Environmental Sustainability

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Meeting the Commercial Property Retrofit Challenge - Part 1: Defining a Strategy

The potential obsolescence of buildings is accelerating, driven by evolving regulatory, physical, financial, and functional risks, relating to sustainability. This report, the first in a three-part…

2 months ago

Development

Third of UK developers say homes held up by power shortages

Supply crunch looms for England as support for change in government grows

6 months ago

ESG

REframing ESG

A new framework to refocus and simplify the approach to ESG in property to achieve outcomes and what wealthy individual are doing in this space

8 months ago

Research

M&S Marble Arch: what have we learned?

Making sense of the latest trends in property and economics from around the globe

8 months ago

Development

Housing Delivery Test 2022: Which areas are falling short?

Nearly a fifth of local planning authorities in England face having less sway over planning decisions

10 months ago

ESG

Let’s COP to it: What happened at COP28 for the built environment?

COP28 was held against a backdrop of what will almost certainly be the hottest year on record. While there has been a lot of chatter surrounding the hosting location and intent, COP remains a key…

11 months ago

ESG

A new SPV - Solar power value

The potential solar photovoltaics (PV) energy generation opportunities for the UK from car parks and rooftops.

11 months ago

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Life Sciences

Achieving sustainability in Life Sciences

How the life sciences industry is working towards a sustainable future.

One year ago

ESG

Do homeowners value and seek sustainability?

With the roll back on net zero policies billed as a cost saving exercise, we examine whether UK homeowners value sustainability and how property marketing can play a role.

One year ago

ESG

Does hybrid work lower carbon emissions?

With the world of work having been upended and hybrid working approaches increasingly becoming the norm, we consider what this means for emissions, more importantly, does hybrid work really lower…

One year ago

Rural Insights

Regenerative agriculture – is it a profitable venture?

We take a look at a farm practicing regenerative agriculture to see how it impacted its costs and look at the risks involved.

One year ago

ESG

Residential landlord’s face sizeable energy efficiency upgrade cost

Proposed minimum energy efficiency standards regulation in England could leave residential landlords facing a £17.9 billion bill.

One year ago

ESG

UK Budget 2023: real estate and sustainability key highlights

Chancellor Hunt’s “growth budget” had very little in it to drive competitiveness in the future or green economy. We examine the key sustainability policies and those that were missing.

One year ago