LTIIA releases new 2020 ESG Handbook
In just a few years, ESG investing, also known as sustainable or responsible investing, has moved from a slightly idealistic niche to front-page, a mainstream dimension for investors, one that strongly influences the performance and resilience of their investment over time. This is particularly the case in infrastructure, in view of its wide-reaching and long-term […]
Read more Navigating 2020 & Beyond in the Australian Hotel Sector as COVID-19 & ESG Cross Paths – Webinar
During this briefing, a panel of experts will explore the impact of COVID-19 to Australian’s Hotel sector and how ESG fitting into the plan. Amélie Delaunay of ANREV, Dr Sabine Schaffer of Pro-invest, Ruben Langbroek of GRESB and Carlos Flores of NABERS will share with us their views from different perspectives.
Read more CBRE – The Future of Sustainability Webinar
COVID-19 has impacted the sustainability of building operations in many ways – with reduced energy consumption, lower energy prices and an increase in single use plastics, to name a few. It has also accelerated the digitization of many facets of our lives, including how we engage with each other and the built environment. Our next webinar will discuss how the environmental and social sustainability aspects of the spaces we occupy have been impacted by COVID-19, the commercial benefits of responsible investment, as well as exploring the ethical debate around sustainable digitization.
Read more Green Recovery Preventing the Final Wave
Concerns are emerging that the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic may be about to sweep the world as economies continue to reopen after lockdowns. There are also concerns about the final wave – climate crisis. We have seen the impacts of COVID-19 in governments, businesses, and people. With limited health care capacity, taking early action, such as staying at home, washing hands and social distancing, could reduce the overall infections to keep cases at a manageable number for hospital to handle. From a short clip of the Canadian government, we understand graphically the importance of these measures in flattening the curve, where the curve represents the number of people getting sick over time. When a lot of people get sick over a short period of time, the curve rises faster, and it is more likely to surpass the level of which the health care system will be overwhelmed.
Read more ESG Has Reached a Flash Point: Now, it’s Time to Digitize
Recent events have forced companies to place a much-needed emphasis on ESG (environmental, social, governance), if they weren’t doing so already. Climate change was once the prevailing driver of sustainability efforts, with business owners striving to minimize their carbon footprint and improve their relationship with the environment. Now, the COVID-19 pandemic has tested companies’ ability to protect the health and wellness of employees and customers. Coupled with recent protests calling attention to racial injustice, the events of this year have forced companies to reexamine the way they interact with and protect their employees and communities.
Read more Responsible investors are leading the way to the post-pandemic recovery and the sustainable future ahead
With overall numbers of new cases and deaths continuing to decline and lockdown measures slowly being eased in most major economies, the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be abating. As countries start to rebuild in the months ahead, the crisis has clearly revealed a fundamental reshaping of investor priorities, accelerating trends which began long before the pandemic took hold.
Read more Looking to the Future with ESG at the Forefront of Mind
Pro-invest Group, NABERS and GRESB collaborated to explore what the future may hold for the Australia Hotel Sector in light of COVID-19. Please see the highlights below or click here to download the full White Paper. COVID-19’s Ripple Effects The COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on economies, health systems, and on businesses large […]
Read more Out of Pandemic, Transformational Resilience Can Emerge
WSP’s Emily Wasley and Heather Unger explain how the knowledge gained from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and resilience actions taken in response could provide lasting lessons beyond health crises preparation, including future approaches to acute and chronic risks such as climate change.
Read more The Long-Term Impact of COVID-19 on the Global Real Estate Market
Whether we have lost someone close to us – my father passed away from COVID in April, or lost our job, or are worried about our health or the future; it’s difficult to imagine that anyone reading this article has been left untouched by COVID-19. Each of us has a unique experience in dealing with the pandemic and each of us has a unique view of the future. It’s our view of the future that shapes the actions we take now; our pessimistic side will counsel caution and the optimistic side will see opportunity.
Read more COVID-19 and Commercial Energy: Realizing and Sustaining Savings
Most of the content generated the past few months has centered around the health issues with building capacities and COVID-19. One aspect that has gotten limited discussion is the reduction in energy usage and real-time data collection.
Read more Post-COVID-19 reality check on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance
Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, ESG topics were steadily making their way to the top of forward-thinking stakeholders’ agendas in commercial real estate. With the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak being felt across the sector and the world today, different views on how ESG performance would be prioritized in commercial real estate going forward in the immediate and the longer-term have been emerging
Read more Returning to Work under Pandemic: Maximizing Peace of Mind, Minimizing Costs
The global spread of the novel coronavirus has dramatically altered the lives of nearly everyone in the world, with tens of millions infected and clusters breaking out in nearly every population center.
Read more COVID-19 as a game changer – People. Planet. Profit.
At the beginning of the corona crisis, the markets have just experienced a significant shock. This is shown by many indices. However, the indices have not fallen quite as far as they did during the financial crisis of 2008 and are already on an upward trend again.
Read more What next for sustainability – the post-pandemic corporate agenda
One key business lesson from the pandemic is the need for a radical upgrade of company assessment of social, political and environmental risks. Good ESG policies are an essential part of building this awareness.
Read more Rethinking Occupant Health and Re-Entry Strategies During a Pandemic
Buildings and places – and how we use them – will be more important than ever in a post-pandemic world. Re-imagining and re-calibrating mix-used developments will be especially important in getting tenants, residents, shoppers and clients back to engaging meaningfully with their communities in safe and healthy environments.
Read more The Forest and the Trees of the TCFD: Pairing Asset-Level and Strategic Resilience Assessments to Uncover Risks and Opportunities
In real estate, climate resilience is fast becoming an investment imperative. Losses in the sector due to climate-induced natural disasters are mounting and our customers are seeing financially material impacts to their portfolios. By 2070, $35 trillion in real estate assets will be at risk if the world does not change its current carbon emissions trajectory, according to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Read more Feedback on a data analysis script that enabled energy savings during Covid-19 lockdown
The health crisis caused by Covid-19 has affected the whole world, practically taking everybody by surprise. Following the announcement of the lockdown, non-essential stores along with numerous corporate offices had to close. Giulia Caputo, Data Scientist at Deepki, explains to us how she and her team were able to detect potential net savings of 123 000 € per week at more than 3 500 buildings courtesy of data analysis during this exceptional period.
Read more Now Is The Time To Start Moving the Needle On Your TCFD Efforts, Here’s Why
Companies are recognizing the importance of assessing risks and planning for contingency. While many investors have historically looked at how an organization assesses and acts upon risk from a reactive standpoint, companies and investors are beginning to take a proactive approach by assessing and planning for risk through disclosures and strategic approaches. Now, more than ever, improving the quality of firms’ climate disclosures is critical to managing climate risks and opportunities in financial markets.
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The Climate Financial Revolution
A quiet, financial revolution is going on around us that will have far-reaching effects on the real estate industry and beyond. It is already causing large changes in investment and management methods, as well as a wholesale review of corporate philosophy and policy throughout entire organisations. When we look back, we will see that it has forced a substantial reconsideration of real estate investment valuations, modelling, and benchmarking.
Read more Green, sustainable, resilient properties & financial disclosures
Around the world, governments, businesses, private developers and city planners and officials are spearheading a growing movement to make structures in vulnerable communities more resilient through improved preventative action
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