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CBRE’s UK&I ESG Annual Report showcases the importance of sustainability in the built environment sector and tracks our progress.
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Article | Creating Resilience
What does the EU Sustainability Omnibus mean for real estate?
In a move designed to reduce administrative burden on companies, the European Commission’s recently proposed Sustainability Omnibus package will reduce the coverage and depth of current EU sustainability reporting requirements.
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Report | Creating Resilience
Is Sustainability Certification in Real Estate Worth it? 2024
CBRE’s fourth edition of the report, "Is Sustainability Certification in Real Estate Worth it?" examines the influence of office sustainability performance on value creation and its contribution to enhancing the future resilience of the sector.
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Article | Adaptive Spaces
How are occupiers aligning their real estate portfolio with corporate sustainability goals?
How are occupiers aligning their real estate portfolio with corporate sustainability goals?
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Labour’s manifesto revealed ambitious plans for decarbonising the UK economy. Targets for decarbonising the grid and mandating electric vehicle sales will be brought forward to 2030, new oil and gas exploration will be banned, and a carbon price for imported materials will be introduced.
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Article | Future Cities
Electric vehicles are here to stay – with the right advice, everyone can profit from this
As the UK continues towards its net zero target, regulation requires all new cars to be electric by 2035. This shift is expected to cause a surge in the demand for electric vehicle (EV) charging, and could serve as an additional source of income and rent for real estate owners and landlords.
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The UK transition to net zero relies on increasing the use of renewably generated electricity. But with electricity demand predicted to double the UK by 2050, renewable energy generation and power infrastructure will need to scale up rapidly.
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Article | Intelligent Investment
The current high-cost debt market environment weighs on investors’ sustainability strategies
The European commercial real estate market has witnessed a change in fundamentals during the last few years.
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Although the government has yet to confirm it will raise the MEES for commercial property to ‘Energy Performance Certificate’ B by 2030, the market tends to see tighter regulations as inevitable.
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Article | Creating Resilience
How do green real estate lending terms affect behaviour?
In this article, we explore how green lending terms are structured, what effect they have, and how such terms might evolve in the future.
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Article | Creating Resilience
What affects the price of a green real estate loan?
The price differential between green loans and traditional loans depends on a range of factors and is changing all the time as understanding of risks evolves. In this article, we investigate why.
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Article | Creating Resilience
ESG-friendly lending: A threat or an opportunity for Real Estate Impact Funds?
In this article we explore how these funds might be affected by the more recent growth in ‘sustainable’ or ‘ESG-friendly’ investment funds and lending.
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Article | Creating Resilience, Future Cities, Intelligent Investment
How is the ESG real estate loan market evolving?
This article reflects on our experience of how and why lenders are embracing ‘ESG-friendly’ lending, how new guidance is accelerating progress, and what borrowers need to do to meet the new requirements which lenders are asking for.
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Viewpoint | Creating Resilience, Adaptive Spaces
A practical guide to UK biodiversity net gain costs
From 2023, planning permission will only be granted to developments that achieve a minimum threshold for net gain in biodiversity. What does this mean in practice for developers?
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