Savills Investment Management (Savills IM), an international real estate investment manager, has secured planning permission from South Cambridgeshire District Council and placed a building contract with Readie Construction Ltd to commence a net zero carbon ready industrial development known as Bourn Quarter on the outskirts of Cambridge.

Independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager Foresight Group's (Foresight) Foresight Sustainable Real Estate Securities Fund (REF), has delivered a very strong first year of performance, with a total return of 14.13 per cent and an indicated yield of 3.8 per cent.

Civitas Social Housing (Civitas), a care-based social housing real estate investment trust, has entered into a national framework agreement with energy provider E.ON to undertake environmental enhancements that will help to reduce the carbon footprint of the Company’s portfolio.

National property consultancy Carter Jonas has appointed sustainability and environmental, social and governance (ESG) expert Rohan Shiram as its new Head of Sustainability, based out of the firm's headquarters, One Chapel Place, London.

AXA IM Alts' flagship European open-ended real estate fund AXA CoRE Europe has priced a seven year EUR500 million green bond offering with an ambitious Green Finance Framework. 

Historic buildings can help tackle the climate crisis, according to a new report published today by Grosvenor Britain & Ireland. 

Manulife Investment Management has released its 2021 Real Estate Sustainability report, which focuses on how the firm is driving leadership in sustainable real estate across our global organisation, and includes details on the greenhouse gas (GHG) model developed for real estate assets, which sets a reduction target of 80 per cent by 2050.

Orchard Street Investment Management's Bauhaus Office scheme, located between Manchester’s Spinngfields and St John’s districts, has achieved a WELL Gold accreditation by sustainability and wellness certifier, the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI). 

One of England’s largest housing associations, Bromford, has launched its inaugural Sustainable Finance Framework helping to measure the impact of up to a billion pounds in ESG-linked funding over the next decade.

The Gresham House Forest Growth & Sustainability strategy aims to deliver sustainable capital growth through new productive woodland creation, whilst also providing exposure to income generating existing forestry. Carbon sequestration and storage by forests represent one of the most effective societal investments in tackling climate change.