Posts by Oliver Pye
EVORA Global leads HECF to winning coveted ESG award
EVORA is delighted to have supported our long-standing client Hines European Core Fund (HECF) in helping them win the 2021 PREA Real Estate Investment Management ESG award, beating 59 other Funds to the prestigious title. The awards recognise PREA members at the forefront of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues within real estate investing and…
Read MoreNo longer optional: Shifting to a more sustainable investment model
Recent months have seen a flurry of articles demonstrating that many sustainable (ESG) investments have outperformed their unsustainable non-ESG rivals during the intense market-downturn caused by COVID-19. BlackRock – one of the world’s largest investment managers – and MCSI – a leading investment research firm – are amongst those who have published robust analyses illustrating…
Read MoreGRESB Results 2018: EVORA supports Hines to achieve Sector Leader status and top global ranking in Health, Wellbeing and Resilience
PRESS RELEASE – 12 September 2018 Download the full press release here. Hines Pan-European Core Fund Recognized as Sector Leader by GRESB Results 2018 for Sustainability Performance We are delighted to congratulate our client, Hines Pan-European Core Fund (HECF), for their absolutely stellar GRESB 2018 results: GRESB Global Sector Leader GRESB Europe Sector Leader Ranked…
Read MoreChanges to GRESB 2018 Real Estate Survey Part 2 – The Detail
Last week, my colleague Paul Sutcliffe penned a blog briefly setting out the headline changes to the GRESB 2018 Real Estate Survey. Having had a bit more time to digest these updates, below I provide a detailed look at how the survey has changed this year. I also outline some key practical considerations. Unlike Paul’s…
Read MoreNet Zero and Health and Wellbeing: Can the ‘Net Zero’ Concept Be Applied to Health and Wellbeing?
This blog is part of our Net Zero series for World Green Building Week 2017 – read more here. ‘Net zero’ buildings are highly energy-efficient buildings that use on or off-site renewable energy to achieve net zero carbon emissions. Can the concept of ‘net zero’ by adapted for the health and wellbeing agenda? Well, I…
Read MoreHealth and Wellbeing Certification Standards 101
This post was co-authored by Oli Pye, Associate Director and Rhianne Menzies, Junior Sustainability Consultant Momentum behind the topic of health and wellbeing in commercial real estate is building […no pun intended…] and we at EVORA are committed to expanding our expertise in this area significantly. We firmly believe that the health and wellbeing of…
Read MoreThe Non-Financial Reporting Directive: Three Key Questions and How to Approach the New Requirements
This is our 20th blog post of 2017 so far – have you signed up to receive our monthly digest yet? In December 2016, the EU non-financial reporting directive (Directive 2014/95/EU) was transposed into UK law via The Companies, Partnerships and Groups (Accounts and Non-Financial Reporting) Regulations 2016. In short, this legislation requires large companies…
Read MoreThe 2017 GRESB Reporting Cycle (Part 2): A Review of the Recently Released Reference Guide
Two months ago, I set out the main changes to the 2017 GRESB Real Estate survey, based on what could be gleaned from the ‘pre-release’ of the questionnaire. Critically, the full 2017 Real Estate Reference Guide has now been released. At the time of writing, the Health and Wellbeing module and its accompanying reference guide…
Read MoreThe 2017 GRESB Reporting Cycle and Five Tips for GRESB Survey Submission Success!
On your marks, get set… GRESB! According to the time stamp on Tuesday’s Newsletter from GRESB, 01:51pm marked the starting gun for the GRESB 2017 reporting cycle. The race is on…! Within the Newsletter, GRESB provided a link to the ‘pre-release’ of their Real Estate and Developer Assessment surveys. Review of the pre-release offers early…
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