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Deepki acquires Evora Global and Metry in ESG expansion

Deepki, the French ESG data intelligence company, has acquired British sustainability consultancy Evora Global and its energy data collection subsidiary Metry, bringing together market-leading technology, automated energy data collection and real estate expertise in one global business.
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New environmental standard to curb light pollution in resorts

Ingka Group acquires first two solar parks in Spain to add to its renewable energy portfolio

Man Group raises £362m for UK affordable housing fund

Urban Partners launches €650m regeneration fund targeting Europe’s housing shortage

Rome approves large-scale urban regeneration project

Retrofitting UK buildings is ‘urgent’ due to climate change

Sustainability is the fil rouge that links 2026 Mipim Awards winners

Affordable homes, The Housing Finance Corporation makes £550 million funding pledge

Renewables, Blackstone invests €2bn in Eurowind Energy

L&G’s new strategy to unlock £9bn of additional investment in affordable housing in UK

Sixth Street to invest over £1bn in partnership to deliver affordable housing in UK

A third of UK investors chooses sustainability over returns

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield places €750m green bond

Knight Frank: transition to EV an opportunity for CRE owners

Savills: the built environment must act to reduce air pollution

Germany’s largest cooperative renovation project underway

Colonial SFL prices €500m green bond at 3.875% as refinancing costs rise

L&G and Hyde Group create affordable housing JV in UK

ING: sustainable finance fuels real estate recovery in Europe

11 sustainable projects named winners of 2026 Mipim Awards

ESG reshaping Europe’s real estate industry: SIOR report

Energy efficiency key to avoid stranded assets, survey shows

Sweden top country as LEED certification grows in Europe

New Framework for a Nature-Positive Built Environment

ULI: decarbonisation the best way to manage transition risks

NatWest commits £10bn to fund UK social housing sector

New ULI guide to accelerate decarbonisation of buildings

Newcore Social Infrastructure Fund achieves second close

BREEAM New Construction Version 7 marks shift to Whole Life Carbon assessments

Green loan completes Valesco’s €200m investment in Moncler’s new HQ in Milan

Karteria Partners launched to bridge ESG and climate risk gaps in real asset investment

Seasonal good wishes from all the team at Real Asset Insight

Henderson Park and General Projects complete Metropolis

AUAR wins ULI’s PropTech Innovation Challenge 2025

AXA IM Alts raises €500m from oversubscribed logistics green bond

New tools from ULI Europe to decarbonise affordable houses

Aareal Bank leads €358m green refinancing of Helsinki’s Mall of Tripla

New framework for low-carbon development finance proposed

RICS: demand for sustainable buildings slows down globally

Fidelity raises €355m for pan-European logistics climate-impact fund

Redevco provides €67m green loan for German logistics projects

Ingka invests €720m to buy forest land in Latvia and Estonia

L&G launches £2 billion impact UK regional investment drive

Senior housing complex wins best new building in UK prize

World mental health day: why offices must be green and fun

EXPO: benchmarks crucial to implementing ESG strategies

Eight finalists named for ULI’s PropTech Innovation Challenge

Royal London AM launches £1 billion Healthcare REIT in UK

ABP/Greystar JV invests €526m in Dutch affordable housing

Real Asset Media partners with Africa Sustainable Investment Summit

Northern Horizon’s new fund equity rises above €600 million

Patrizia and Fabrix JV to deliver affordable housing in London

We’re back – and the autumn calendar is packed

‘RE investment managers are not tackling climate change’

Sixth Street acquires 38% of Sorgenia in €4bn renewables platform deal

Isio: asset managers raise the bar on sustainable investing

Garbe Regeneration launched to develop brownfield sites

Hydrogen push accelerates with £200m Thames Freeport investment

Octopus Energy, Smart and Kensa join forces to accelerate the UK’s energy transition

Audley and Elysian merge, creating the UK’s largest retirement village provider

CTP secures €500m sustainability-linked loan for bond buyback

Masdar and Iberdola co-invest in €5.2 bln offshore wind farm

BREEAM Outstanding rating for Derbion shopping centre

Controversy over rollback of Biodiversity Net Gain in UK

Qair secures Brookfield loan for renewable projects in Poland

ABP & CBRE IM launch Dutch affordable housing mandate

ULI’s seven principles to avoid the risk of stranded assets

AMPERE raises €325m for French affordable housing fund

Lysara expands fleet-charging infrastructure across Europe

AXA IM Alts enters battery energy storage sector in the UK

Real estate groups join GREEN to align sustainability metrics

Kula launches new governance model for impact investments

Knight Frank: more global investors opt for ESG strategies

New study on how to leverage ESG shareholder engagement

‘Coalition of the willing’ needed to fight backlash against ESG

US installed record-breaking 50GW of solar capacity in 2024

Outlook Summit: data sharing is the key to ESG compliance

New INREV focus group aims to make ESG more valuable

ADR unveils Europe’s largest solar plant at Fiumicino Airport

Milan’s Vertical Forest: ten years as a green inspiration

Aviva redoubles commitment to energy infrastructure

LCBI & Afilog JV to measure carbon footprint of logistics

Patrizia and Revive JV to build affordable housing in Benelux

Study shows solar motorways a viable solution for Germany

Wind energy the largest source of electricity in UK for first time

Sienna IM creates first private debt biodiversity impact fund

Savills: indoor air quality is a problem for real estate industry

€2bn Mareterra waterfront project launched in Monaco

M&G’s 40 Leadenhall bets on amenities to lure workers back

CTP and Raben install Europe’s largest heat pump in Warsaw

LCBI and One Click LCA team up to decarbonise real estate

BNP Paribas AM launches fund to invest in sustainable forestry

Clarion secures €240m green NAV loan from NatWest

Ikea lines up €1.5bn for energy improvements to retail units

Panattoni report: sustainability still a challenge for logistics

Solivus’ solar installation for Farnborough Airport complete

New software first step in giant ‘Sandcastle’s’ sustainability bid

ZIN project in Brussels to set new standard for sustainability

Case for office retrofitting stronger as rent gap hits 35%

LCBI awards first European labels to low-carbon projects

Montea’s Antwerp project wins EXPO Real Impact award 2024

Ingka’s stake in energy project puts more wind in its sales

AEW: decarbonising real estate more costly but still achievable

KGAL energy transition fund bets on green hydrogen plant

Flexible & sustainable buildings help deliver social impact

Climate risk has risen to the top of investors’ agendas

Germany turns to geothermal energy in the quest for ‘green’

Social impact and good returns go hand in hand, experts say

Knight Frank launches new Social Value Consultancy team

ESG upgrade-rate needs to double to meet targets: KF

Summer break!

KGAL forms JV to develop 1.1 GW of battery storage in Italy

AI aid for Scope 3 reduction a ULI Nordics proptech winner

Legal & General’s Affordable Housing Fund up to £280m

Greening Group expands in Italy with five more solar plants

AEW debt strategy supports €2bn Dunkirk gigafactory

ASR Real Estate launches €400 million renewable energy fund

CTP logistics ‘clubhaus’ most sustainable non-resi building

Swiss Life AM buys Vergia to finance green energy transition

Eiffel launches first impact debt fund dedicated to SMEs

GRESB launches Transition Analytics to help reach net zero

Europe’s green leaning deters North American investors

AEW first in line to adopt the FCA Sustainability Impact label

CTP completes largest PV project in Czech Republic

SINDI, a new digital platform to measure social sustainability

Stranded assets are a “ticking time bomb” for European CRE

Infranity’s AUM in sustainable infrastructure go over €10 bn

Amazon adds €1.4 billion to its affordable housing fund in US

NREP to build greenest timber resi block in Copenhagen

Public-private partnership to create 300 senior flats in Rome

Branicks new renewables fund shows the way the wind blows

Amundi infrastructure unit flicks switch on new wind farm

M7 to create Ireland’s greenest refurbished logistics building

Government-led €880m deal to recast Brussels’ EU quarter

ULI Europe develops free tool to build net zero into appraisals

Northern Horizon’s evergreen social infrastructure fund starts

Energy efficiency crucial to digital infrastructure growth

Aedifica signs off on 10 care projects after €74m Q1 spend

ULI & LaSalle offer new tool to assess physical climate risk

Patrizia buys stake in ‘circular’ Italian waste processing firm

First close for Savills IM’s UK Simply Affordable Homes Fund

Vonovia issues €850 million bond to finance social projects

Alrik plans to cut emissions in Europe’s construction logistics

Aviva backs development of Welsh cancer treatment centre

CBRE buys and develops 522 affordable rental homes in UK

Berlin Hyp ahead on green targets in challenging market

ULI Europe launches the 2024 PropTech Innovation Challenge

Tirana office project’s BREEAM win blazes ESG trail in Albania

NatWest to provide £5 billion lending to UK social housing

Panattoni in Poland goes from BTS logistics to animal shelters

Pre-election inertia stymies English senior housing sector

Solar parks in Southern Europe attracting investors’ interest

UKSIF: three ways to keep green investors in the UK

CBRE: energy efficient assets deliver stronger performance

M&G’s stake in sustainable housebuilder rises to £45m

UK cities must respond to call of the wild to remain attractive

Amro Partners & Falco finance green PBSA project in Spain

AI could halve real estate’s carbon footprint by 2030

Climate finance strategies a must for resi investors: Catella

Italy’s SWF invests in Coima’s plan for Milan’s Olympic Village

BNP Paribas: certified green assets on the rise in Germany

HIH Invest Real Estate €750m fund buys German wind farm

Extra core capital needed to deliver more senior housing

Senior housing: why the UK should look at New Zealand

Triple benefits of Integrated Retirement Communities

Patrizia to play key role in Germany’s hydrogen switch

Nido partners with Utopi to reduce PBSA carbon footprint

Patrizia’s lightbulb moment could tame Italian energy use

Green building movement becoming increasingly global

Patrizia impact strategy to invest €500m in communities

La Française adds Lille project to senior housing portfolio

Ranking reveals top cities able to withstand climate change

Owners and occupiers need to talk about decarbonisation: ULI

CRE survey: 96% of firms have diversity & inclusion strategies

Panattoni and Accolade deliver ‘the greenest industrial asset’

All Finnish Antilooppi’s assets leap sustainability hurdles

Germany ‘neglects’ massive rooftop PV power potential

Axa IM Alts completes first US solar project in JV with Cabot

BNP Paribas launches €750m climate mitigation fund

COP28: more action-oriented focus on innovative solutions

SHHA briefing: affordability challenge for senior housing

Empira launches its Transition to Green fund for German resi

New senior care guest house concept opened in Amsterdam

Ocorian survey: ESG more of a focus for Asian family offices

Global ageing phenomenon a universal property opportunity

Public infrastructure and clean mobility: how Paris turns green

Tunley launches biodiversity services to comply with BNG

Evora: the ESG skills gap in the real estate sector is a problem

Primevest raises sustainability bar for car parking funds

Cities urged to tap building data best practices to develop communal ESG standards

KGAL to manage new fund to grow green hydrogen projects

Fidelity buys City offices from WeWork for impact fund

‘Exemplary’ retirement home wins RIBA Stirling Prize 2023

Azora and CBRE Spain launch climate solutions competition

Energy-focused resi renovation firm wins ULI proptech award

On ESG Europe is past the why and into the how and when

KGAL invests in Arcadia’s green hydrogen-based fuel plant

AEW costs climate premium for keeping assets unstranded

Commerz Real and Bosch present new data platform

The Green Finance Institute extends to Denmark and Spain

Prologis Park Eindhoven, the world’s greenest warehouse

EIB backs CTP’s solar panel roll out with €200m finance deal

Axa starts development of Munich hybrid timber offices

Investors seek poor performers for sustainability upgrades: KF

Redos and Shell add charging infrastructure to retail parks

Threestones Capital acquires German retirement homes

Cromwell’s Janki shopping centre gets €66m green loan

KKR and Ikea retailer give grid-scale battery backup a boost

Goldman Sachs: investors are switching to sustainable funds

Commerz Real buys solar and wind power plants in Spain

New LondonMetric PV arrays cut tenants’ grid power needs

Surplus renewables to cut gas use in Vonovia apartments

First acquisition for Orchard Street’s new Impact fund

New survey: ESG now a priority in RE investment strategies

Morgan Stanley and Crowley JV to support US offshore wind

Summer break

Apex Group to build new green hydrogen plants in Germany

Holes in expertise challenge property’s enthusiasm for ESG

KGAL wind and solar energy fund invests €1.3bn in Europe

UK faces warehouse supply crisis as 60% likely obsolete

Coima refinances Milan’s Corsa Como Place with €137m facility

ARCO summit: senior housing is attracting more investors

‘Meaningful discounts’ for rents on Cheyne’s Manchester BTR

Patrizia rooftop power plant joins Europe’s race to net zero

ARCO conference: quantity and quality for senior housing

Berlin Hyp’s social loan targets affordable housing supply

GLP’s Netherlands rooftop PV project one of largest in Europe

Green roof requirements could make 76% of offices redundant

SHHA Summit: high investor interest but challenges remain

Timber-built city quarter to be developed in south Stockholm

Goodman creating one of Germany’s largest PV schemes

FAP fund’s article 9 transition increases capital commitments

Tenants and peer pressure to force positive change on ESG

Tech will help solve ESG issues but there is no silver bullet

Working group offers solutions to help fit SFDR to real estate

ESG: a ‘tsunami of regulations’ will hit the real estate sector

Elithis fund buys Le Harvre energy-positive resi tower

Deepki buys Nooco to optimise carbon footprint of buildings

PV power plants move Finnish office investor toward net zero

Azora to reduce Spanish hotel portfolio’s energy consumption

Colliers’ sets up new unit as Poland’s power bill up 350%

Ingka’s €30m wind stake could meet 1/3 of Finnish power need

New Nordic alliance to focus resources on urban challenges

New €250m Azora fund to aid firms with carbon cutting skills

Partners Group signs carbon removal deal with Climeworks

Savills: best cities attract Clean & ClimateTech companies

Intreal research: Article 8 funds earn positive returns earlier

Azora takes stake in Abatable in decarbonisation drive

LaSalle Debt Investments to expand sustainable lending

Accurate data is essential for achieving sustainability goals

76% of Europe’s offices may be obsolete as expectations rise

Heimstaden establishes new green financing framework

L&G: impact investing delivers benefits and good returns

Catella fund buys affordable green PRS scheme in Berlin

Nuveen launches Global RE Carbon Reduction Strategy

Eurazeo sustainable infra fund hits €420m and spreads reach

MIPIM: cooperation the key to more sustainable real estate

MIPIM: Cut carbon now using existing solutions says report

Record renewable energy production for Commerz Real

WorldGBC demands strict EU rules on buildings’ emissions

Housing fund draws more UK local council pension schemes

How to avoid hitting the target but missing the point on ESG

Puma backs new sustainable construction research centre

IPUT’s Wilton Place scheme to be living lab for social impact

Ingka takes a 15% stake in Australia’s biggest wind farm

First acquisition in Spain for KGAL’s new resi impact fund

EU sustainability regs are poor fit for property assets: INREV

KGAL-Pfalzsolar JV to grab share of Greek solar boom

Aviva survey finds 93% of global investors take ESG into account

Patrizia and Mitsui to launch infrastructure strategy in APAC

TOG opens London’s tallest mass timber office building

Ireland’s Power Capital secures €240 million for solar projects

€110m AIB green loans finance Kennedy Wilson’s Dublin trio

Real estate industry ready for climate change action says ULI

Commerz Real climate impact fund reaches €1bn milestone

Fresh perspective of elevator data gives office owners a lift

Invesco’s prime London asset to become carbon-neutral

Innovative approach required to decarbonise retail: ECSP

Commerz Real’s Klimavest adds Swedish solar to the mix

Investments in infrastructure boosted by the energy crisis

Paris declares support for river delivery following IKEA lead

Long-term planning needed to ensure secure supply of energy

Survey reveals sector’s progress on diversity, equity & inclusion

Joint venture KGAL/Premier for solar and wind power in Spain

Sharing know-how best way to tackle climate change: PwC

Patrizia builds Dutch BTR using sustainable timber

MAPIC: Ingka Group launches meat-free food hall concept

Gap between green and brown assets set to grow: Bouwinvest

Proactive investors who focus on ESG will reap rewards

Westminster council launches new sustainable city charter

ESG Certification for Mark’s Paris Regeneration Fund

German institutions focusing on ESG, Empira survey shows

Commerz Real PV plans help Denmark toward power target

World’s first net zero logistics scheme will avoid offsetting

NREP’s new internal carbon tax will shorten route to net zero

Garbe puts energy into newly launched infrastructure arm

Actis subsidiary buys rights to build Europe’s largest PV plant

Orchard Street impact fund raises £90m at first close

Property managers react to onward march of energy prices