How data can make your buildings more productive, profitable and resilient to change. Notes from the 2017 GRESB-Siemens Spring Conference Some colleagues and I attended a fascinating event a few days ago organised by GRESB and Siemens which focused on climate change, the contributions real estate makes to emissions, and our ability to make significant […]
Companies are increasingly asked by their investors to report on their greenhouse gas emissions either in their mainstream financial reports or through sustainability reporting frameworks such as CDP and GRESB.
4 ESG Takeaways for the Real Estate Sector from the 2017 GRESB Siemens Spring Conference
The first annual GRESB Spring Conference took place last week at the Crystal in London, hosted by Siemens, and those of us who were there are still processing the many insights and takeaways from the event. The venue was full of inspiring people — attendees, presenters and moderators — all gathered in one place. The combined […]
Reduce, reuse, recycle” is a well-known mantra, even for those who don’t spend most of their day thinking sustainability. But when it comes to recycling, how much do many of us know about the complexities and possibilities. Here are some interesting facts about commercial glass recycling re-posted from Philippa Gill, Partner at Verdextra, a boutique […]
Sharing Insights from Greengage Breakfast Workshop: Using GRESB to Deliver ESG in Real Estate
Investors increasingly view ESG as a core part of their investment analysis as its link to CFP in terms of reducing risks, improving performance and building reputation is becoming evident. Thus, there is a clear need for companies to embed ESG considerations in their strategy and business practice, as well as communicating this to the […]
2017: Stable assessments and new products & services When we launched GRESB more than seven years ago, our main goal was to help companies and funds assess the sustainability performance of their portfolios. At the time, there weren’t many programs linking companies and investors to sustainability metrics. Fast forward to today and sustainability has now […]
Three steps to heaven: marginal gains make a difference
The doctrine of marginal gains, the simple idea that the way to outperform in sport is to target small incremental improvements, is now taking the business world by storm. Dave Brailsford, the performance director of British Cycling, has demonstrated that by making a 1% improvement in a whole host of areas, the cumulative gains end […]
It’s a new year and a clean slate. Imagine this is the year you’ve resolved you WILL get a handle on the performance of your assets, your department, your company. You plan to request and review your departmental reports on a consistent timeframe that will help you analyze and make the right decisions in a […]
Addressing stranded asset risk in real estate investment
The value of assets is vulnerable to factors such as environmental challenges, changing resource landscapes, technological innovation, changes in regulations and liability and evolving social norms. Such changes can result in the devaluation or non-performance of assets, thus making them ‘stranded’. This concept of ‘stranded assets’ has been prominently used to discuss the impact of […]
