ESG

Ruth Legg

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.
Water next up for environmental data standards

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.
clean energy

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
ESG

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
Human capital elusive for real estate employers

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.
ESG metrics inform range of CRE stakeholders

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.
Greece

REMI Network

First skyscraper in Greece begins ascent

The residential tower will rise within one of the largest urban regeneration projects in the world.
KingSett a global leader as GRESB uptake swells

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.
Human rights due diligence aligns with ESG

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.
Consistent data for ESG reporting still elusive

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.
practice

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.
Business case assumptions evolve alongside ESG

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.
Climate change and ESG pervade CRE projections

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.
Ivanhoe Cambridge embraces innovative financing

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.
GRESB validates real estate's ESG credentials

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.
Real estate gender splits outdo TSX benchmark

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.