GRESB July Update | Road to Performance Public Consultation Findings; Customized Peer Groups Now Open

With the 2026 GRESB Assessment submission deadline now behind us, this month’s update turns to what comes next—the results, tools, and opportunities to help participants and investors interpret and act on their data and performance in the months ahead.

In this edition, you’ll find:

• Findings from the Road to Performance public consultation
• Customized Peer Group functionality now available in the GRESB Portal
• Fundamentals is now live and available year-round
• Introducing the GRESB Data Center Assessment

Read on for details.

The coming months bring key milestones—from validation and preliminary results to services designed to help participants understand their results and prepare for what’s next.

Customized Peer Groups for Real Estate

In response to participant feedback, the Customized Peer Groups functionality is now available earlier in the 2026 assessment season. From July 20 to August 15, real estate participants can review and customize their peer groups in the GRESB Portal. The feature enables participants to compare results against a more tailored set of peers based on characteristics such as location, sector, and fund size.

Learn more about Customized Peer Groups.

Early Access to Assessment Data 

Infrastructure
Infrastructure participants can access submitted assessment data through the Submitted Data feature in the Data Exporter. Available through the GRESB Portal, the feature enables investors, managers, and assets to download submitted assessment data before results are released, supporting reporting, engagement, and decision-making.

Real Estate 
From late July, real estate investors will be able to access asset-level data from GRESB Assessment submissions through the new Asset Analytics tab. This early access supports more proactive engagement, timely insights, and better-informed decisions across real estate portfolios.

Preliminary Results and Assessment Correction

The Assessment Correction is a post-submission service carried out during the review period after the release of preliminary results on September 1. It is designed to strengthen the reliability of GRESB Assessments results and can be used when a participant identifies an error in submitted data and wishes to correct it.

The service can be requested from September 1 to September 15.

Learn more about Assessment Correction.

Year-Round Support

Although the 2026 GRESB Assessment submission period has closed, a range of services remain available to support participants through the next stages of the assessment cycle—from validation and preliminary results to understanding final results and preparing for future participation.

• Technical Expert Touchpoint: Available year-round, this service provides focused, one-on-one facetime engagement with a GRESB Member Success expert, offering tailored guidance at any stage of your GRESB journey.
• Success Suite: A new bundled offering that brings together core premium support elements in the GRESB journey, including: one GRESB AP seat, one Technical Expert Touchpoint, one Pre-Submission Check, eligibility to opt in to Assessment Correction, and one Results Performance Review.
• Results Performance Review: Available after results are released on October 1, this service provides a forward-looking understanding of Benchmark Results, helping participants identify opportunities for improvement and prepare for future assessment cycles.

Together, these offerings are designed to guide participants through the Assessment cycle with greater clarity and confidence.

The Foundation Board is pleased to welcome its newest member: Dirk Krupper, Managing Director at Helaba Invest, brings more than two decades of experience in institutional investment, asset management, and alternative investments to the Board.

On behalf of the GRESB Foundation Board Chair, Katie Jowett, the Foundation Board and the entire Foundation, we are excited to welcome Dirk!

Standards Committees Call for Applicants   

The Foundation Board will begin to review applications for the Standards Committees and is looking forward to welcoming several new members! We encourage new applicants to review the Standards Committee Terms of Reference and then complete this nomination form for either (or both) the Real Estate and Infrastructure Standards Committees as we will be looking for new members later this year.

The Foundation also welcomes GRESB members to apply to join one of the Expert Resource Groups for which we accept members on a semi-annual basis.

This month, industry insights from our partners and members into “Sustainability Performance-Linked Finance & Insurance” and other rolling topics included:

• The new ROI in real estate: Financing forces reshaping value across the asset lifecycle | GreenGen
• Closing the gap: rethinking certification strategy for multifamily portfolios | Brightworks Sustainability
• The 2027 corporate climate blueprint: Scope 3 and assurance decoded | Brightworks Sustainability
• The Delivery Gap: Why the Real Estate Industry Keeps Getting in Its Own Way | EVORA
• Why biodiversity and Nature-Based Solutions shouldn’t be treated as a standalone topic | EVORA

Interested in contributing? Check out the 2026 GRESB Editorial Calendar for fixed monthly topics and submission guidelines. The topic for August is “Nature-Based Solutions.”