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ESG: ‘Exciting times’ ahead as consensus on KPIs grows

Robbie Epsom, EMEA head of Sustainability, CBRE Investment Management.
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ZIN project in Brussels to set new standard for sustainability

Case for office retrofitting stronger as rent gap hits 35%

Impact interview: ‘Our role is to increase the value of low-carbon assets in Europe’

Nicol Dynes

BRE: Building on a century of research

Nicol Dynes

The best of the best: BREEAM Awards 2024 winners

Nicol Dynes

From regulation to innovation: a new era in sustainable real assets

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Seeking a different model for senior living

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Germany embraces geothermal energy to power green transition

Paul Strohm

For ESG, it’s location, location, location

Courtney Fingar

ZAR on a mission to green Germany’s residential

Guest View

The impact of EU Deforestation Regulation on real estate

Christiane Conrads

‘Digitalisation and AI are driving the requirement for lifelong learning’

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A playbook for the real estate sector’s green transition

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Rethinking ESG: turning the definition on its head

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Interlinking all ESG issues makes it easier to drive value

Emily Hamilton, Chief Sustainability Officer, Savills Investment Management.

LCBI awards first European labels to low-carbon projects

Where sport and sustainability meet

Nicol Dynes

Beware how financial markets are pricing in climate risk

Guest View

Senior housing sector faces obstacles to affordability

Sylwia Ziemacka

Four key ESG regulations you need to know about

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Life-long learning about climate change is a must

Ron van Bloois

Granger and Lown expand TFT’s ESG offer

Nicol Dynes

UK Green Building Council promotes Abdul to new role

Nicol Dynes

ULI announces chairs for two product councils

Nicol Dynes

Montagu Evans taps healthcare partner Shah to head up DEI

Nicol Dynes

Patel becomes Permira’s new co-head of climate

Nicol Dynes

Feldberg chooses Duckworth for brown-to-green fund

Nicol Dynes

Bidwells hires new group head of sustainability

Nicol Dynes

Montea’s Antwerp project wins EXPO Real Impact award 2024

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

Real Asset Impact – October 2024

Lucien Howlett

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

Impact interview: ‘Always be on the green side of things, not on the brown side’

Richard Betts

How can artificial intelligence help real estate’s green transition?

Nicol Dynes

Greening residential portfolios: an impossible challenge?

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Designing for social value

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Stranded offices are a lesson for residential

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Impact in numbers – June

Nicol Dynes

Social impact: more focus will help deliver better results

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Public-private partnership to create 300 senior flats in Rome

How to build a credible strategy for ESG adoption

Christiane Conrads

Five lessons from five years of investing in affordable housing

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A new lease of life for long-proven material

Nicol Dynes

Social impact: unlocking social value throughout an asset’s lifecycle

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A unified strategy and cooperation are needed to achieve net zero

Courtney Fingar

Understanding the buildings in our portfolios is first step to sustainability

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Sustainability emerges as a critical factor in property valuation

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Prepare for a range of climate futures

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Germany’s commercial real estate remains green and is getting greener

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Creating aspirational environments seniors want to move to

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Summit tackles key issues as populations continue to age

Sylwia Ziemacka

Real estate has a responsibility to decarbonise – here’s how

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Francisco named C&W’s first sustainability chief

Nicol Dynes

Orchard Street IM appoints Barber as head of responsibility and ESG

Nicol Dynes

Aviva Investors expands responsible investment team

Nicol Dynes

Lendlease veteran joins UK impact developer

Nicol Dynes

Colliers Netherlands hires head of ESG

Nicol Dynes

Frederick joins Impact Healthcare board

Nicol Dynes
Ron van Bloois

Opinion: making a material impact

Ron van Bloois

Control and ownership are key to resilience

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Asia Special: A Jenga hotel for a tropical climate

Nicol Dynes

Asia Special: Singapore evolves from garden city to city in nature

Nicol Dynes

Impact interview: British Land’s three sustainability pillars

Nicol Dynes

Real Asset Impact – June/July 2024

Lucien Howlett

Branicks new renewables fund shows the way the wind blows

Amundi infrastructure unit flicks switch on new wind farm
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Costs of climate mitigation will likely multiply if action delayed

Xavier Jongen, Managing Director, Catella Residential Investment
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Green guidelines embedded in plans for Egypt’s new capital

Mohamed Al Desouky Energy Director, ACUD Administrative Capital for Urban Development.

M7 to create Ireland’s greenest refurbished logistics building
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Energy efficient infrastructure sector has ‘enormous potential’

Christopher Garbe, Managing Partner, Garbe Industrial Real Estate
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Breaking down data barriers key to protecting asset value

Johanna Fuchs Boenisch, CEO, Susteco.
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Energy efficient infrastructure sector has ‘enormous potential’

Christopher Garbe, Managing Partner, Garbe Industrial Real Estate

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
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Kicking the carbon can down the road: ‘a silly thing to do’

Xavier Jongen, Managing Director, Catella Residential Investment
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Redevco sets out plans for creation of liveable cities

Brigit Gerritse, Head of Research & Strategy, Redevco

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
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Iceland exploits leadership on sustainability and diversity

Eliza Reid, First Lady, Iceland

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
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ESG and senior living both mainstream MIPIM ’24 topics

Ron van Bloois, chair SHHA, & Managing Editor Real Asset Impact.

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
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Real estate leadership needed in face of rising climate cost

Guy Grainger, Global Head of Sustainability & ESG, JLL

CBRE: energy efficient assets deliver stronger performance
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Alternative energy sources now a ‘critical’ strategic necessity

Gabriella Zepf, Sustainability Director, Segro.

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

New RICS president Tina Paillet sets sights on sustainability

Nicol Dynes

Former PwC real estate leader is new adviser at Syzygy

Nicol Dynes

Savills adds to social value team in drive to become industry leader

Nicol Dynes

2Life appoints new chief of real estate

Nicol Dynes

Colliers promotes Gutowski to head of ESG in CEE

Nicol Dynes

Robinson becomes Audley Group’s first health and wellness director

Nicol Dynes

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

Asia Special: Ronald Lu & Partners – Bringing nature to every doorstep

Nicol Dynes

Asia Special: Singapore’s ‘visionary leader in landscape architecture’

Nicol Dynes

Asia Special: ‘Redefining the status quo of urban living’

Nicol Dynes

Asia Special: The green skyscraper of the future

Nicol Dynes
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City of London sets the ESG bar high for itself and investors

Andrien Meyers, Chair, Investment Committee, City of London Corporation

Amro Partners & Falco finance green PBSA project in Spain

Focus shifts to attracting more diverse workforce

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Sue Brown: life-long equality campaigner sets out real estate’s to-do list

Nicol Dynes

Creating resilient communities in the Middle East

Nicol Dynes

COP28’s call to action: electrify buildings responsibly now

Guest View

COP28 made progress on built environment’s net-zero challenge

Courtney Fingar

COP28 roundtable – a green oasis in the desert

Courtney Fingar

Comment: Impact of the Community

Ron van Bloois

AI could halve real estate’s carbon footprint by 2030

A green transformation is underway in the industrial and logistics sector

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Panattoni Park Cheb South – the world’s greenest industrial space

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Moving to defuse a senior-living time bomb

Nicol Dynes

C&W report: rehabilitation properties in demand in Germany

Nicol Dynes

Interview: ‘We need to demonstrate a business case for sustainability’

Nicol Dynes

Green leader: Green valuation means aligning ESG ambitions with actions

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The link between circularity and biodiversity in real estate

Christiane Conrads and Sebastian Kreutel

We need a broader view to create resilient cities

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Qualitative data provides valuable insights into alternative climate futures

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Development that delivers a positive environmental impact

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Retrofitting: balancing embodied carbon and operational savings

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Making the right choice in today’s evolving energy landscape

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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

Real Asset Impact – March 2024

Lucien Howlett

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
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French net zero regs keep property sector on its toes

Öykü Kurtoglu, Head of Sustainability & ESG at Paref Group.

Patrizia to play key role in Germany’s hydrogen switch
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CEE construction is getting into shape – and it’s circular

Agnieszka Sznyk, president of the board, INNOWO, Poland.

Nido partners with Utopi to reduce PBSA carbon footprint
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Investors have the ability to push real estate to net zero

Jeremy Oppenheim, Co-founder and Senior Partner, Systemiq
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Single standard would help collection of carbon data

Derk Welling, Senior Responsible Investment & Governance Manager, APG Asset Management

Patrizia’s lightbulb moment could tame Italian energy use

Green building movement becoming increasingly global
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Net zero needs innovation in approach not just technology

Ella Etienne-Denoy, Senior Director, Head of ESG Business Development & Innovation, Continental Europe, CBRE
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Senior housing need universal but differences call for respect

Mathilde Guittard, Senior Investment Manager, Octopus Real Estate

Patrizia impact strategy to invest €500m in communities
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Alignment needed between EU and UK sustainability regs

Gabriella Zepf, Sustainability Director, Segro.
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Real estate must use leading indicators not historic data

Guy Grainger, Global Head of Sustainability & ESG, JLL
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More work needed if values are to reflect the transition burden

Lisette van Doorn, Chief Executive Officer, ULI Europe

La Française adds Lille project to senior housing portfolio
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UK’s net zero carbon standard aims to appeal to whole sector

David Partridge, Governance Board Chair, Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard

Ranking reveals top cities able to withstand climate change
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Cop28: Info sharing helps regs address global concerns locally

Heike Schmitz, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills.
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Helping science start-ups to thrive is key to sustainability

Jie Zhou, Senior Programme Manager, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.

Owners and occupiers need to talk about decarbonisation: ULI
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Transition initiative launched at Cop28 provides welcome guide

Dr Ahmed Shalaby, President and CEO, Tatweer Misr
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‘Collaboration’ is key to future in Dubai’s living technology lab

Ghanim Al Falasi, Senior Vice President, Technology and Entrepreneurship, Dubai Silicon Oasis

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

The IMPACT interview: Anders Danielsson, Skanska

Nicol Dynes

Seville bids to become ‘metropolis of the south’

Nicol Dynes

In pictures: Seville’s new urban district

Nicol Dynes

Seville’s sustainable retail therapy

Nicol Dynes

Impact in numbers

Nicol Dynes

John Morden Centre: prize-winning senior living

Nicol Dynes

A blueprint for net-zero retirement

Nicol Dynes

Paris looks to clear hurdles in race to net zero

Nicol Dynes

‘The biggest contribution we make is providing and digitising data’

Nicol Dynes

Sustainable cities in the desert: building greener in extreme climates

Courtney Fingar

ESG definitions in transition

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Transforming neighbourhoods into sustainable communities

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Wind farms: five leading UK projects

Nicol Dynes

Navigating the CSRD: a roadmap for sustainability reporting

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Why Europe needs to adopt digitisation to successfully implement ESG

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Pioneering a net-zero approach for indirect real estate investing

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Meeting the challenge of delivering social value

Sylwia Ziemacka

How to avoid ‘social washing’

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Economic reality of social value can no longer be ignored

Nicol Dynes

Focus on liveability dominates city agendas

Nicol Dynes

Nuveen hires Moss as nature-based solutions head

Nicol Dynes

Kajima expands its London-based renewables team

Nicol Dynes

ESG: Europe is past the why, now it’s how and when

Nicol Dynes

Logistics occupiers want more green buildings

Nicol Dynes

How to quantify the financial impacts of climate change

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Stewardship is the new way to lead in real estate

Nicol Dynes
Ron van Bloois

Comment: Commit global, act local

Ron van Bloois

Heimstaden recruits head of environmental sustainability

Nicol Dynes

How offices can empower sustainable mobility

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Use of sustainable building methods gains pace in Europe

Jurrian Knijtijzer, Managing Director and Founder at Finch Buildings

SHHA: Collaboration takes us to the next level

Sylwia Ziemacka

The complexities of turning buildings from ‘brown’ to ‘green’

Guest View

Axa IM Alts completes first US solar project in JV with Cabot
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Collaboration key to riding the largest industrial revolution yet

Robbie Epsom, CBRE Investment Management

Why the boomer generation is senior living’s biggest challenge

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BNP Paribas launches €750m climate mitigation fund
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High quality data an essential component for all ESG needs

Adrian Karczewicz, Head of Divestments, CEE, Skanska

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

Real Asset Impact – December 2023

Lucien Howlett

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
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SHHA is helping provide directions on road to Paris

Ron van Bloois, Chair, SHHA

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

Primevest raises sustainability bar for car parking funds
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Levelling the sustainability landscape for pitched roofs

Eytan Levi, Co-Founder, Roofscapes.
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Phasing the way forward while 97% of net zero work still ahead

Anna Tsartsari, Co Founding Director, Head of ESG and Sustainability, BE Design

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

KGAL to manage new fund to grow green hydrogen projects
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Over-engineering can be key to anticipating ESG needs: P3

Jens Thale, Head of Construction, P3 Logistic Parks.

Fidelity buys City offices from WeWork for impact fund

‘Exemplary’ retirement home wins RIBA Stirling Prize 2023
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Pricing carbon risks a greater challenge for listed securities

Andrea Palmer, Responsible Investment Lead, PGGM

INSIGHT Interview: Schroders’ platform path turns challenges into opportunities

Paul Strohm

Creating affordable cities: the urban investment challenge

Robin Pascoe

Opportunity for investors and entrepreneurs to rebuild Ukraine

Guest View
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ESG: asset managers with clear mandate on strategy do best

Alex Avery, CEO, Pragma Consulting

Logistics investors and occupiers at odds over ESG compliance

Nicol Dynes

Azora and CBRE Spain launch climate solutions competition
Ron van Bloois

‘We need a connected vision for healthcare’

Ron van Bloois

Energy-focused resi renovation firm wins ULI proptech award

Düsseldorf East: Creating added value and setting new standards

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The IMPACT interview: ‘We have long believed that good stewardship is good business’

Nicol Dynes

Impact in numbers

Nicol Dynes

European care strategy: ‘It’s worth investing in care sector’

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Europe is a patchwork of regulations and market conditions

Nicol Dynes

Demand for care homes rises rapidly

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Care home sector: betting on a ‘social premium’

Nicol Dynes

Digging deep for a greener Berlin

Nicol Dynes

Investors are diversifying – and senior housing is the beneficiary

Nicol Dynes

Standard bearers of sustainable buildings

Nicol Dynes

A Tonic for LGBT+ senior living

Nicol Dynes

Money alone cannot ease mismatch in senior accommodation

Judi Seebus

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

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

Social housing and sustainable finance: natural partners for green investors

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Social focus drives investment in affordable rental housing

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Vertical communities reach for the skies

Nicol Dynes

Redevco: why sustainability pays off in the long term

Richard Betts

‘It’s becoming almost impossible to stay ahead of ESG regulations’

Nicol Dynes

‘A clear mismatch between talk and action when it comes to ESG’

Courtney Fingar

IMPACT interview: Solving the complex solar-power puzzle for asset owners

Richard Betts

IMPACT Profile: Robbie Epsom – leading the transition to net zero

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Data key to keeping up with ESG regulatory landscape

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The importance of biodiversity should not be underestimated

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Speeding up the transition to future-proof construction

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The role of climate scenarios in the investment process

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CEE offers a rich green tapestry of investment opportunities

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AEW costs climate premium for keeping assets unstranded

Existing buildings under the spotlight

Nicol Dynes

A green concert? That’s music to my ears

Ron van Bloois

Real Asset Impact – October 2023

Lucien Howlett

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