Genesta in Control of Efficiency & Sustainability with Nuuka’s Building Process Analytics Platform
When it comes to data collection and reporting on the sustainability of their assets, Nordic real estate company Genesta trusts in the solutions Nuuka has to offer. As a result, Genesta has been able to make major improvements in efficiency, quality of data collection and GRESB reporting standard. In this interview, David Neil, CEO of Genesta […]
As you begin planning your company’s ESG goals for 2018, consider the below questions to help drive your priorities. Did your company meet its 2017 ESG goals? What measurement system(s) are you using to determine if the goals were met? Did you use a Data Framework, ESG Standard, Rating, Ranking or Index as part of […]
2017 has been an outstanding year for GRESB. From collaborating with some of the most influential institutional investors in the world to achieving record participation levels in our Assessments, here are some of the biggest highlights of the year: Growing Market Coverage We grew our Investor Membership to over 70 institutional and retail investors, collectively […]
Setting a GHG Emissions Target Backed by Science-Driven Data
As part of the GRESB process, responding funds are asked to submit their short-term and long-term performance goals, including a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions target. When setting a GHG emission target, how does a company best determine a reduction goal that contributes to mitigating climate change, while also encouraging innovation and enhancing flexibility to an […]
The trends in corporate sustainability reporting and public disclosure are for the most part encouraging. First, more companies are reporting on their sustainability performance. According to the Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc. more than 80 percent of S&P 500 companies published a corporate sustainability report in 2016. This number is up from only 20 percent […]
Stakeholder Engagement – the Why, Who, What, & How?
Stakeholder Engagement is essential to a real estate portfolio – from communication with investors to everyday relationships with tenants and property management teams – and is integral to an organization’s sustainability success. This fact is further emphasized with the GRESB Assessment as 34 points, weighted 24.5% of the total GRESB score, are focused specifically upon […]
IPUT & Sustainability IPUT’s core objective is to generate consistent income returns for shareholders through the active management of their portfolio in Dublin. While IPUT has only recently explicitly talked about “sustainability”, the narrative of “good building management” has been a cornerstone of IPUT’s 50 year history. The large overlap between long term management of […]
