Press release: GLOBAL REAL ESTATE’S JOURNEY TO NET ZERO IS MOVING SLOWLY The Global Real Estate Engagement Network (GREEN) 2022 collaborative engagements found real estate companies are decarbonising but not on track to meet Net Zero targets. GREEN’s research, engagements and discussions with the industry in 2022, found just a third of companies are targeting
Focused collaborative engagements can deliver meaningful reductions in the intensity of CO2 emissions What is the impact of investors’ engagement efforts? What makes engagements successful? Do engagements lead to positive cumulative excess returns? Alexander Carlo, Doctoral Candidate at Finance, School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University, elaborates it in this article. The impact of investors’
Are green offices the future? The office remains an important meeting place for employees but faces considerable challenges from an evolving regulatory landscape and changing tenant preferences. Regulators are placing new and expensive demands on office owners to achieve higher energy efficiency standards. Office workers, particularly younger generations, are expressing a greater desire to work
Does the real estate sector understate physical climate risk? Investors need to carefully consider physical climate risk, as assessments of properties may understate climate risks. They need to ask are the current models they use for climate risk evaluation up to date? We might think we are fully aware of the physical risks, but are
Residential energy efficiency investment: what is the ROI? Energy efficiency investment in the residential sector is an important way to reduce the climate impact of buildings. This is the case because a large amount of energy is consumed in the residential sector, e.g., 21% in the US[1] and 27% in the EU[2]. In the light
GREEN wins Outstanding Industry Contribution award at the Investment & Pensions Europe (IPE) Real Estate Global Conference & Awards! We are very proud to announce that the GREEN Global Real Estate Engagement Network has won the Outstanding Industry Contribution award at the Investment & Pensions Europe (IPE) Real Estate Global Conference & Awards! A big
Press release: Large investors join GREEN to speed up climate action in real estate In order to ensure that the real estate industry reaches the Paris Agreement goals on climate change, some of the largest global institutional investors have joined forces by signing up to the Global Real Estate Engagement Network (GREEN). Together these signatories
GREEN: Small-cap REIT survey 2021 At the end of 2021, a survey was conducted for funds out of the top 60 in FTSE Nareit EPRA Index. Through this survey, GREEN aimed to better understand what were the norms of smaller funds in the index in terms of target setting, reporting, disclosing, and deploying sustainability tools.
Zes pensioenfondsen ondersteunen engagementinitiatief in vastgoedsector Artikel van Pension Pro in samenwerking met Vincent van Bijleveld Pensioenfondsen Detailhandel, Schilders, Achmea, Philips, TNO en Nedlloyd sluiten zich aan bij Green, een organisatie die klimaatengagement specifiek richt op genoteerde en niet-genoteerde vastgoedfondsen. Dit maakt Green (Global Real Estate Engagement Network) vandaag bekend. Green is een initiatief van
Press release: Institutional investors join forces in GREEN to accelerate sustainability in real estate Institutional investors, backed by leading sustainable real estate scientists and advisors, have joined forces in the Global Real Estate Engagement Network (GREEN) to accelerate sustainability in the real estate sector and thus reduce their financial and non-financial climate risks. At the
Pension funds team up to push for faster ESG progress in real estate Article by Rachel Fixen, IPE Real Estate, 15 September 2021 A new real estate sustainability engagement network open for institutional investors globally is being created with the backing of six Dutch pension funds. The Global Real Estate Engagement Network (GREEN) will be
