ESG Solutions for Landlords and Occupiers

As a global leader in real estate, we are committed to helping you reduce your environmental impact and become more sustainable.

How can CBRE help?

Throughout the real estate lifecycle, occupiers encounter various decision-making points at which they can take action towards meeting their ESG objectives. CBRE employs a Plan-Transact-Build-Operate-Measure approach to help our clients create a purpose-driven agenda around ESG.

What is a Green Lease?

The built environment is responsible for nearly 40% of global carbon emissions. Across commercial real estate, owners and tenants both need to develop plans to decarbonize quickly and at scale.

A green lease includes clauses that realign financial and sustainability objectives between a landlord and tenant. It could encompass alterations in operational procedures, commitments to building retrofits using sustainable materials and appliances, and utility tracking requirements.

Why are Green Leases important?

CBRE Service: Change Management and Leasing Services – Office Leasing, Workplace Consulting and ESG Advisory

Planning sets the stage for ESG impacts throughout the real estate lifecycle. CBRE is equipped to help occupiers perform due diligence on environmental factors and provide a clear understanding of these factors and their associated risks from the outset, enabling you to make optimal business decisions. We empower landlords to stay ahead of the curve by addressing modern occupiers' sustainability and technology needs, allowing them to retain and attract tenants and differentiate themselves proactively.

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Emphasizing ESG priorities at the initial stage of a transaction establishes a strong foundation for achieving your ESG objectives. From portfolio optimization strategies and location selection to green leases, CBRE can help you to take a more proactive stance at an early stage to ensure success.

CBRE Service: Project Management

Tenant fit-outs, retrofits or even build-to-suit construction, the commencement of a building project is the optimal time to integrate sustainability criteria. By helping you to define your sustainability goals upfront we can take appropriate measures and introduce any hardware modifications required to achieve these targets — this could include green, healthy or smart building certifications such as LEED, WELL and SmartScore.

CBRE Service: Facility Management and Property Management

Managing a portfolio is the most evident opportunity to support a more sustainable future. By keeping sustainability efforts at the forefront, we ensure that your building portfolio aligns with the best sustainability practices through tenant education, and by regulating the codes of conduct with vendors and suppliers.

CBRE Service: Facility Management and ESG Advisory

Connecting actions to strategic objectives and positive outcomes, and maintaining transparency with all stakeholders, can positively impact a company’s financial and sustainability performance. CBRE adopts a comprehensive, end-to-end approach to measuring your carbon emissions and ESG initiatives throughout the occupier lifecycle for the biggest impact.

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Contacts

Judy Wai

Senior Director, Investor Solutions, Office Leasing, Hong Kong

Lic: E-226598

Mobile +852 9306 4697

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Jiwon Choi

Senior Manager, ESG, Valuation & Advisory Services, Hong Kong

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