Publications: Real Asset IMPACT

Sustainability Leaders Outlook 2026

The first Sustainability Survey commissioned by Impact shows a widespread belief that more progress will be made in 2026. Read what our 29 leaders think about the future and what strategy their business will adopt in fast-changing global markets.

Research

• A new report by CDP and Oliver Wyman shows that companies globally are still prioritising sustainability – and gaining commercially from it.
• A new GRESB and Mipim survey finds that it remains a core priority for real estate investors despite ESG pushback.
• Data centres – The EDHEC Climate Institute’s ClimaTech research project provides investors with a wealth of data to assess
  the climate risks to this sector and the wider global infrastructure universe.

Case studies

• The UK’s largest all-timber frame, net-zero carbon office building is being ‘grown’ in Clerkenwell, London.
• LaSalle Investment Management is using innovative techniques to future-proof its Bergère historic office building in Paris.
• Visionary research has transformed a historic Hungarian village into a blueprint for the future of senior living and social infrastructure.

Expert views

• The CRREM Pathways are designed to inform decision-making, risk assessment and asset transition planning. Andrea Palmer explains.
• The electricity bottleneck is where sustainability and FDI converge, writes Courtney Fingar.
• There can be no silver bullet solutions for the energy transition as
  long as the market maintains its business-as-usual approach, says Kelly Harrison.
• Better environmental performance also means better financial performance, says this edition’s Green Leader Katerina Kaimakamis.

Plus

• Transition planning.
• Energy efficiency.

The Impact Interview

Guy Grainger, JLL
The global head of sustainability and ESG at JLL says decarbonisation makes business sense, but the pace is far too slow, and that Europe can learn from the can-do attitude of the US.

Features

• 2026 Winter Olympics Athletes’ Village – Coima’s Olympic project is an example of how to combine sustainable placemaking with a legacy project.
• Interview: Stefano Corbella, Coima – The challenges of delivering a dual-use, future-oriented project.
• Circular construction – Germany’s Concular uses a digital platform and physical urban mining hubs for circular development.
• Data centres – MSCI research looks at balancing investment in energy-intensive assets and sustainable goals.
• Offices and wellbeing – From Lego to Alice in Wonderland, how one firm is doing things differently to bring some fun to the office.
• Social value – IPUT Real Estate is using its Wilton Park development in Dublin as a five-year study of social impacts.

Interviews

• Chris Fleetwood, Redevco – Sustainable placemaking remains a key focus.
• Anna Tsartsari, BE Design – If you think sustainability commitments are waning, think again.

Expert views

• PwC’s Sebastian Kreutel unpicks the new Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation.
• Katie Whipp on how technology can reduce the gap between climate ambition and operational delivery.
• Courtney Fingar: how special economic zones are set to shape the next wave of sustainable urban growth.

Plus

• Residential.
• EPRA Sustainability Summit.
• EXPO Real highlights.
• Affordable housing
• Data management.

The Impact Interview

Jens Boehnlein, Siemens Healthineers
The global head of real estate at Siemens Healthineers explains how climate resilience is embedded in the company’s ESG risk framework and its innovation strategy.

Features

• BREEAM V7 – Impact talks to Tom Wilson about the latest update to the industry environmental certification scheme.
• Case study: Tucherpark, Munich – The city’s first green neighbourhood saw the transformation of an office park into a multifunctional, mixed-use urban district.
• Case study: Bankside Yards, London – Combining offices, residential and retail, Native Land and PLP Architecture’s Bankside Yards is one of London’s first fossil fuel-free developments.
• Regeneration: Olympia London – The capital’s famous exhibition centre will be transformed into a cultural, music and theatre hub – and the usual ESG template has been ignored.
• Climate change engagement – Are we doing enough to tackle climate change? A recent survey suggests no.
• Affordable housing – Succeeding in the UK’s complex market; and how Europe’s listed real estate companies can bring innovation and capital to housing markets.

Expert views

• CRREM’s Andrea Palmer on a change of terminology.
• Courtney Fingar: Can sustainable tourism drive foreign direct investment?
• Green leader – Johanna Broll on carbon storage to keep CO2 out of the atmosphere.
• Amy O’Brien – A new book looks at the evolution of responsible investing.

Plus

• Heritage buildings and sustainability.
• Climate resilience roadmap.
• Country focus – Sweden’s city of wood.
• City focus – Seville
• Data management.

Biodiversity special

• PwC Special report – Real Estate and Biodiversity: A Critical Nexus
  In a new global biodiversity thought leadership report, PwC brings insights into how real estate can respond to the biodiversity challenge – not only through risk management, but by unlocking opportunities to add long-term environmental, social, and economic value. The report presents strategic foundations, emerging standards, practical tools, and global perspectives that can support more informed and proactive approaches.

Plus

• Nature-positive projects – Four Redevco projects highlight how biodiversity can be incorporated into largescale real estate schemes.
• Rewilding – A five-year project supported by Aecom has monitored the restoration of 100 acres of ancient forest in Scotland. This is what they discovered.
• Embracing nature in real estate strategies – CBRE Investment Management’s Robbie Epsom explains how embedding nature into investment decisions will bring benefits.
• Biodiversity case study: Japan – PwC Japan’s Takuya Shirashi looks at the nature-related risks and opportunities stemming from one real estate company’s operational activities.

The IMPACT interview

• Susanne Eickermann-Riepe, chair of the RICS European World Regional Board, explains why real estate must do more to evaluate social and biodiversity impact and to develop scientifically meaningful metrics.

Interviews

• Christine Lemaitre, DGNB – The CEO of the German Sustainable Building Council explains her work getting real estate companies to take responsibility for biodiversity.
• Sonja Stuchtey – The founder of The Landbanking Group talks about the need to identify and attach value to nature – and how she set up a platform to do just that.
• Clemens Brenninkmeijer, Redevco – The head of sustainability at the urban regeneration specialist explains how its strategy is evolving to encompass more focus on nature and biodiversity.

Expert views

• Thierry Laquitaine: As extreme weather events threaten asset values, the urgency to act is overriding.
• Courtney Fingar: Sovereign wealth funds are growing in number – and they can set the tone for sustainable FDI.
• Green leader – Rozemarijn van der Knapp: We can speed up decarbonisation … if we can cut through the data spaghetti.

Plus

• Retrofitting – Buckley Gray Yeoman has converted a 200-year-old factory in London using circular economy principles and sustainable innovations.
• Sustainability reporting – A niche guidance tool has now grown into the only pan-European ESG disclosure standard for listed real estate.
• Circular construction – Delegates at this year’s Building Circularity Conference looked at how to best mitigate the impact on the planet of building construction.
• Profile: PLP Architecture – After designing some of the world’s greenest buildings, PLP has turned its attention to its own London office, with striking results.

Cover story

• Monaco’s Mareterra waterfront project is setting a benchmark for land reclamation and sustainable building.

The IMPACT interview

• Wopke Hoekstra, EU Commissioner for Climate Action, says the EU will continue on its decarbonisation path, despite global moves away from ESG measures.

Special focus – building in deserts

• COP16 last year discussed new strategies to build drought resilience, while Climate Neutral Real Estate believes net zero goals are within reach in countries such as UAE and Saudi Arabia.
• Alternative building methods: including timber and adding stories to existing buildings.
• Interview: Amanda Stevenson, CBRE – Cost of measuring and implementing ESG is biggest challenge for investors
• Biophilic housing design in South Korea

Expert views

• Marco Gollrich asks how we maintain climate protection momentum amid uncertainty and division.
• Heike Schmitz – New governments and a new EU Commission have implications for climate strategies.
• Jessica Pilz – Despite anti-ESG sentiment from many, it won’t be easy to row back on pledges.

Plus

• Senior living briefing
• Listed real estate and green transparency
• How Patrizia is delivering social impact
• Financing the transition
• Data and AI

Cover story

• Brussels leads the way in urban mining – two pioneering projects show how this innovative approach can transform waste into useful resources.

The IMPACT interview

• Cath Webster, CEO of Thriving Investments, explains how the fund manager is driving change in housing affordability in the UK.

Special focus – sustainable logistics

• Research from Panattoni shows sustainability is still a challenge for the logistics sector
• Briefing: Supply chains and regulations push ESG agenda
• Interview – Bert Hesselink, CTP
• Interview – Natali Cooper, GLP

Expert views

• Marleen Bekkers from Patrizia on Impact investing
• Ortec’s Sophie Heald on stress testing for climate change
• CBRE IM EMEA head of sustainability on sustainable investing
• Michael Adjei from Savills on strategic management in the face of climate change

Plus

• ULI Global Awards for Excellence
• Carbon pricing
• Regulations
• Biodiversity
• Egypt
• Senior living in the Nordics

Cover Story – BREEAM award winners

• The most innovative and sustainable building design on the journey to reach net-zero carbon has been recognised.
• PLUS: Interview with BRE chief executive Gillian Charlesworth

The IMPACT interview

• Cécile Dap – Director of the Low Carbon Building Initiative

Special report: Germany

• Interview: Academic Verena Rock explains why basic AI and ESG knowledge will be required for most real estate jobs in future
• ZAR Real Estate is on a mission to refurbish Germany’s residential portfolios
• Germany embraces geothermal energy

Expert views

• Bert Kramer of Ortec Finance on pricing in climate risk
• Helen Gurfel on building a sustainable legacy in real estate
• Aleksandra Trojanowska from Colliers highlights four ESG regulations you need to know about
• Ron van Bloois

Plus

• PropTech Innovation Challenge
• Bosco dello Sport
• Examining the meaning of ESG
• Senior living business models
• EU Deforestation Regulation
• Impact briefing
• Senior Housing and Healthcare briefing

Cover Story – Artificial intelligence and the green agenda

• New research by Pi Labs highlights the huge impact that innovation such as artificial intelligence will have on the built environment.

The IMPACT interview

• Jaap van der Bijl – Altera

Special report: Social impact

• Unlocking social value
• Defining social impact
• The architect’s view
• Affordable housing

Expert views

• Courtney Fingar
• Eleanor Jukes – Schroders Capital
• Sophie Heal – Ortec Finance
• Joost Leendertse – VerusSol
• Ron van Bloois

Plus

• Residential
• ESG strategy
• Asset valuation
• Sustainable materials
• Senior housing & healthcare

Cover Story – Asia’s lessons for the world

Asia has become an exemplar for sustainable building. In this cover feature we uncover some of the buildings and the people behind them.

• Singaporean block redefines residential living
• Interview: Singapore architect Leonard Ng
• A green skyscraper of the future
• Ronald Lu & Partners – a pioneer in green architecture

The IMPACT interview

• Simon Carter  – Chief executive, British Land

Comment and opinion

• Kelly Russell
• Courtney Fingar
• Joost Leendertse

Plus

• Interview: James Hooton from the Green Finance Institute
• COP28 takeaways
• Sustainable logistics
• Profile: Egypt’s Tatweer Misr
• Diversity, equality and inclusion
• Senior living

Cover Story – Seville’s sustainability drive

• The Andalusian capital is bidding to become the ‘metropolis of the south’ with a series of development initiatives with sustainability at their heart
• In Pictures: Seville’s new urban port district
• One of Spain’s best retail centres shows how it can be green as well

The IMPACT interview

• Anders Danielsson – President and CEO of Skanska

Special feature – Senior Housing & Healthcare Summit

• Delivering social value
• How to avoid ‘social washing’
• Measuring ESG impact – the search for answers

Plus

• Wind farms
• Architecture prize-winning care home
• A blueprint for net-zero retirement
• Researching the definition of ESG
• Addressing the ESG investment skills gap
• Paris gears up for a greener city
• Impact briefings

Cover Story – Sustainable champions

• Berlin’s model district – new city quarter set to become one of the world’s most sustainable
• Five sustainability standard bearers

The IMPACT interview

• Christoph Schumacher, Manulife Investment Management

Special feature – Senior Housing & Healthcare

• European care strategy
• Savills research shows demand for care homes rising
• Investors betting on a social premium
• Investment in senior housing set to double
• LGBT+ living

Plus

• Climate scenario analysis
• CEE offices
• Biodiversity and regulation
• Vertical communities
• Sustainable finance

Cover Story – Impact in action

• Pieter Vandeginste, fund director of the ASR Dutch Mobility Office Fund, discusses the developments and trends for the years ahead
• Legal & General delivers impact for communities and returns for investors
• How CBRE Capital Advisors supports economic growth in the areas it invests in

The IMPACT interview

• Mike Sales, Nuveen Real Estate

Plus

• Interview: Mark Rose – Avison Young
• Sustainability Master’s degree
• UK regulation
• Green leader – the hidden cost of air pollution
• Starting the net zero journey
• 2025 EPBD recast is a game changer
• Senior housing & healthcare

Cover Story – Milan’s eco transformation

• The Porta Nuova scheme blends the built environment with nature and wellbeing, creating a neighbourhood with a sense of community
• Porta Romana set to leave sustainable legacy after Winter Olympics
• Carbon-negative living

The IMPACT interview

• Manfredi Catella, Coima

Plus

• Proptech focus
• Vertical farms
• Homes of the future
• Sustainable offices
• Infrastructure and the green transition
• Regulation turns focus on occupiers

Cover Story – Canary Wharf

• The Docklands estate makes headlines due to its tall buildings, but sustainability has been at its heart since the beginning.

Interviews

• Christiane Conrads deciphers the EU Taxonomy
• M&G Real Estate’s José Pellicer
• Skanska’s Katarzyna Zawodna-Bijoch

Plus

• Green assets risk ‘climate bubble’
• Impact investment
• Sustainable logistics
• Investing in cities
• Senior housing
• Environmental law

Conservation profile

• Think those lawns and trees are ticking the ESG box? Not according to David Hunter of The Habitat People

Interviews

• Annette Kroeger, Allianz Real Estate
• Nadir Settles, Nuveen
• Dirk Bartsch, Berlin Hyp

Plus

• Repurposing buildings
• How to avoid greenwashing
• COP26 legacy
• Logistics and sustainability
• Sustainable funds

Timber Special

• Building with timber
• The architect’s view
• Cromwell’s Pertti Vanhanen on timber’s role in delivering ESG goals

Interviews

• Primonial REIM’s Juergen Fenk
• Rikke Lykke, Deas

Plus

• Proptech & ESG
• CEE Summit
• Four-step guide to carbon reduction
• Senior housing

• Vertical farming’s green boost to retail
• CEO Interview: Dick Gort, a.s.r real estate
• Green Building Councils: UK, the Netherlands, Italy
• Insight & Strategy: Regulations drive Europe’s ESG strategy
• Life sciences level up the UK’s north
• Rethinking climate risk

Plus

• Urban sustainability, Greening residential in the Netherlands, Making solar work in logistics, CEE, Global Trends… and much more!

• Glasgow leads at COP26
• CEO Interview: Sarah Gordon, Impact Investing Institution
• CEO Interview: Clemens Brenninkmeijer, Redevco
• Insight & Strategy: Sustainable Logistics
• Insight & Strategy: Diversity and Real Estate
• Regulations: The case for international standards

• Real Asset IMPACT
• CEO Interview: Peter Epping, Hines
• CEO Interview: Katarzyna Zawodna-Bijoch, Skanska
• Insight & Strategy: Repurposing city centres
• Insight & Strategy: Investing in Senior living
• Impact funds

• Preview: Real Asset IMPACT
• A step-by-step guide to Impact Investing
• Brookfield makes big move for renewables
• Clean energy infrastructure
• Regulatory changes drive push green investments
• People moves