According to TCFD’s 2019 Status Report released in June 2019, there is a growing demand for decision-useful, climate-related financial information by investors. There are likely many factors driving investor demand, ranging from European regulations requiring certain investors to disclose climate-related information to weather-driven events resulting in significant financial impacts and leading investors to seek better […]
Planetary Health is Human Health is Economic Health
In the early days of sustainability, some argued, quite vehemently, that pushing too hard on environmental safeguards and other sustainability policies would hurt and slow economic growth and progress. It seems we have now long since established quite the opposite – that strong leadership on sustainability and environmental stewardship is foundational to a stronger and more resilient economy.
TCFD: A framework to communicate and mitigate climate risks
The TCFD recommendations have been backed by over 250 businesses worldwide, representing more than $6.5 trillion in market capitalization.
Investors use disclosures as an insight into their investments over the long-term and to mitigate risk clusters within their portfolios.
Resilience as a business opportunity – A practical approach to improve property preparedness
Presently, nothing is more prevalent in our daily lives than COVID-19. Governments have closed non-essential businesses causing economic hardship and hitting the real estate sector by missed rental payments and increased vacancy.
Why it pays to consider the environment: Joining the dots between climate risk and biodiversity gain
Thankfully the climate emergency and biodiversity crisis have finally entered the collective consciousness. We acknowledge their existence and their fundamental importance. They are the reasons we do what we do as environmental professionals, but we rarely equate them, in either practical terms or in the common ‘sustainability consultancy parlance’, forgetting the crucial point that these two existential risks are not mutually exclusive.
GRESB Response to BBP feedback on the 2019 Real Estate Assessment
The document was prepared by GRESB in response to the written feedback on the 2019 GRESB Real Estate Assessment provided by the members of the BBP. Elements of this document were discussed with the BBP during the in-person meeting kindly hosted by Aberdeen Standard Investments on February 12th, 2020 but could only be made public […]
As the ongoing Covid-19 crisis demonstrates, the ability to understand risk and understanding the impacts and mitigation has been underestimated by a number of businesses and governments around the world. The same can be said of how climate risk is conceived across the economic and political sphere.
GRESB’s interest in Collection and Analysis of ESG Data in Hispanic Countries – El interés de GRESB en la colección y análisis de datos ASG en países hispanos
El 2020 es el inicio de una década que está marcada con cambios radicales en la forma en que vivimos y nos desarrollamos, tanto en lo público como en lo privado, década que demanda acciones ASG de manera urgente; El sector inmobiliario, no es la excepción ya que es responsable del 40% de las emisiones de GEI (Gases de Efecto Invernadero), globales (WGBC, 2019). Los indicadores ambientales, sociales y de gobernanza (ASG), constituyen un sistema de señales que pueden orientar y robustecer a las organizaciones a establecer metas y estrategias para cumplir con sus objetivos de mercado y disminución de riesgos.
Digitalization to advance health and well-being during a moment of crisis
Quarantines and social distancing measures across the globe are driving technology innovations in ways we couldn’t imagine just a couple just a couple months ago. Digital solutions for keeping us connected and safe are evolving rapidly to address new wants and needs. From social platforms to telemedicine, we are dependent on a host of digital solutions to support us through this unprecedented challenge.
