Sustainability Solutions
Occupier Services
Set clear minimum sustainability requirements when selecting a property, evaluate assets based on their ESG characteristics, get support for green lease agreements, and estimate your CO₂ emissions.
Elevate your ESG strategy with powerful tools to set investment criteria, benchmark ESG performance, navigate green lease frameworks, and measure your CO₂ footprint — powered by CBRE’s industry-leading insights and sustainability expertise.
Our Services
Location analysis
Make informed decisions by conducting site-level assessments that compare potential and existing assets based on embodied carbon, operational energy use, and employee commuting-related emissions. Benchmark existing sites to identify underperformers, assess relocations, and support new site selection.
Focus Areas
- Benchmarking
- Energy emissions
- Embodied emissions
- Commuting emissions
Minimum site requirements
Establish clear minimum requirements for asset selection during acquisitions and lease renewals. Develop a scoring matrix to evaluate and compare assets against these criteria. Review and update the criteria annually to ensure alignment with evolving regulations, corporate sustainability objectives, and market best practices.
Focus Areas
- Scoring matrix
- Criteria updates
- Benchmarking
- Compliance
Green leases
Leverage Green Leases as a strategic instrument to manage sustainability risks, clarify environmental responsibilities, and support the achievement of corporate ESG targets. Ensure all stakeholders are aligned with environmental objectives and clearly define the financial responsibility related to asset improvements.
Focus Areas
- Green lease framework
- Portfolio risk mapping
- Training of real estate teams
- Grean lease heads of terms
- Green Lease Leaders accreditation
- Gap analysis towards Green Lease Leaders requirements
Decarbonization Roadmap
Conduct a comprehensive portfolio analysis to establish its baseline performance. Define asset- and portfolio-level targets aligned with corporate objectives. Develop a strategic improvement roadmap, including both short- and long-term CAPEX plans.
Focus Areas
- Baseline assessment
- Target setting
- Decarbonization pathway
- CAPEX planning
- Action implementation
- Progress monitoring
Refurbishment guidelines
Our refurbishment and fit-out guidelines help create functional, healthy, and low-carbon workspaces, that can be adapted to reflect your specific ESG goals, including elements such as circularity, biodiversity, and energy efficiency. By working directly with suppliers, we mitigate risks, reduce carbon emissions, and enhance efficiency—ensuring timely and cost-effective results.
Focus Areas
- Material comparisons
- Life Cycle Assessments
- Project management
- Sustainable material sourcing
- Circular economy principles
- Sustainable design & retrofits
- Sustainable building certifications
CBRE Sustainability Solutions
Our Approach
Simplify complexity, accelerate value creation. No matter where you are on your sustainability journey, we have the strategy to help you achieve your goals. Our solutions are strategic, optimised and scalable – all supported by data-driven insights.
Why Choose CBRE?
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Experts in real estate
We specialise in collaborating with developers, investors, landlords and occupiers to achieve sustainability goals. Our expertise lies in crafting solutions that benefit all stakeholders, meet regulations and enhance the sustainability of the built environment.
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Scalable solutions
Our global presence enables our local teams to deliver customized sustainability solutions that align with regional requirements while maintaining a comprehensive international perspective on the ESG landscape. We offer scalable strategies to achieve carbon neutrality across both local and international portfolios.
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Latest market insights
Our research team monitors real estate market trends, emerging technologies and regulatory developments to deliver state-of-the-art insights and strategic advice, empowering organizations to lead in sustainability and maintain a competitive edge.
