To see the 2026 GRESB Real Estate Standard Updates, please click here.
The 2026 updates maintain the direction of travel established by the GRESB Foundation, reinforcing its commitment to an industry-led, transparent, and predictable framework. They streamline reporting, strengthen materiality and risk assessment, and ensure that GRESB results remain actionable and relevant to investors and managers alike.
Key Updates
Infrastructure Fund Standard
The Fund Assessment becomes more static, reducing annual reporting where no material changes occur. Prefill and reuse of previous validation results simplify submissions, while dynamic fund-level data shifts to the asset level to avoid duplication.
Infrastructure Asset Standard
Updates include streamlining the reporting process and decreasing reporting burden for GRESB Participants, raising the bar on sustainability reporting and risk assessment requirements, and reflecting materiality outcomes for net zero more accurately.
Development Asset Standard
Updates include measures to further streamline the reporting process and raise the bar for sustainability reporting.
Read the full updates:
Below you will find the full Standards Updates documents and the related summary tables.
- 2026 GRESB Infrastructure Fund: Standard Updates & summary of updates
- 2026 Infrastructure Asset: Standard Updates & summary of updates
- 2026 Infrastructure Development Asset: Standard Updates & summary of updates
NZIF Alignment Module for Infrastructure Assets
Starting in 2026, Infrastructure Asset Assessment participants will have the option to complete an additional set of indicators designed to generate new insights based on alignment with the IIGCC Net Zero Investment Framework (NZIF). The new module will provide participants with an NZIF Alignment Report, in addition to the GRESB Benchmark Report. For funds and investors linked to reporting assets, a portfolio-level output report will also be made available.
Read more about the GRESB NZIF Infrastructure Alignment approach.
2026 GRESB Standards Updates & the Road Ahead
Join us online on December 4 to hear directly from the GRESB team about the 2026 GRESB Standards Updates, the forthcoming 2026 GRESB Foundation Roadmap, and the broader engagements planned for the years ahead.
Following the release of the 2026 GRESB Standards updates, this webinar offers an exclusive opportunity to explore key changes and understand how they advance the Foundation’s long-term vision toward rewarding measured, real-world performance.
Participants are invited to submit questions during the registration process. The GRESB team will address the most relevant topics during the webinar and in a follow-up summary.