There is no time to lose in the drive to combat global warming and the real estate industry has a role to play by stepping up its efforts to reduce carbon emissions, a leading climate scientist told ULI Europe’s virtual annual conference last week.
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Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) Real Assets has published its strategy to deliver net zero carbon across its 76 million ft2 (7 million m2) UK real estate portfolio by 2050.
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International real estate firm Hines has secured with ING in Germany the first green loan facility for the Hines Pan-European Core Fund (HECF).
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Swedish property company has achieved a domestic first by switching all the firm's loan agreements to green financing.
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The results of the 2020 GRESB real estate assessment have been unveiled, in a year of changes for the global sustainability benchmark.
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UK logistics REIT Tritax Big Box has launched its debut green bond, believed to be the first sterling green bond issuance by a UK REIT.
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German investment manager KGAL has committed to becoming a climate-neutral company by the beginning of 2021 by offsetting all greenhouse gas emissions connected to its operations.
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The European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA) will award 90 listed property companies in Europe prizes for excellence reporting against the EPRA Sustainability Best Practice Recommendations (sBPRs) at the EPRA Annual Conference 2020 on 8 September, hosted digitally by the association.
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The property management division of Hamburg-based HIH believes it is on track to save an average of 2,161 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year after awarding a new energy contract to E.ON Energie Deutschland.
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Global developer Skanska has unveiled plans for the first climate-neutral office project in the CEE region.
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BMO Real Estate Partners (BMO REP) has announced a phased pathway to decarbonising its business and becoming net zero carbon by 2050 or sooner.
