From EU regulation to sustainable portfolio management

While the EU is working on easing reporting requirements, regulation for real improvements and the demand for transparent and reliable sustainability information are increasing at the same time. In particular, banks, investors and other financial market participants are expecting ever sharper insight into how real estate investors address sustainability, risks and resilience. It is no surprise that frameworks such as the CSRD, EPBD IV, the EU Taxonomy and SFDR have been introduced.

In highly competitive segments such as offices and logistics, sustainability has already become a non-negotiable requirement in order to remain attractive. Banks are looking increasingly closely at sustainability performance, for example through instruments such as the mandatory sustainability section (Dupa) in property valuations. But what does this mean in practice on a daily basis in the real estate industry?

In this knowledge session, we will speak with a panel of real estate professionals about how sustainability is actually applied within commercial real estate. What is the role of verified data? How do they translate regulation and ambitions into decisions around design, operations, financing and leasing? And how do they deal with the growing requirements from financiers, tenants and investors?

The panel shares practical examples of:

•  the role of verified sustainability data and transparent reporting,
•  the impact of sustainability on financeability and value development,
•  experiences with green leases and collaboration with tenants,
•  and the question: what works in practice—and what proves more difficult?

This session does not provide a theoretical framework, but rather an honest and practical discussion about how sustainability is being applied today, the issues organisations are running into, and the lessons they have learned.