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Sustainability Bites? The Impact of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for Commercial Real Estate Lending
05 November 2015
In recent years sustainability risks and drivers have had a transformational impact on the way in which equity investors approach direct real estate investment and management. To support the commercial real estate lending community, with the help of our Real Estate Lending Working Group, we have put together an Industry Insight which highlights the risks associated with Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards and the practical steps lenders can take to mitigate such risks.
Topic: Investment
Type: Blogs
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Sharing Best-Practise Across the Channel - BBP Meets its French Counterpart
03 November 2015
On the 22nd of October the BBP received the OID for the first episode of what we hope is the start to a strong cross channel collaboration.
Topic: Market Transformation
Type: Blogs
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Industry Initiative to Look at Australia for Solution to Performance Gap
29 October 2015
Design for performance feasibility study launched to develop a scheme to guarantee the in-use energy performance of new offices.
Topic: Market Transformation
Type: News
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Sustainability in Buildings Makes for a Better Investment
23 October 2015
A panel debate on sustainability in the property industry was organised by Property Week and Capita Real Estate think tank. Sarah Ratcliffe, BBP Programme Director, was on the panel.
Type: News
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ESG as a Crystal Ball
20 October 2015
This morning I attended an event hosted by MSCI titled Applied ESG Research: Making Capital Decisions Using ESG Research and Data. The panel included an analyst, actuary, asset manager, journalist and representatives from MSCI and the UN Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI). Here are the key points I took from the two hour conversation on how environmental, social and governance factors are used in investment decision making.
Topic: Measurement & Reporting
Type: Blogs
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Recruit London
12 October 2015
The Crown Estate, in partnership with Westminster City Council and Cross River Partnership, hosts the Recruit London scheme. Since 2009, this innovative community employment and training initiative has been helping Westminster jobseekers into sustainable employment and supporting West End businesses with free recruitment services. Recruit London’s Workplace Coordinators work with employers and referral agencies to match local jobseekers to vacancies, supporting candidates throughout and helping them access training.
Topic: Occupier Engagement
Type: Case Studies
Member: The Crown Estate
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Our Commitment to Tackling Climate Change
07 October 2015
Caroline Hill, Head of Sustainability at Land Securities, discusses how the company is supporting the UK's transition to a low carbon economy.
Topic: Energy/Carbon
Type: Blogs
Member: Landsec
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Sustainability Benchmarking: Does it Tell the Full Story?
06 October 2015
As sustainability benchmarking season is upon us we are pleased to be able to report positive results. We have improved our scores under the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and are one of only 2 property companies making the top 20 in an assessment of the quality of carbon reporting within the FTSE 100.
Topic: Measurement & Reporting
Type: Blogs