For many of us ESG and reporting nerds, September and October are a time of great excitement and anticipation as we await the results of our GRESB submissions. Flashbacks from earlier in the summer ensue, and we are transported to July 1, exhausted and obsessively reviewing GRESB submissions one last time.
After the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) identified this decade as the final window to counteract catastrophic climate effects, 2020 saw a global explosion of private and public entities signing onto bold climate action commitments. Here, we dissect what these organizations are now up against and what it will take for them to successfully deliver on their carbon commitments.
As more companies realize the need to decarbonize their real estate portfolios in the face of increasing climate risk and rising investor expectations, guidance on how to transition to Net Zero Carbon (NZC) on the portfolio level is crucial.
First came operational carbon, then embodied, and now? Whole life carbon. While the green building industry has begun to put much needed focus on both operational carbon (energy used throughout a building’s life) and embodied carbon…
This Earth Month, we’re shining a light on corporate climate action. Tech companies are rising to the occasion and have made some considerable advancements in reaching their ambitious…
Five major themes in high performance real estate present bold solutions for the sustainable built environment that tackle environmental, social, and economic challenges in California and at the global scale