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Benchmarking laws that once asked only for annual disclosures of whole building energy and water data now carry binding performance targets and real financial penalties. 2026 marks an important transition for U.S. building performance regulation. Across s

There is a substantial need for transition finance that is going largely unrealised. The European Commission estimates total EU energy efficiency investment needs of more than €370 billion per year between 2021 and 2030, with the largest share going towar

Having worked through another GRESB Infrastructure cycle, a few themes stood out to me - particularly around the growing gap between how sustainability is managed in practice and what can realistically be evidenced through the Assessment. Risks may well b

There is a difference between owning sustainable assets and making assets more sustainable and I'm not sure our industry always gives enough weight to the difference. I've been thinking about this in the context of value-add real estate funds, particularl

Impact investing is moving from aspiration to expectation. For real asset investors, the question is no longer whether environmental and social outcomes matter, but how credibly they can be defined, measured and evidenced. As capital markets, regulators a

The Directive's legal implementation will take time, but its investment implications are already visible. The revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) should be read less as a distant compliance issue and more as a forward signal for capit

The two most prominent corporate carbon accounting standards are being brought together in the biggest step towards simplification in more than two decades. On 29 July 2026, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the Greenhouse Gas P

For the first time, UK real estate has a single, credible answer to the question "is this building actually net zero?" With verification against the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard (UK NZCBS) now open, owners and occupiers can put their buildings fo

For many real asset owners and occupiers, energy procurement has historically been treated as an operational task: renew the contract, manage the budget, and report the consumption. That approach is no longer enough. Energy must now be considered strategi