GRESB is the environmental, social and governance (ESG) benchmark for real assets. Working in collaboration with the industry, GRESB assesses and benchmarks the ESG performance of real assets, providing standardized and validated data to the capital markets.
Here is an overview of key dates and activities for the 2019 GRESB Assessment Cycle:
| Assessment Consultation and Development | JANUARY | Structured investor and industry consultation |
| GRESB Portal development | ||
| FEBRUARY | Pre-Release of Real Estate Assessment, Real Estate Developer Assessment, Infrastructure Fund Assessment and Infrastructure Asset Assessment | |
| GRESB Portal development | ||
| MARCH | March 1: Release of Resilience Module and Assessment Reference Guides | |
| GRESB Assessment Training | ||
| March 15: Assessment Portal closes for the GRESB Real Estate Pre-Assessment | ||
| Assessment Reporting Period | APRIL | April 1: Assessment Portal opens. Companies, funds and assets are invited to participate in the 2019 GRESB Assessments by logging into the Assessment Portal |
| Upon completion of all the sections in the Assessment participants are encouraged to request a Response Check | ||
| GRESB Assessment Training | ||
| MAY | Response Checks | |
| JUNE | June 1, midnight PST: Deadline to request a Response Check | |
| Validation starts | ||
| Validation, Scoring and Benchmarking | JULY | July 1: Assessment Portal closes. All submissions must be received by midnight (PST) on July 1, 2019 at the latest. Unfortunately, GRESB cannot accept any submissions received after this date. |
| AUGUST | Validation ends | |
| Scoring and benchmarking | ||
| Assessment Results | SEPTEMBER | September 4, by close of business PST: Launch of the Assessment Results |
| Public results events - all regions | ||
| Assessment Consultation | OCTOBER | Public results events - all regions |
| Participants provide feedback on Assessment content, products and services | ||
| Structured investor and industry consultation | ||
| GRESB Data Insights Training sessions | ||
| NOVEMBER | Structured investor and industry consultation | |
| Aggregation and analysis of feedback | ||
| GRESB Data Insights Training sessions | ||
| Start of preparation for the 2020 Assessment cycle | ||
| DECEMBER | Structured investor and industry consultation | |
| GRESB Portal development |