Real assets industry benefits from GRESB
GRESB empowers thousands of fund managers, companies, and asset operators across the globe to build stronger, more resilient businesses.
As a GRESB Member, you leverage a trusted platform for accessing capital, deepening investor relationships, managing risk, anticipating regulatory shifts, and improving the operational and financial performance of your portfolios.
- Engage investors and unlock capital opportunities
Demonstrate your approach to risk management and long-term value creation to strengthen investor engagement and secure favorable financing terms. - Identify material climate and operational risks
Pinpoint where your assets are exposed to physical and transition risks—and where efficiencies can be gained to boost performance. - Streamline your regulatory and disclosure obligations
Use GRESB as a foundation for aligning with global standards like SFDR, the EU Taxonomy, and others. - Earn recognition as a forward-thinking, responsible manager
Showcase your performance and commitment with independently validated scores and ratings trusted by 150+ global institutional investors. - Benchmark your strategy and performance against peers
Gain insight into where you excel—and where targeted improvements can drive real-world and financial impact.
How asset managers use GRESB
Fund managers and operators across real estate and infrastructure use GRESB to assess portfolio performance and identify opportunities to drive measurable improvements. Explore how leading managers are putting GRESB insights into action.
Equipping asset managers with data and insights through GRESB
GRESB assesses and benchmarks the sustainability performance of real assets across the globe, providing strategic insights that drive value creation.
Fund managers, companies, and asset operators use GRESB to enhance transparency, improve efficiency, and strengthen engagement with investors and other stakeholders.
Data is collected, validated, scored, and then peer benchmarked over an annual reporting period to generate high-quality data and performance insights. Managers participating in GRESB Assessments for the first time have many options that can help them get started on the right foot, such as:
- Opting for a “Grace Period,” in which they can keep results confidential for the first year,
- Taking advantage of GRESB’s QuickStart service
- Requesting a Pre-Submission Check
- Focusing only on the Management Component in the first year
How investors use GRESB
More than 150 institutional investors with USD 53.8 trillion in assets under management use GRESB to monitor progress within their portfolios. The data found in GRESB benchmark reports and scorecards from individual managers are consistent and validated across all participants, helping frame engagement conversations.
An increasing number of investors also use GRESB to request insights related to alignment with global reporting requirements and exposure to climate-related transition risk that can affect their portfolios over time.
GRESB results are a springboard to engage with managers and understand a fund’s ESG initiatives that are underway. We start by comparing the ESG performance of a fund against the GRESB average and our portfolio average, then drill into areas of leading and lagging performance to understand key drivers. This allows us to track year-on-year performance, identify portfolio leaders, and share best practices to encourage improvement.Shali Lingaretnam
Head of Investment Stewardship at VFMC
What you get as a GRESB Member
- GRESB Scorecard
See how you perform across the key non-financial metrics that are important to investors and get an analysis of how you compare with peers. You can also use GRESB’s logo and Scorecard for investor engagement. - Benchmark Report
Understand your sustainability performance and see how you measure up at the indicator level against your peer group. Better understand risks and identify areas of improvement. - Portfolio Analysis Tool
Compare individual or aggregated performance against a custom benchmark based on region, property type, or management style—this is particularly useful for fund managers with multiple entities participating in GRESB Assessments. - Data Exporter
Download all your GRESB data in an easy-to-use format for your own modeling and incorporation into existing systems.
Need help with reporting?
For those looking for help or guidance reporting, we offer a number of tools and resources. We can also connect you with a GRESB Partner who can provide more in-depth support.
- QuickStart
Start your journey on the right foot with personalized support. - Pre-Submission Check
Receive a high-level check of your Assessment response prior to final submission. - Assessment Correction
Designed to strengthen the reliability of the benchmark results and is intended to be used in cases where you believe that there has been incorrect or incomplete data input or an error in validation or scoring. - Results Consultation
Provides an in-depth understanding of your GRESB Assessment results, including detailed insight into the validation process and the allocation of points for individual indicators. - Online training
GRESB provides online training for the Real Estate and Infrastructure Assessments. - Support
GRESB Members have access to assessment help, guidance, and support tools and can reach out to the GRESB Helpdesk for assistance.
Top reasons to join GRESB
Undecided about GRESB? Tune in now to watch the Top 3 Reasons to Join GRESB in 2025 on-demand webinar.
See how other GRESB products can strengthen your business
- SFDR Reporting
The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation requires funds based in Europe to provide a clear picture of their ESG profiles to investors. GRESB has created a solution to help real assets managers meet these obligations. - Transition Risk Tool
As governments around the world look at decarbonization pathways to meet aggressive goals set by the Paris Climate Agreement, real estate entities face interconnected risks related to this transition. GRESB has created a solution to help.
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