Marloes Reinink is the founder and director of Solid Green Consulting, a leading sustainability consultancy in Africa. With an academic background in Innovation and Architecture, she has been a sustainable building consultant for over 20 years in South Africa and Africa. Marloes started Solid Green in 2010, driven by her passion for contributing to a better-built environment and a cleaner planet. Under her leadership, Solid Green has worked on over 200 Green Building projects, offering property developers and building professionals a sophisticated range of consulting services to help them achieve their green building goals. Marloes has been the Sustainability Consultant and Green Star expert on numerous groundbreaking and award-winning green building certification projects in South Africa. In 2017, she expanded her advocacy for a greener built environment by founding GreenED, an online education platform focused on sustainability in the built environment. Additionally, she runs the Regenerative Collaborative SA, an NGO focused on promoting a regenerative built environment. Her outstanding contributions were recognized in August 2018 when she was named Business Woman of the Year: Entrepreneur (Gauteng Regional Awards) at the 4th South African Women in Property Awards (SWAIPA).