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Amy Seif Hattan
LEED Green Associate Vice President of Corporate Responsibility
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
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 Approach
July 27, 2020
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.
2019 Corporate Responsibility Personnel
July 27, 2020
A look at the names 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.
Corporate Responsibility Goals
July 27, 2020
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.
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
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.
Embodied Carbon Measurement Study
November 14, 2019
We have released results from our multi-year, project-based embodied carbon measurement study, identifying the type of structures, materials and components with the highest carbon emissions.
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.
Thornton Tomasetti Offsets All Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Air Travel
April 09, 2018
For the fourth year in a row, Thornton Tomasetti has voluntarily neutralized its carbon emissions from air travel through the purchase of carbon offsets.
New Community Service Program
April 04, 2018
Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, announces the launch of its community service program, TT Gives Back.