CRE, Decarbonization and the ESG Challenge

Sustainability is becoming mainstream as investors wake up to the risks posed by climate change and recognize the pivotal role their assets play in the solution.

While benchmarking ESG metrics is a critical first step, it’s not enough. With buildings accounting for about a third of carbon emissions in developed economies, the commercial real estate industry has a major role to play.

LABBC’s Executive Director, Dave Hodgins provides a brief explainer of the 8-step “path” recommended for asset managers to get started.

The U.S. Needs Urgent Climate Policy - RMI Has Some Ideas

Climate action is back on the federal agenda in the United States. We’ve seen President Biden take executive action to tackle the climate crisis, rightfully linking it to job creation, environmental justice, and strengthening America’s infrastructure.

With this new federal commitment and momentum, RMI has launched our US Federal Climate Policy Imperatives series, which will contain seven policy briefs representing seven different sectors and change models and focusing on federal government action that can move the United States closer to limiting warming to 1.5° Celsius while building a sustainable economy and creating lasting, quality jobs.

The first policy brief? Decarbonizing buildings.

Bill Gates Wants You to Step Up On Climate

When you’re one of the world’s richest people, it’s hard not to make a global impact. Fortunately for the climate cause, Bill Gates for the last half-decade has invested considerably toward innovations to push the planet toward net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

"Getting to zero is one of the most difficult challenges people have ever taken on," he said in a keynote address broadcast at the GreenBiz 21 virtual event Tuesday. "We’re going to have to change the way we make and consume basically everything, and we’re going to have to do it many times faster than energy transitions have happened in the past."

The Far-Reaching Effects of the Storm, On Power and People

The storm that battered Texas showed the limitations of its power grid and disproportionately affected some of the state’s most vulnerable communities.

Podcast: All Finance is 'Climate Finance'

Climate change has gone macro — as in macroeconomics. It’s not just an environmental, health and justice issue. It has become an economic imperative for financial analysts, finance ministers and the biggest asset managers in the world.