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Nikkei Inc. launches a green REIT Index using data from GRESB
July 20, 2020: Nikkei Inc. has launched a new green real estate index, the “Nikkei ESG-REIT Index” which incorporates environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. Responsible investment strategies are expanding globally with investors integrating ESG factors into listed real estate allocation processes. To meet this demand, Nikkei has developed a Japanese Real Estate Investment Trust […]
Get asset-specific physical climate risk exposure data and benchmarks in the GRESB Portal
The physical impacts of a changing climate pose significant challenges to real assets. The chaotic nature of climatic patterns and increasing extremes — combined with the long lifetimes and limited mobility of real assets — mean that more uncertainty must be taken into account when making investment and development decisions. Understanding physical climate risks, from […]
GRESB and B Capital Partners AG release open source ESG due diligence tool for Infrastructure Assets
GRESB and B Capital Partners AG announce the release of their stand-alone, open source ESG due diligence tool (ESG DD Tool) for infrastructure assets, which enables investors to gain a clear understanding of the ESG risks and opportunities of an asset as an input to investment decision making. Investors have been searching for guidance, transparency and quality in this area. This new ESG DD Tool helps establish a standard ESG due diligence process for infrastructure investing.
GRESB Newsletter | Growing levels of reporting activity in the GRESB Portal
It’s inspiring to see the growing levels of activity in the GRESB Portal as real estate and infrastructure managers login to participate in the 2020 Assessments. This ongoing commitment to ESG transparency and benchmarking by so many in our industry is vital to reshaping the markets and ensuring a more sustainable and resilient future for all.
Resilient Real Assets: Update from the 2019 Resilience Module
We’re excited to release our new report, Resilient Real Assets. Drawing on the results from the 2019 Resilience Module, the report leverages a unique global dataset to provide a snapshot of the way real asset companies and funds are managing climate risk and resilience.
GRESB Newsletter | A collective industry effort to advance sustainable real assets
As you read this newsletter we are about one third of the way through the 2020 GRESB reporting season and the GRESB Portal is filling up with real estate and infrastructure managers completing their 2020 Assessments. It’s inspiring to witness the collective industry effort from around the world to improve ESG transparency and participate in an annual benchmarking process, especially at times like these.
Select training videos now available in several languages
New in 2020, GRESB’s online training platform was released to improve ESG reporting to the GRESB Assessments. Designed for new and existing GRESB participants alike, the online training works as a refresher on the reporting process and provides new insights into the 2020 requirements.
Decarbonization Pathways for Real Estate Available for Public Consultation
Carbon Risk Real Estate Monitor (CRREM) announces the public release of decarbonization pathways for the global real estate sector and the finalization of the tool to identify and manage transition risks for individual assets. The pathways will help market participants meet the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). The downscaling pathways […]
The Covid-19 pandemic is a human tragedy that is unprecedented in modern times. Beyond claiming the lives of hundreds of thousands of people around the world, it has severely disrupted the daily lives of citizens and the functioning of the economy in Europe and across the globe. All countries and economic sectors have been affected.
