Measuring What Matters: Climate Metrics in Real Estate Investment Decision-Making Buildings are responsible for a significant share of global energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. As the real estate market moves towards net zero, institutional investors are increasingly exposed to both physical climate risks and transition risks. Physical risks include the impact of floods, storms,
Despite continued progress on climate risk management, access transparent and comparable climate data remains a priority for investors GREEN’s 2025 engagement report shows continued progress in climate risk management across the real estate sector, despite ongoing political uncertainty and policy backtracking. The report highlights both broader industry developments and the impact of direct investor engagement
Press release: Engagements Prove Effective, but Systemic Barriers Continue to Hinder Sector Progress Toward Decarbonization GREEN’s new report reveals that while member engagements continue to drive measurable improvements in climate risk management, progress across the real estate sector remains slow. Key areas of improvement among listed companies include the disclosure of physical climate risk assessments,
The globe’s leading institutional real estate investors join forces to cut the ESG data spaghetti A group of the largest and leading real estate investors are joining forces to break down the systemic barriers that hinder adequate climate risk management in the industry. A key obstacle is a lack of access to comparable and high-quality
Seeing is Believing: Unlocking the Low-Carbon Real Estate Market Leaders of the Urban Future (LOTUF) in partnership with Systemiq This paper was commissioned by the Leaders of the Urban Future (LOTUF) project that aims to accelerate the decarbonization of unlisted, institutionally-owned real estate by working with and building on existing sector efforts. After the publication
Energy Efficiency Laws in Real Estate: Regional Discrepancies but Inevitable Adoption As the European Union strides towards its ambitious net-zero emissions target by 2050, energy efficiency laws have become a cornerstone of its environmental policy. While crucial for reducing overall carbon emissions, these regulations present challenges and opportunities for asset managers and building owners. With
Strategic investor engagements in sustainability: Timing matters The Global Real Estate Engagement Network (GREEN) actively drives improvement in climate risk management within the real estate industry by engaging and steering companies toward achieving the Paris Agreement's climate goals. The critical question is: At what point do socially responsible engagements hold the most potential to curb negative externalities
Green Shift in the Market: Navigating the New SEC Climate Disclosure Landscape Investors are increasingly demanding detailed information from companies about how they manage the risks to their real estate portfolios from climate change. This shift isn't just a regulatory trend but a strategic necessity. If implemented, the guidelines from the Securities and Exchange Commission
COP28 Implications for Real Estate Institutional Investors The 28th session of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) took place between 30 November and 12 December 2023, in Dubai. Representatives of 197 countries attended COP28 in an attempt to make significant steps in the global effort to combat climate change. The conference was highly anticipated
Q&A Webinar: Unlocking Climate Insights in Real Estate GREEN recently organized a webinar about Unlocking Climate Insights: Risk Metrics and Collaborative Engagement in Real Estate. During the webinar, our panelists explained how investors assess the environmental performance of real estate companies and demonstrated how GREEN's investor members engage with REITs to accelerate progress toward the
Key takeaways webinar: Unlocking Climate Insights in Real Estate On October 3, GREEN organized the second webinar of the year. Attracting over 140 registrations, this webinar was another success. During the webinar, our panelists explained how investors assess the environmental performance of real estate companies and demonstrated how GREEN's investor members engage with REITs to
