Posts by Chris Bennett
2022: A Year of Tough but Right Decisions
We make hundreds of decisions every day. Some of them small, some more material, but the decisions we make shape and impact our lives and many others around us. The decisions we made in 2022 for EVORA Global were potentially going to have the biggest impact on what the company stood for and its future…
Read More10 Years of EVORA
It started out as a table on a spreadsheet. A handful of prospects with some numbers against them that added up to £360k. It was September 2010 and I was 44. It was a now or never moment. I’d always wanted to run my own business from a young age, but doing what? For the…
Read MoreHow difficult can it be to develop software?
Back in 2011 Paul, Ed and I founded EVORA Global, a niche sustainability consultancy focussed on the real estate investment market, driven by a passion to make a difference. A year later we were winning more clients, gathering an abundance of data and our spreadsheets started bursting at the seams. Although there was a proliferation…
Read MoreEVORA Global announced as headline partner on Estates Gazette new Sustainability Programme
EVORA is pleased to be working in collaboration with the Estates Gazette and other industry leaders to share knowledge and key learnings about sustainability with the real estate industry. Find out more here. Read the article “How real estate is mobilised to face a real and present danger” by Chris Bennett here. Listen to the podcast…
Read MoreEVORA Insights: GRESB and Data Quality
Interview with Ragnar Martens, Director IT and Analytics With GRESB submissions now over for another year, many of us in the industry can breathe a (small) sigh of relief. EVORA Associate Director, Nick Hogg, took some time to talk with Ragnar Martens, Director IT and Analytics at GRESB about GRESB and data quality. With ESG…
Read MoreEVORA Insights: The future of GRESB and the real estate industry
Interview with Roxana Isaiu, Director Real Estate, GRESB With GRESB submissions now over for another year, many of us in the industry can breathe a (small) sigh of relief. EVORA Director and co-founder, Ed Gabbitas, took some time out to speak with Roxana Isaiu, Director Real Estate, GRESB to chat about the future of GRESB…
Read MoreEVORA supports Schroder Real Estate Investment Management (SREIM) to achieve the first ‘Fitwel for Workplace: Multi-Tenant Whole Building’ Certification in Europe
The Schroder UK Real Estate Fund office asset, Battersea Studio 1, was officially awarded the first ‘Fitwel for Workplace: Multi-Tenant Whole Building’Certification in Europe. As official Fitwel Ambassadors, EVORA supported in the completion of the assessment. As a ‘Whole Building’ assessment, the Fitwel certification applies to the entire asset and all building users (including tenants),…
Read MoreGRESB 2019: Are you ready for the portal to open?
With just two weeks until the GRESB portal opens for 2019, the EVORA consultancy team is gearing up for our eighth year supporting clients through their GRESB Real Estate Survey submissions. We are experts in GRESB and that is why at least 80 funds have put their faith in us to manage their submission. GRESB…
Read MoreThe business case for ESG. Shouldn’t it just be business as usual?
EVORA Staff Benefits: living our Values
EVORA strives to be an open-minded, culture-driven company that really believes in our people, individually and collectively. Over the years, we have built a team of like-minded colleagues and it is fair to say, our people really are at the heart of everything we do and achieve. Over the past 36 months our niche team…
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