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We are pleased to announce that the 2018 GRESB results are now available. We have opened the Portal and contacted all participants and GRESB Investor Members. We have also reached out to the Sector Leaders to congratulate them on their performance. Once again, our market coverage has grown for the Real Estate and Infrastructure Assessments, […]
Preliminary Results on ESG Transparency of Listed Infrastructure Firms
GRESB launched a new Infrastructure Public Disclosure dataset to measure the ESG transparency of listed infrastructure companies. GRESB Infrastructure Analyst David Tassadogh’s article on the results of the pilot study was published in GLIO Journal.
Green Finance in Real Estate Roundtable Event Report
On 9 May, the GRESB-APREA Green Real Estate Financing & Investing Seminar first examined real estate opportunities in the context of green finance and investment strategies. The seminar, which was supported by the HKGBC and WorldGBC APN, was well-attended by over 130 participants including many HKGBC Members. Josien Piek, GRESB Head of EMEA, and Martins Zurko, GRESB […]
A Liquid Global Sustainable REITs Index By Reitsmarket
Brussels, June 7, 2018 – Reitsmarket launches its new global sustainable REITs index. After the successful launch of the Euronext® Reitsmarket Global Balanced Index and the Euronext® Reitsmarket Global Conviction Index in October last year, Reitsmarket now offers investors access to a sustainable alternative. Both the existing Global and Conviction indices, launched in October last […]
Mind the Gap: EPRA, GRESB, close in on shared sustainability language
The European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA) and the real estate sustainability benchmarking organization GRESB have completed the comparative Gap analysis of EPRA’s latest Sustainability Best Practices Recommendations (sBPR) Guidelines with the 2018 GRESB Real Estate Assessment that encompasses public and private equity property investments. The Gap analysis concludes that the industry represented by both […]
Gecina concludes with ING France the first sustainable improvement loan indexed on its GRESB Rating
Gecina, the largest European Office REIT and ING France have signed a €150m sustainability performance-linked loan with its margin depending, among other factors, on its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance measured by its GRESB Rating. Progress will be measured through GRESB by benchmarking Gecina’s performance against its peers through a customized package of ESG […]
More great speakers for the GRESB | Siemens: Sustainable Real Assets Conference in London
We’re a few weeks away from the GRESB | Siemens: Sustainable Real Assets Conference in London and there’s good news … we’ve added even more great speakers. Join us on April 25th to hear international perspectives on resilience in the real estate and infrastructure sectors from: Michael Brooks, CEO, REALPAC Ashley Hegland, Sustainable Development Advisor, Swire Properties […]
Today marks the beginning of the 2018 GRESB reporting season for real estate and infrastructure portfolios and assets worldwide. Companies, fund managers and asset operators can now login to the online Portal and start completing their Assessments. (If you do not have a GRESB Account, click here to create an account.) GRESB Assessments provide high-quality […]
GRESB integrates new BREEAM API to enhance green building certification reporting
GRESB and BRE have collaborated to integrate a BREEAM API with the GRESB Portal for the 2018 reporting cycle. The link unlocks the capability to locate, select and match valid BREEAM certificate entries to specific assets within a GRESB portfolio and help to improve the speed and accuracy of reporting for clients. GRESB participants can […]
