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Sustainable Real Estate: Trends and Trajectories

Green Business Bureau

What Is Sustainable Real Estate? Sustainable real estate includes commercial and residential real estate property that is designed, built and operated in a way that minimizes environmental impact. The Benefits of Sustainable Real Estate. The Challenges of Sustainable Real Estate.

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Why Will High Carbon Emitting Buildings Be Worth Less Over Time

The Environmental Blog

However, as sustainable construction is gaining importance, many cities are now set to change the rules of the game in commercial real estate. In New York City, the Climate Mobilization Act was designed to cut down carbon emissions dramatically. This in turn, makes such inefficient properties less competitive in the market.

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£400m to be invested in UK plastic recycling facilities

Envirotec Magazine

Renewable and alternative energy company Clean Planet Energy announced a joint venture with private equity firm Crossroads Real Estate on 15 November 15. A new partnership may pave the way for more than £400 million to be invested in recycling facilities across the UK.

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Sustainable finance and net zero: Why investors cannot afford to be left behind

Business Green

Now is the time for businesses of all shapes and sizes to step up and take action to decarbonise their real estate assets, writes BRE Group's James Fisher. It is now essential for business resilience in the long-term - particularly in the real estate market.

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Rothesay and Railpen commit to 2050 net zero targets

Business Green

Rothesay is aiming to be carbon neutral, or negative, across its direct operations by 2023, and net-zero carbon emissions across its investment portfolio by 2050, both compared to a 2020 baseline date. tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per full-time employee. Railpen to slash emissions 25-30 per cent by 2025.

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'Nothing' is not as straight forward as it seems

Business Green

Basil Demeroutis, managing partner at real estate investor FORE Partnership, offers a whirlwind guide to the complex world of net zero carbon. There is a lot of excitement about creating net zero carbon buildings, and rightly so. Not many property professionals can tell you what net zero carbon actually means.

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M&G acquires stake in Greencore in £500m boost for 'climate positive' homes plan

Business Green

The development will be led by M&G's real estate investment team, on behalf of investors in its residential property and shared ownership strategies. The company claims its homes absorb more carbon than is emitted during construction and over the lifetime of the home.