Updates to the 2025 GRESB Standards were published on November 11, 2024. See them here.
The GRESB Foundation has been working on changes to the 2025 Standards (both Real Estate and Infrastructure) throughout 2024 and confirming them in advance of the October 2024 release of the 2025 Strategic Roadmap, at which point we will also invite GRESB Members to engage with the changes more fully.
To keep you informed, we will be outlining key elements of these changes in the GRESB newsletter and on the website after they have been approved by the GRESB Foundation, in advance of the full release of the 2025 Strategic Roadmap. The first set of changes that we can highlight are in Infrastructure, in data coverage and Scope 2 GHG reporting:
Data coverage
GRESB has added data coverage reporting and scoring across 15 key performance data metrics in the GRESB Infrastructure Asset Standard. In terms of scoring, this equates to 50% of each indicator where data coverage is introduced, across nine performance indicators.
This is a great step forward for Infrastructure and creates yet more scoring differentiation at the asset level, helping drive confidence both in data quality and the comparability of data.
Net Zero: Scope 2 GHG standardized reporting
The GRESB Infrastructure Asset Standard will score reporting of location-based Scope 2 GHG emissions, with the option to also report market-based emissions on a voluntary basis. There is no change to the proportion of score for reporting Scope 2 emissions in the Standards.
This change will significantly improve data comparability and quality for a priority metric while providing more useful immediate insights for investors.
Remember to keep the Strategic Roadmap page bookmarked for reference as changes are approved and to see the full set of changes in the 2025 Strategic Roadmap, published this October.