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Sustainability is becoming an integral part of the suitability test of investments.  With the EU Action Plan on Financing Sustainable Growth, the EU has created binding rules for financial advisors.  It also underlines its ambitions in the fight against climate change and sets a clear signal for the reallocation of cap ...

There are several sustainable – "green" – building certifications schemes and great variation in how they are structured, evaluated, and weight social, environmental and economic dimensions.  For the definition of "sustainable building certification", this paper from 2019 gives the three dimensions equal weight.  Activ ...

It is suggested that standards and regulation of the construction of the supply chain would be less effective than the "ethical approach" and third-party monitoring.  At best, developers and construction companies make an ethical choice as regards sustainable procurement, for which the value for money (VfM) framework a ...

Sustainable development goals (SDGs) provide comprehensive sustainable development criteria along a property's value chain and whole-life cycle.  Since the real estate industry is chiefly responsible for the development and management of property, it must also lead the environmental stewardship of the built environment ...

The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) call for companies to actively engage in the social, economic and environmental transformation process.  Business contribution to the SDGs requires integrating the SDGs into their core competitive strategy, organizational culture, and business model.  For this, companies must ...