Insights

This webinar will provide you with insights from leading industry experts on the importance of data, risks related to data, insights on the tools, and the future of data. Join us as we explore how sustainability data is paving the way for a greener, more sustainable future.

This past month I had the pleasure of attending IMN’s ESG and Decarbonizing Real Estate Forum in Nashville, alongside my colleagues from RE Tech Advisors. IMN’s forums bring together leaders across the real estate industry to drive thought leadership and action. That resonated with me as well as the resounding theme, whether embedded within the keynotes, the networking opportunities, or the education sessions was Turning Intention Into Action.

RE Tech’s Deb Cloutier, CRE and Colin Curzi dive into the transition risk soaring to the top of commercial real estate professionals’ risk management – Building Performance Standards (BPS) policies.

RE Tech’s President Deb Cloutier coauthored this article on the ESG landscape around Real Estate which was published in the ALI CLE’s “The Practical Real Estate Lawyer”.

Green Is Good Part 3 examines rents and revenue for LEED-certified multifamily assets and analyzes how LEED-certification affects performance of multifamily investment sales.

An industry leadership series that convened experts who shared successes and challenges in decarbonizing their businesses and insights into how the design, operations, development, and construction sectors are rapidly changing in addition to what kinds of jobs or skills might be needed to meet these new opportunities. Each conversation challenged traditional practices while shedding light on market realities and key obstacles.

A significant part of what GRESB and other ESG frameworks assess is simply one’s ability to report and organizational willingness to commit resources to the reporting process. These frameworks measure what policies and activities are in place, and in some cases, broad environmental performance metrics like year over year carbon emissions. These types of reporting scores can provide insight into what you are doing, but they cannot determine if what you are doing is effective…if your strategy is on point. They cannot measure the quality of your thinking. This is where an ESG thesis is critical.

We broke down how firms can take advantage of the Inflation Reduction Act (2022). With $370 billion invested into climate and energy programs, alongside other policy changes, including tax reform and healthcare subsidies, there are numerous opportunities at play for the real estate industry.

The House passed the Inflation Reduction Act, sending it to Biden’s desk for signature. This bill will invest $370 billion into climate and energy programs, alongside other policy changes including tax reform and healthcare subsidies.

Learn about the rules that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed that would require public companies to disclose climate-related risks and GHG emissions to shareholders and the federal government.

RE Tech Advisors’ Marla Thalheimer will be moderating the “Achieving Net Zero Carbon Through Property-Specific Strategies Using One of Three Pathways” session in Nashville on June 27.

Learn about the rules that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed that would require public companies to disclose climate-related risks and GHG emissions to shareholders and the federal government.

Read the results of RE Tech’s fourth annual ESG Sentiment Survey which illustrate how ESG is both maturing as a key part of real estate investing yet still struggling with many of the same challenges.

The Institute for Market Transformation released the BuildUp 2030 Framework for the Transformation of Real Estate to explore how business leaders—real estate owners, operators, tenants, and investors—can lead the creation of an economically robust, more socially just, and sustainable future.

Our client, MetLife, examines how real estate investors are working to achieve carbon neutrality through goals, pledges, and the importance of defining comprehensive scopes and timelines.

The Department of Energy launched the Finance and Resilience Initiative in 2019. The main outcome of this work is the Finance and Resilience Roadmap—a set of resources and case studies designed to help commercial building owners measure, manage, and mitigate risks associated with climate change and resilience.

Learn how environmental, social, and governance (ESG) propositions links to higher value creation.

In this research, authors use CompStak and Healthy Building public databases from Fitwel and WELL to operationalize a real estate hedonic model in order to ascertain the value of healthy spaces on the effective rent of offices spaces in ten cities within the United States.