As the second GRESB Health and Well-Being module submission cycle recently came to a close (July 1, 2017), well-being in real estate is not a fading trend. Rather, it is an investor, tenant, and employee driven consideration for real estate owners and operators. In 2016, 174 entities (over 20% of respondents) voluntarily completed the GRESB Health and […]
Large open windows with a cool breeze coming in, a plate of fresh fish with home-grown tomatoes, the sea pounding the cliffs in front of us while the children play on the beach and my mother has a snooze. A typical day at the office, right? If only. However, whilst I have to acknowledge that […]
Rob O’Halloran How the property industry is fighting the stigma of mental illness & promoting positive mental health As part of the GRESB Health and Wellbeing Week, Howard Morgan explains an important new initiative in the UK property industry. Would you tell your boss if you’ve got a sporting injury? You probably would……but would you […]
I can give you the statistics: Healthcare in America is more than 17% of the GDP. 20 diseases account for fully half of America’s health care spend, with diabetes, heart disease and hypertension being three of the top five causes. In the midst of the debate going on in the US about how to pay […]
Recap: 2017 Edition of the Sustainability Certification Barometer
On Tuesday, 27 June in Paris, and on Wednesday, 28 June in London, the 2017 edition of the Sustainability Certification Barometer was presented by Green Soluce, along with the main certification bodies and expert keynote speakers. This report, the first and only study to provide reliable and up-to-date figures on sustainable building certifications across Europe, […]
Akamai shows that companies with smaller loads can still play a leadership role in combating climate change AKAMAI’S GOAL: 50% renewables by 2020 Reduce GHG emissions below 2015 levels by 2020 Akamai Technologies, the world’s largest cloud delivery platform, recently invested in an 80 megawatt wind farm in Texas. This investment is designed to match […]
Making your building ‘smart’ from the very beginning Residential developments are facing new challenges, with tenants expecting increased comfort and proven sustainability in the places where they live. At Nuuka, we recognize that urban consolidation is increasing in our cities. Wherever you look around the world, the ‘home of the future’ is most often a […]
Participate in the 2017 GRESB Health & Well-being Module
In 2015, our Green Health Partnership research team worked with GRESB and its stakeholders to develop the first GRESB Health & Well-being Module. Last year, 174 real estate entities – 23% of all entities participating in the GRESB Real Estate Assessment – demonstrated market leadership by participating in the inaugural health-focused module. This year, participants […]
One of the major challenges facing the real estate industry today is the 30% cost of energy inefficiency and waste that is burdening owners. What can real estate owners do to address this problem?
How data can make your buildings more productive, profitable and resilient to change. Notes from the 2017 GRESB-Siemens Spring Conference Some colleagues and I attended a fascinating event a few days ago organised by GRESB and Siemens which focused on climate change, the contributions real estate makes to emissions, and our ability to make significant […]
Companies are increasingly asked by their investors to report on their greenhouse gas emissions either in their mainstream financial reports or through sustainability reporting frameworks such as CDP and GRESB.
4 ESG Takeaways for the Real Estate Sector from the 2017 GRESB Siemens Spring Conference
The first annual GRESB Spring Conference took place last week at the Crystal in London, hosted by Siemens, and those of us who were there are still processing the many insights and takeaways from the event. The venue was full of inspiring people — attendees, presenters and moderators — all gathered in one place. The combined […]
Reduce, reuse, recycle” is a well-known mantra, even for those who don’t spend most of their day thinking sustainability. But when it comes to recycling, how much do many of us know about the complexities and possibilities. Here are some interesting facts about commercial glass recycling re-posted from Philippa Gill, Partner at Verdextra, a boutique […]
Sharing Insights from Greengage Breakfast Workshop: Using GRESB to Deliver ESG in Real Estate
Investors increasingly view ESG as a core part of their investment analysis as its link to CFP in terms of reducing risks, improving performance and building reputation is becoming evident. Thus, there is a clear need for companies to embed ESG considerations in their strategy and business practice, as well as communicating this to the […]
2017: Stable assessments and new products & services When we launched GRESB more than seven years ago, our main goal was to help companies and funds assess the sustainability performance of their portfolios. At the time, there weren’t many programs linking companies and investors to sustainability metrics. Fast forward to today and sustainability has now […]
Three steps to heaven: marginal gains make a difference
The doctrine of marginal gains, the simple idea that the way to outperform in sport is to target small incremental improvements, is now taking the business world by storm. Dave Brailsford, the performance director of British Cycling, has demonstrated that by making a 1% improvement in a whole host of areas, the cumulative gains end […]
It’s a new year and a clean slate. Imagine this is the year you’ve resolved you WILL get a handle on the performance of your assets, your department, your company. You plan to request and review your departmental reports on a consistent timeframe that will help you analyze and make the right decisions in a […]
Addressing stranded asset risk in real estate investment
The value of assets is vulnerable to factors such as environmental challenges, changing resource landscapes, technological innovation, changes in regulations and liability and evolving social norms. Such changes can result in the devaluation or non-performance of assets, thus making them ‘stranded’. This concept of ‘stranded assets’ has been prominently used to discuss the impact of […]
