ESG
REMI Network
Concert Properties appoints Ruth Legg VP of ESG
Ruth Legg has been named vice president of environment, social and governance at Concert Properties, effective March 26, 2024.
Canadian Property Management
Water next up for environmental data standards
Water is the next metric the Open Standards Consortium for Real Estate (OSCRE) is tackling in its ambitious project to forge consistency in the management and reporting of environmental data.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Using clean energy in your facility
As sustainability continues to be a growing priority for many business owners and facility managers, there are steps you can take to go with a
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
ESG and the commercial cleaning industry
More and more companies are looking for ways to increase their sustainability efforts, and commercial cleaners can help businesses reach their environmental, social, and governance
Canadian Property Management
Human capital elusive for real estate employers
Employers are pressed to fill new kinds of positions and to bolster tech savviness throughout their organizations, while facing labour shortages and a highly competitive market for certain skills.
Canadian Property Management
Range of CRE stakeholders demand ESG metrics
Canada’s leading commercial real estate players are increasingly turning to ESG metrics to track responsiveness to a range of emerging risks and business imperatives.
REMI Network
First skyscraper in Greece begins ascent
The residential tower will rise within one of the largest urban regeneration projects in the world.
Canadian Property Management
KingSett a global leader as GRESB uptake swells
In 2022, 1,820 real estate entities, collectively holding assets valued at USD $7 trillion, reported to the GRESB benchmark on 60 ESG indicators across 14 components of activity.
Canadian Property Management
Human rights due diligence aligns with ESG
New guidance urges commercial real estate operators to consider how contracting, purchasing and leasing can intersect with abuse, exploitation and discrimination.
Canadian Property Management
Consistent data for ESG reporting still elusive
OSCRE International is targeting the asset-level information increasingly needed for ESG reporting and compliance through its new environmental data standards project.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Certified Rental Building Program goes national
FRPO's Certified Rental Building Program (CRBP) is now a national brand, known as the "Canadian Certified Rental Building Program".
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Skyline Living honoured with two CFAA awards
Skyline Living announced it has received two CFAA National Rental Housing Awards for Rental Development of the Year and Rental Housing Provider of the Year.
Canadian Property Management
Business case assumptions evolve alongside ESG
Investors and lenders are expected to increasingly focus on the physical and transitional risks of climate change, in turn upending some conventional views of costs and value.
Canadian Property Management
Climate change and ESG pervade CRE projections
Climate change is more ominous than the spectre of regulations and taxes for a small majority of commercial real estate leaders responding to REALPAC’s recent survey of their expectations for the next decade.
Canadian Property Management
Ivanhoé Cambridge unveils innovative financing
Ivanhoé Cambridge has embraced innovative financing to advance its quest for a carbon-neutral commercial real estate portfolio by 2040.
Canadian Property Management
GRESB validates real estate’s ESG credentials
Canadian participants accounted for less than 3 per cent of the entire GRESB database in 2021, but make up nearly 5 per cent of the 5-star cohort, which achieved the top 20 per cent of scores through the assessment.
Canadian Property Management
Real estate gender splits outdo TSX benchmark
Women are somewhat more conspicuous in commercial real estate’s executive suites and boardrooms than is the average for Canadian companies that disclose such information to regulators and unit/shareholders.