Real Estate Decarbonisation Curves by CRREM and SBTi

Introduction The Carbon Risk Real Estate Monitor (CRREM) is a widely used and free-of-charge tool providing real estate climate transition pathways. It has updated its decarbonization curve in cooperation with the SBTi. Until now, there were differences between these two widely used transition pathways. The new pathways now require the

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Are companies ready for reporting according to the CSRD?

The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) is mandated by the European Commission to develop the sustainability reporting standards and started publishing the “European Sustainability Reporting Standards” (ESRS) in January 2022. The group published drafts for the sector-agnostic cross-cutting and topical standards for consultation in April 2022. The first set

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The Climate is Changing and there are Risks Involved

The world is changing. With regard to anthropogenic climate change, there are two possible future worlds: We manage to shift our economy so that it operates within the planetary boundaries. We fail to do so and face significant climate change, including all the extreme weather events that can be expected.

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Real Estate and Sustainable Finance

Due to its connection with the financial sector as an investment or financing object, the real estate sector is affected by sustainable finance regulations like no other real economic sector. In particular, companies along the value chain of a property, from the project developer to the construction company to asset

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Net Zero for Financial Institutions

In recent decades financial institutions have interpreted sustainability as an internal Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) topic only. However the industry has begun to develop a profound understanding of the significant impact that sustainable finance really can have. After the IPCC’s “Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C (SR15) in 2018

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