“Climate and ESG are Front and Center,” Solicits Public Comments on Climate Disclosure Policy
Mark Segal
Tenants can be nudged into new behavior with the right set of tools.
Top Headlines
Curated daily by our industry experts. Stay informed on how climate tech is colliding with the real estate industry with these important headlines
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ArcelorMittal Launches ‘Green Steel’ Carbon Offset Program
Bloomberg
ArcelorMittal SA is offering certificates that allow customers to reduce their carbon footprint through the steel giant’s own emission cutting projects.
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CREtech Climate, Fifth Wall, and ULI Launch A Critical Survey for Owners, Operators, and Asset Managers
Brendan Wallace
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: Fifth Wall partnered with the Urban Land Institute and CREtech / CREtech Climate to launch the first-ever survey to measure how much real estate companies are investing into Climate Tech. This will bring accountability to an industry where there are a lot of grandstanding sustainability claims made by real estate firms BUT THOSE CLAIMS ARE NOT BACKED UP WITH ACTUAL INVESTMENT IN R&D/CLIMATE TECH. Real estate firms often conflate / ar…
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Green construction can play an active role as climate action accelerates
The Seattle Times
When President Joe Biden re-signed the Paris Accord and introduced the largest clean-energy and climate-justice plan the country has ever seen, he launched a significant opportunity to fight climate change. Buildings can be part of the solution.
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Nuveen Pledges Net-Zero Emissions For Entire $133B Portfolio By 2040
Bisnow
One of the world’s biggest real estate owners has pledged to dramatically reduce the environmental impact of its portfolio.
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U.S. Solar Market Insight
SEIA
The U.S. installed 19.2 gigawatts (GWdc) of solar PV capacity in 2020 to reach 97.7 GWdc of total installed capacity, enough to power 17.7 million American homes.
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Volkswagen takes aim at Tesla with own European gigafactories
Reuters
Volkswagen plans to build half a dozen battery cell plants in Europe and expand infrastructure for charging electric vehicles globally, accelerating efforts to overtake Tesla and speed up mass adoption of battery-powered cars.
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Global Real Estate Run
Global Real Estate Run
Awake the community spirit within you and run/walk with us for innovation and sustainability in the real estate industry.
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Unusual ‘machine in the woods’ taps clean energy deep underground for new Microsoft campus
Microsoft
“What I love about working in sustainability at Microsoft and on this project is that it’s like that improv comedy game ‘Yes, and,’”
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Creating a greener, more affordable New York
Real Estate Weekly
The solutions to both New York’s affordable housing shortage and the global climate emergency are inextricably linked.
