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WorldGBC and GRESB join forces to drive net zero carbon buildings
World Green Building Council, a global network of around 70 Green Building Councils, has announced GRESB, the leading global sustainability benchmark for real estate portfolios, to recognize companies that make a Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment.
Updated on April 1st to announce the new GRESB Assessment submission deadline of August 1, 2020. We are keeping this post updated as the situation unfolds. Please also sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date with the latest information. During this unprecedented Covid-19 outbreak, we understand that the top priority for asset operators, […]
Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) joins GRESB as an Investor Member to drive positive environmental and social outcomes in the real asset sector
Amsterdam, March 27, 2020, CET: 02:00 (JST: 10.00): GRESB is pleased to announce that Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the world’s largest pension fund, has joined GRESB as an Investor Member. The goal of the collaboration is to enhance environmental, social and governance (ESG) management practices in the real asset sector. GRESB is excited […]
GRESB Newsletter | 2020 is already shaping up to be an important year for ESG reporting and benchmarking
It’s the year when the investment community is realizing that ESG is a foundational element of effective risk management. It’s also the year that wise investors and managers will use ESG data analytics to inform their engagement and make better decisions. And it’s the year that ESG tipped from being a hot topic at investment conferences around the world to being a must-have.
The 2020 GRESB Assessments are now available in Pre-release
The 2020 GRESB Assessments are now available in Pre-release. Each year real estate and infrastructure managers use the Assessments to measure, benchmark and improve their sustainability programs and report to their investors on their ESG performance. The attention from investors on ESG performance has never been higher. At last count, more than institutional and financial investors, representing over […]
GRESB assesses and benchmarks the ESG performance of real assets, providing standardized and validated data to capital markets. We were established in 2009 by a group of large pension funds who wanted to have access to reliable data on the ESG performance of their real estate investments. In 2015, a group of ten founding infrastructure […]
Asset-level reporting: fundamental for evaluating Real Estate Performance
We are now entering a new phase of industry development where greater ESG transparency must be a means to improve the ESG performance of the underlying assets in real estate portfolios. Where real progress towards improving operational performance is the priority, not transparency for its own sake. This shift comes in response to changing demand […]
