Key insights
- Many score decreases are a result of benchmark composition changes (shift from regional to country-level benchmarking)
- GRESB Universe: 40% of participants in the Standing Investment Benchmark saw a score decrease, compared to 31% in the Development Benchmark
- Larger portfolios saw a higher percentage of score declines
Example:
For U.S. entities, the scoring impact this year largely stems from changes in benchmark composition. Previously, these entities were benchmarked against the broader Americas region, which included countries in Central and South America with varying levels of ESG maturity. Now, in alignment with other individual countries, U.S. entities are evaluated on a more competitive basis, heightening the challenge of securing a score increase. This shift likely mirrors the experience of other regions or countries where localized benchmarking has raised the performance bar.
Please explore the detailed tables below for insights by country, region, sector, and portfolio size to better understand the distribution of score impacts and how your own results fit within these broader trends.
Score distribution insights
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Standing Investments – Regional Insights
Region % of entities with score drop Africa 0% Americas 41% Asia 46% Europe 37% Globally diversified 36% Oceania 47% Total 40% -
Standing Investments – Portfolio Size Insights
Asset count category refers to the number of assets that make up the reporting entity.Asset count category % of entities with score drop Greater than 250 56% Between 80 to 250 47% Between 40 to 80 44% Between 20 to 40 35% Between 10 to 20 37% Between 5 to 10 40% Less than 5 32% Total 40% -
Standing Investments – Sector Insights
Performance sector % of entities with score drop Diversified 42% Diversified – Office/Industrial 39% Diversified – Office/Residential 42% Diversified – Office/Retail 43% Healthcare 47% Hotel 18% Industrial 41% Mixed use 50% Office 42% Residential 35% Retail 41% Technology/Science 59% Total 40%
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