Verdani Partners, a full-service sustainability consulting firm, has a mission to reduce waste among all the portfolios we manage. Waste is often a complicated topic to tackle as there are many restrictions, rules, and vendors to navigate through as well as requiring cooperation amongst tenants, residents, owners, managers, vendors, and property teams. Verdani works with […]
Rethinking Waste Management at CodeGreen Solutions
[one-half-first]The CodeGreen Solutions team set out to demonstrate our leadership and commitment to sustainability by implementing a waste reduction program in our own office. Our waste management program aligned with the New York City goal of sending zero waste to landfills by 2030, and was developed in large part due to the importance of waste […]
All Verdani Partners’ clients have committed to a minimum 20% water reduction goal over the next 10 years. To help them achieve their respective targets, Verdani Partners developed a comprehensive water management program. As a first step, we implement a water efficiency policy applicable to all properties that sets expectations and common procedures to reduce […]
Waste Not, Want Not in the Commercial Real Estate Sector
Fuelled by our desire for goods and services, waste has long been considered a necessary by-product of economic progress. However, with global waste generation currently standing at 7 – 10 billion tonnes per annum, the magnitude of this issue is finally being realised in the mainstream. As a part of this, the commercial real estate […]
The 2017 GRESB Assessment uncovered the challenges Healthy Buildings’ clients face with capturing accurate waste data. While EPA’s Portfolio Manager tool now provides a waste tracking tool, most waste haulers do not provide accurate ongoing data. This prompted an exploration of solutions to improve ongoing waste data accuracy at both the tenant and building-level. Waste […]
4 Quick Questions with Sander Paul van Tongeren, Managing Director of GRESB
How has the scope of GRESB changed over time? Since 2009, GRESB has expanded its real estate coverage beyond private equity firms to include many U.S.-based REITs and a growing group of listed property companies globally. We continue to experience a strong uptick in REIT participation as the industry seeks to benchmark ESG best practices […]
If you missed any of our blogs this week, find them all here: Make Your Real Estate Decisions Healthy Decisions Rachel Gutter, International WELL Building Institute The John O’Halloran Initiative: How the property industry is fighting the stigma of mental illness Howard Morgan, Founder & MD, RealService Asking for the impossible Philippa Gill, Partner at […]
Today marks the end of the GRESB Health & Well-being week. This didn’t mean that we all got to work from our respective oases of inspiration for the past 5 days (although the Amsterdam office does a very good job at keeping us alert and creative), but that our internal “to do” list was driven […]
A key new focus area has quickly emerged in the real estate industry, one that prioritizes human health, wellness, and experience as key elements of green building design and operation. There are several reasons for this: For example, there is mounting evidence suggesting that many of our chronic public health problems are the result of […]
