zero and decarbonizing the supply chain.
Here's How, Embodied Carbon: 11 Minutes on Embodied Carbon Reduction for Bridges
September 13, 2024
Infrastructure growth is a significant contributor to carbon emissions, but new policies and engineering innovation are leading to notable reductions.
Our Latest Corporate Responsibility Report
September 12, 2024
Our corporate responsibility report is our annual communication of the firm's corporate responsibility targets and of progress towards our ESG (environmental, social and governance) goals.
Here's How, Embodied Carbon: 9 Minutes on Timber, Nature's Low Carbon Material
July 23, 2024
Highly sustainable and visually appealing, mass timber continues to grow in popularity as the go-to building material, but not all timber is the same.
Here's How, Embodied Carbon: 12 Minutes on Technologies for Efficient Steel Production
July 09, 2024
When it comes to producing more sustainable steel, it’s not just about recycling and efficient manufacturing processes. Alternative technologies can also help significantly lower its carbon footprint.
Here's How, Embodied Carbon: 6 Minutes on Portland-Limestone Cement
June 25, 2024
Hear why many markets are switching to portland-limestone cement which, with performance as good or better than traditional portland cement, can offer a 5-10% reduction in embodied carbon.
Here's How, Embodied Carbon: 11 Minutes on the LCA Three Ways
June 04, 2024
While key to evaluating the environmental impact of buildings, life cycle assessments can differ in their approaches and results.
Here's How, Embodied Carbon: 12 Minutes on the ABCs of EPDs
May 21, 2024
A life cycle assessment is key to evaluating the full environmental impact of a building or product, but what does it entail?
New Embodied Carbon Podcast Series
March 01, 2024
With the built environment responsible for more than 40% of global annual CO2 emissions through embodied carbon and operations, our Here’s How Embodied Carbon podcast series focuses on our progress, current challenges and the opportunities ahead.
Corporate Climate Action
September 26, 2023
We aspire to be one of the most sustainable firms, both in the way we design our projects and in how we operate as a responsible business.
10th Annual Corporate Responsibility Report
June 27, 2023
Whether it’s making the built environment more sustainable, creating healthier and more diverse workplaces, supporting good works and our employees’ passion for community service, we strive to improve the world.
2022 Progress Report: Financial Vitality
June 22, 2023
Each year, we report on several indicators (in U.S. dollars) that show progress toward achieving our financial-vitality goals.
2022 Corporate Responsibility Approach
June 22, 2023
Our approach to business management focuses on the three Ps of the triple bottom line, reflecting what we have long recognized: that responsible firms operate and grow in ways that are socially accountable (“people”), environmentally friendly (“planet”) and financially sustainable (“profit”).
Corporate Responsibility Goals & Materiality
June 22, 2023
Our goals help illuminate the environmental, social and governance (ESG) topics that are most material to our business and of interest to our stakeholders.
2022 Corporate Responsibility Targets
June 22, 2023
In addition to our seven corporate responsibility goals, we created annual short- and longer-term targets to inspire growth and tangible action across our organization.
2022 Progress Report: Our Projects
June 22, 2023
Each year, we track several indicators that show progress toward our goals for socially responsible and sustainable projects.
2022 Green Offices Update
June 22, 2023
With our recently updated Office Fit-Out Best Practices Policy firmly in place, by 2022 we were more prepared than ever to pursue carbon neutrality in the design of new offices and major office renovations.
2022 Emissions Update
June 22, 2023
Since 2012, we’ve been steadily moving toward our goal of carbon-neutral business operations by 2030 – by limiting activities that produce greenhouse gases and offsetting any emissions that remain.
2022 Progress Report: Sustainable Operations
June 22, 2023
Each year, we track several several indicators that show progress toward achieving our sustainable-operations goals.
2022 Charitable Giving Update
June 22, 2023
Charitable giving is one of many ways we strive to fulfill our commitment to serving local communities.
2022 Community Service Update
June 22, 2023
The Thornton Tomasetti Gives Back program supports our employees’ passion for community service, encouraging them to build relationships and challenging them to grow.
2022 Progress Report: Helping Our Communities
June 22, 2023
Each year, we track several indicators that show progress toward achieving our community-service and philanthropy goals.
2022 Progress Report: Building Great Workplaces
June 22, 2023
Each year, we report on several indicators that show progress toward achieving our goals for inclusion and diversity, professional growth and a lifestyle-friendly workplace.
2021 Progress Report: Building Great Workplaces
June 20, 2022
See our progress toward achieving our goals for inclusion and diversity and a lifestyle-friendly workplace.
2021 Progress Report: Helping Our Communities
June 20, 2022
We track several indicators that show progress toward achieving our community-service and philanthropy goals.
2021 Charitable Giving Update
June 20, 2022
In 2021, Thornton Tomasetti, Inc., gave $305,129 to help educate the next generation of AEC professionals, provide physical infrastructure to underserved communities, and support a variety of charities that are doing good work in our communities.
2021 Community Service Update
June 20, 2022
Community service challenges our people to grow and helps build relationships in the communities where we live and work.
2021 Progress Report: Sustainable Operations
June 20, 2022
We track several indicators that show progress toward achieving our sustainable-operations goals.
2021 Green Offices Update
June 20, 2022
As part of our commitment to achieving carbon-neutral operations, we design our new offices and major renovations according to green-building principles and implement energy-efficiency upgrades to existing offices.
2021 Emissions Update
June 20, 2022
We’re committed to achieving carbon-neutral business operations by 2030. We established this goal in 2012, and since then have been reaching our targets by reducing energy use wherever possible and offsetting emissions for business-critical activities.
2021 Progress Report: Our Good Work
June 20, 2022
We track several indicators that show progress toward our goals for socially responsible and sustainable projects.
2021 Corporate Responsibility Goals
June 20, 2022
We define corporate responsibility at Thornton Tomasetti through our firm-wide corporate responsibility goals.
2021 Progress Report: Financial Vitality
June 20, 2022
We report on several indicators (in U.S. dollars) that show progress toward achieving our financial-vitality goals.
2021 Corporate Responsibility Targets
June 20, 2022
To gauge our progress toward our seven corporate responsibility goals, we create measurable short- and longer-term targets.
2021 Corporate Responsibility Approach
June 20, 2022
Thornton Tomasetti’s approach to business management focuses on the three Ps of the triple bottom line, reflecting what we have long recognized: that responsible firms operate and grow in ways that are socially accountable (“people”), environmentally friendly (“planet”) and financially sustainable (“profit”).
Our Corporate Responsibility Approach
May 09, 2021
A responsible business operates and grows in ways that are environmentally friendly, socially accountable and financially sustainable. At Thornton Tomasetti, we follow this triple bottom line by focusing on our people, planet and profit.
2020 Progress Report: Building Great Workplaces
May 09, 2021
Each year, we report on our progress toward achieving our goals for inclusion and diversity, professional growth and a lifestyle-friendly workplace.
2020 Year in Review: Charitable Giving
May 09, 2021
Our philanthropic giving helps educate the next generation of AEC professionals, supports organizations that aid underserved communities, and funds local charities in communities where we have offices.
2020 Year In Review: Community Service
May 09, 2021
Our people are passionate about helping their communities, and the Thornton Tomasetti Gives Back program fosters that enthusiasm. Since our community-service benefit began in 2014, we have collectively donated more than 10,000 hours.
2020 Progress Report: Helping Communities
May 09, 2021
Each year, we disclose several indicators that show progress toward achieving our community-service and philanthropy goals.
2020 Green Offices Update
May 09, 2021
By applying sustainable design strategies to our new offices and renovations and through our efforts to increase energy efficiency in our existing offices, we’re taking incremental steps towards meeting our goal to achieve climate neutral business operations by 2030.
2020 Carbon Footprint Update
May 09, 2021
One of our first sustainable operations goals, set in 2014, was to achieve carbon-neutral business operations by 2030.
2020 Progress Report: Sustainable Operations
May 09, 2021
Each year, we disclose several several indicators that show progress toward achieving our sustainable-operations goals.
2020 Showcase: Responding to the Pandemic
May 09, 2021
When COVID-19 cases surged in the spring of 2020, and again last winter, our engineers, scientists and programmers lent a hand. Here are a few of the ways we helped our clients and communities meet some immediate challenges.
2020 Progress Report: Our Good Work
May 09, 2021
Each year, we disclose several indicators that show progress toward our goals for socially responsible and sustainable projects.
Looking Ahead: 2021 Corporate Responsibility Targets
May 09, 2021
Looking ahead to the rest of 2021, we’re working to achieve measurable short-term progress toward our corporate responsibility goals in these areas
2020 Corporate Responsibility Targets
May 09, 2021
In last year’s report, we announced measurable short-term targets for 2020 that support our overall corporate responsibility goals in three areas. Here’s our progress.
Corporate Responsibility Goals
May 09, 2021
At the end of 2019, Thornton Tomasetti’s corporate responsibility steering committee began a strategic planning process for the next five years. We committed to seven big goals.
Corporate Responsibility Personnel
May 09, 2021
A look at the names behind the scenes driving our Corporate Responsibility department efforts.
2020 Progress Report: Financial Vitality
May 09, 2021
Each year, we disclose several indicators (in U.S. dollars) that show progress toward achieving our financial-vitality goals.
Stepping Closer to our Carbon Reduction Goals
May 05, 2021
Our offices saw a significant drop in greenhouse gas emissions, due in part to the global pandemic.
2019 Progress Report: Financial Vitality
July 27, 2020
Each year, we report on several indicators that show progress toward achieving our financial-vitality goals.
2019 Corporate Responsibility Personnel
July 27, 2020
A look at the employees behind the scenes driving our Corporate Responsibility department efforts.
Looking Ahead: 2020 Corporate Responsibility Targets
July 27, 2020
Looking ahead to the rest of 2020 and next year’s corporate responsibility report, we’re working to achieve measurable short-term progress toward our corporate responsibility goals.
2019 Corporate Responsibility Targets
July 27, 2020
In last year’s report, we announced measurable short-term targets for 2019 that support our overall corporate responsibility goals in three areas.
2019 Corporate Responsibility Goals
July 27, 2020
Our corporate responsibility steering committee began a strategic planning process for the next five years and committed to seven big goals.
2019 Progress Report: Our Good Work
July 27, 2020
Each year, we report on several indicators that show progress toward achieving our goals for socially responsible and sustainable projects.
2019 Progress Report: Sustainable Operations
July 27, 2020
Each year, we report on several indicators that show progress toward achieving our sustainable-operations goals.
2019 Carbon Footprint Update
July 27, 2020
As we move toward our goal of carbon-neutral business operations by 2030, we’ve updated our targets and are aiming for 10 percent CO2e reductions every two years through 2030.
2019 Green Offices Update
July 27, 2020
In 2019, 87 employees – representing all but our smallest offices – served as local corporate responsibility advocates.
2019 Progress Report: Assisting Communities
July 27, 2020
Each year, we report on several indicators that show progress toward achieving our community-service and philanthropy goals.
2019 Year In Review: Community Service
July 27, 2020
We celebrate our generous employee volunteers, who logged more than 2,000 hours of community service in 2019.
2019 Year in Review: Charitable Giving
July 27, 2020
We’ve increased our charitable giving by 88 percent since we started reporting in 2013.
2019 Progress Report: A Great Place to Work
July 27, 2020
Here's a look at our progress towards achieving our projected goals for inclusion and diversity, professional growth and a lifestyle-friendly workplace.
2018 Corporate Responsibility Targets
July 01, 2019
In last year’s Corporate Responsibility report, we announced our short-term goals for 2018. These measurable targets bolstered our Corporate Responsibility Strategic Plan and helped move us toward achieving our three-year objectives.
Looking Ahead: 2019 Corporate Responsibility Targets
July 01, 2019
Looking ahead to the close of 2019, we expect to achieve measurable short-term progress toward our corporate responsibility goals in these areas.
2018 Inclusion and Diversity
July 01, 2019
We made our greatest strides in 2018 in improving inclusion for women.
2018 Corporate Responsibility Targets
July 01, 2019
To move us towards our goals for corporate responsibility at Thornton Tomasetti, we set three-year targets in early 2016 that we aimed to achieve by the start of 2019. Here, we report on our success towards achieving these targets.
Low-Carbon Structural Design
July 01, 2019
Thornton Tomasetti has contributed to industry research on embodied carbon since 2012 and has amassed a database of over 450 Thornton Tomasetti structural projects analyzed for embodied carbon.
2018: Our Green Champions
July 01, 2019
In 2018, 84 employees – in all but our smallest offices – served as local corporate responsibility advocates.
2018: Our Green Offices
July 01, 2019
To reach our goal of carbon-neutral business operations by 2030, we’re making new offices highly energy efficient through LEED certification and other sustainable-design rating systems.
2018 Carbon Footprint
July 01, 2019
Five years ago, we established a strategic goal of achieving carbon-neutral business operations by 2030 through a combination of reduced energy use and carbon offsets.
2018 Philanthropy Efforts
July 01, 2019
Our charitable giving continues to grow each year, and has nearly doubled since 2013.
2018 Community Service
July 01, 2019
2018 was an exciting year for community service at Thornton Tomasetti, including, among other things, the full implementation of all parts of our TT Gives Back community-service program.