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A Sneak Preview of the 2015 GRESB Results: Global Leadership and a Record-Breaking Response
GRESB has a simple but powerful mission: Create better built environments by enabling institutional investors with actionable information about environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance on their real estate investments. GRESB carries out this mission with a systematic process to assess, score, and benchmark property companies and funds around the world. GRESB members use this […]
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2019 GRESB Results Photo Round up
The 2019 GRESB Results events period is almost over- with 22 events being held across 4 continents and 14 countries.
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2016 GRESB Real Estate Assessment: What You Need to Know about Your Results
The 2016 GRESB data has been available for over a month, and judging from the phone calls and emails received by the GRESB Helpdesk, the 750+ entities who submitted their ESG data are busy evaluating their performance and writing internal reports explaining how they did. At the same time, the GRESB team has been playing […]
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From the Top Down – Diversity & Inclusion Matters
Diversity and inclusion are both prevalent topics in society in recent years, however, they are not new concepts. The line: “diversity is a fact, inclusion is a choice” is often used to motivate people to achieve the targets of diversity and inclusion. As society is naturally full of diversities that exist amongst people, the aim […]
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ESG Investing Enticed by Outperformance
The future of ESG investing in North America will be driven by the carrot rather than the stick during the next few years, but don’t discount the possibility that governments may bring out the stick in the absence of tangible progress on climate change.
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2020 GRESB Infrastructure Assessments Development
GRESB assesses and benchmarks the ESG performance of real assets, providing standardized and validated data to capital markets. We were established in 2009 by a group of large pension funds who wanted to have access to reliable data on the ESG performance of their real estate investments. In 2015, a group of ten founding infrastructure […]
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Engaging Communities: Equity as an ESG Pillar
As one of the most prominent factors of climate justice and sustainable growth, Stakeholder Engagement is a growing focus and concern for GRESB respondents.
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Breaking down the barriers to a functional Diversity & Inclusion program
While slow momentum towards real change can be rooted in anything from a lack of ideas to a complete discount of the concept, there are three main barriers to adoption: data, awareness, and team balance.
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2018 GRESB Health & Well-being Module – Insights and Implications
The 2018 GRESB Health and Well-being (H+W) module has evolved from its original version to provide even more sustainability benchmarking value.
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Water Rises up on the Boardroom Agenda
“Any Other Business” Energy has long been high on the boardroom agenda for organizations looking to control their budget and comply with changing industry legislation. In contrast, water is often viewed under the item “any other business”. With regulated markets and comparatively low costs, many businesses believe that there are limited opportunities or risks associated […]
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Would You Risk the Planet’s Fate on a ‘Coin Toss’?
The climate coin toss: Has your business set carbon reduction targets that only have a 50% chance of preventing a catastrophe? The Science-Based Targets Initiative is helping companies to set carbon targets to achieve the Paris Agreement’s ‘2ºC’ goal, but their approach gives just a 50% chance of success. Can we risk the fate of […]
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Sustainable cities: innovative “hubs” and battlefields against negative change
Only ten years ago, knowing about sustainability meant that you might have accidentally read a piece of avant-garde research, speculating about harmful changes in our climate. In the blink of an eye, sustainability has gained wider momentum, and today has established itself as a global goal for our future and that of our planet. However, […]
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Case Study: RLAM Energy Efficiency Programme (EEP)
This article is part of a series of selected ESG case studies submitted by participants in the 2017 GRESB Real Estate Assessment. We have formed a successful partnership with Capita identifying innovative ways of reducing consumption, we now need to continue this good work with further improvements. Kevin Bould, RLAM, June
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Case Study: Delivering Insight from Waste Data
This article is part of a series of selected ESG case studies submitted by participants in the 2017 GRESB Real Estate Assessment. We have formed a successful partnership with Capita identifying innovative ways of reducing consumption, we now need to continue this good work with further improvements. Kevin Bould, RLAM Purpose of the project To […]
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Genesta in Control of Efficiency & Sustainability with Nuuka’s Building Process Analytics Platform
When it comes to data collection and reporting on the sustainability of their assets, Nordic real estate company Genesta trusts in the solutions Nuuka has to offer. As a result, Genesta has been able to make major improvements in efficiency, quality of data collection and GRESB reporting standard. In this interview, David Neil, CEO of Genesta […]
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Case Study: The Great Energy Reduction Race
This article is part of a series of selected ESG case studies submitted by participants in the 2017 GRESB Real Estate Assessment. “It’s a real win-win when you can use measures to reduce consumption and save resources and still effectively and efficiently deliver required services to your tenants.” – Laura A. Masapolla, Property Manager for […]
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Case Study: CAPP at The Corn Exchange
This article is part of a series of selected ESG case studies submitted by participants in the 2017 GRESB Real Estate Assessment. “The Corn Exchange was selected for this project due to its significant level of electricity consumption, amongst the highest in the AIPT portfolio. Through granular data capture, detailed analysis and collaboration we are […]
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Press Release: 2017 GRESB Data Shows the Global Infrastructure Sector Sharpening its focus on Sustainability Issues.
88% of infrastructure funds and 91% of infrastructure assets collect ESG data but reporting on ESG is not yet common practice. Amsterdam – (Sept. 27, 2017) – GRESB, the global ESG benchmark for real assets, today released the results of the second GRESB Infrastructure Assessment. The 2017 Infrastructure Assessment tracks the progress that has been […]
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Participate in the 2017 GRESB Health & Well-being Module
In 2015, our Green Health Partnership research team worked with GRESB and its stakeholders to develop the first GRESB Health & Well-being Module. Last year, 174 real estate entities – 23% of all entities participating in the GRESB Real Estate Assessment – demonstrated market leadership by participating in the inaugural health-focused module. This year, participants […]
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Saving the Environment and Improving Your Portfolio with Real Estate
The right real estate investments can have a surprisingly positive impact on the environment Buildings account for about a third of total carbon emissions globally. This presents a real opportunity for investors who seek to maintain a diversified portfolio and contribute to improving the environment. The most sustainable real estate companies may also turn out […]
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