Post-COVID-19 reality check on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance
Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, ESG topics were steadily making their way to the top of forward-thinking stakeholders’ agendas in commercial real estate. With the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak being felt across the sector and the world today, different views on how ESG performance would be prioritized in commercial real estate going forward in the immediate and the longer-term have been emerging
Read more Sustainable buildings: A pragmatic approach to joining the digital transformation
39% – this is a figure the real estate sector knows well too well. And this must change. According to the UN’s Global Status Report, the built environment makes up approximately 39% of the global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions. In order to be on track to meet global climate ambitions set forth in the Paris agreement, we need to see a 30% reduction by 2030. Global buildings sector energy demand rose 7% from 2010 to 2019, so drastic action is needed.
Read more Space utilization – Market trends and transformation
Everyone agrees that an image is worth 1,000 words. In his book ‘Information Visualization’, Colin Ware states: “The eye and the visual cortex of the brain form a massive parallel processor that provides the highest-bandwidth channel into human cognitive centers.” With the human visual system processing more information than all other senses combined, visuals can be deciphered by the brain much quicker than written information.
Read more Sustainable Development Goal 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
Can PropTech help the UK achieve its Net Zero commitment?
Read more Air Quality Monitoring and Analytics in Buildings
Most people know that the air we breathe outside can be polluted with harmful particles that affect our health. What is less often considered, is that this is no different and sometimes even worse in indoor environments.
Read more Diversity & Inclusion policy? No, thank you
How can one get inclusion, for the ultimate purpose of organizational unity? What is the key to unity?
Read more Innovative ways to monitor water consumption
Businesses and organisations are becoming increasingly aware of the need to monitor and manage their water consumption, as evidenced by the growing amount of water-consumption data that are being submitted into our global sustainability-benchmarking database.
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