Get to Grips with GRESB
Address sustainability challenges with GRESB reporting to attract responsible investment.
Ace Reporting Season With Our New Guide to GRESB
Whether you’re just dipping your toes into GRESB or looking to boost your existing knowledge, this guide has got you covered. We will help you go from just about ticking the ESG box to becoming the go-to person who can confidently steer the conversation.
SUBMITTING TO GRESB
Highlight transparent ESG performance
Real asset investors face mounting pressure to embrace sustainable Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices and transparently communicate their progress and performance to stakeholders.
A high Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) score showcases your commitment to sustainability, attracting responsible investment and enhancing market reputation. The assessment identifies and mitigates ESG risks, informing wise investment decisions for long-term value preservation.
Benchmarking against peers sets sustainable targets aligned with best practices, improving access to capital as investors favour robust ESG practices. It also ensures regulatory compliance and long-term climate resilience for your assets.
SUBMITTING TO GRESB
Don’t let data slow you down
Successfully submitting a GRESB assessment is no simple task. You need to navigate through time-consuming and complex data collection and validation from various sources. The process is resource-intensive, especially for diverse portfolios. Coordinating with different teams to obtain and disclose accurate ESG data aligned with sustainability practices is a real challenge. Additionally, benchmarking against peers can cause concern if performance falls short, and the costs for data analysis and submissions can be substantial.
Expert assistance can help streamline the process and ensure a successful GRESB score.
GRESB REPORTING SERVICES
How EVORA can help
In 2024, GRESB received reports from 2,223 real estate participants globally, 167 infrastructure funds and 720 infrastructure assets, representing almost $9tr in gross asset value (GAV).
Of these, EVORA supported 177 fund submissions, covering $233bn AUM. That’s approx 20% of submissions in Europe and 10% of submissions worldwide, of which 25% scored 5 stars and 52% 4 or 5 stars.
20 of the funds supported by EVORA have been recognized as Global and Regional Sector Leaders.
Approx 20%
European submissions
10%
Global submissions
$233bn AUM
covered by EVORA
25%
of submissions scored 5 stars
GRESB REPORTING SERVICES
As a global partner and leading provider of GRESB services in Europe, EVORA keeps you on track.
- Analyse gaps based on GRESB assessment requirements
- Assess management, including governance, ESG strategy, policies, disclosure, risk management, and stakeholder engagement
- Evaluate performance, covering data coverage, risk assessments, green building certification, and energy ratings
- Improve your scorecard based on gap analysis
- Collaborate with your team to complete the GRESB assessment
- Collect and verify your energy, water, and waste data on our ESG data management platform, SIERA, to analyse your performance and upload your submission directly to the GRESB portal
- Conduct a GRESB review to forecast your score before the GRESB final release in October
- Perform a post-GRESB review to identify areas for incremental improvements and strengthen your score for the following year
Our Reporting team knows GRESB inside out
EVORA is actively engaged with GRESB, sitting on real estate benchmark committees and ensuring you’re fully prepared for updates.
In 2024, we achieved a development average score of 62 against the GRESB average score of 59, a performance average score of 48 against the GRESB average score of 49, and a management average score of 28 against the GRESB average score of 27.