Caroline Karvonen is the Senior Director ESG and Sustainability at SmartCentres – a real estate investment trust focusing on retail shopping centres with 185 prime locations coast-to-coast. The REIT is evolving with the SmartLiving brand building residential developments and city centres at these locations.
Caroline’s career has been focused in the ESG and sustainability fields, with experience at municipal and provincial governments, and commercial real estate. For the previous 12 years she led award winning sustainability strategies and initiatives at Alectra in the electricity distribution space.
Caroline has a background in geography and urban studies from Wilfrid Laurier University and a Master’s degree in Environment and Resource Studies from the University of Waterloo. In 2021, she was named to the Clean50 as one of Canada’s sustainability leaders.
In the spirit of respect, reciprocity, and truth, we acknowledge that we live, work, and gather on the traditional territories of the peoples of Treaty 7, including the Blackfoot Confederacy—comprising the Siksika, Kainai, and Piikani Nations—as well as the Îyâxe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina Nations.
This land, known as Moh’kinsstis in the Blackfoot language and encompassing what is now Districts 5 and 6, is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3, within the historical Northwest Métis homeland.
We recognize and honour the deep connection these Nations have to the land, and we are grateful for the opportunity to share in its stewardship.
As we continue our work, we commit to learning from Indigenous knowledge systems, uplifting Indigenous voices, and fostering relationships rooted in equity, understanding, and reconciliation.
