Verdani Clients Receive Impressive Results in 2023 GRESB Real Estate Assessment
Verdani’s clients average a 5% increase in their GRESB scores year over year, with several clients achieving 5 and 4 Star Ratings
CARLSBAD, Calif., November 21, 2023 (Newswire.com) - Verdani Partners, a leading ESG consultant in the built environment, guided clients towards improved performance on the GRESB Real Estate Assessment. GRESB is the leading ESG benchmark for real estate and infrastructure investments globally.
In 2023, Verdani submitted 62 assessments for 17 of its clients – resulting in seven 5 Star Ratings and fourteen 4 Star Ratings. One of Verdani’s largest clients had seven submissions that placed 1st in their Peer Group and 25 submissions in the Top 3 in their Peer Group. Each year GRESB receives more submissions, thus making the landscape increasingly competitive, and Verdani clients continue to deliver strong performances.
Included in the GRESB Assessment is the year over year Ranking Percentile Change, where several Verdani clients saw big jumps. Notably, compared to 2022, one of Verdani’s largest diversified clients saw a 61% score increase for one of its funds, while two other clients increased by 50% and 33%, respectively. Others were able to maintain high rankings, including one of Verdani’s leading multifamily portfolios, which maintained a 90th percentile ranking in 2022 and 2023 for its Standing Investments. On average, clients have seen a 5% increase in their GRESB scores each year since working with Verdani.
"In our decade of completing GRESB Assessments with clients, we remain committed to accelerating sustainability and to implementing critical ESG solutions in commercial real estate. Our long-standing partnership with our clients, and their property managers, engineers, and tenants, bolsters our ability to build resilient portfolios and contribute to the decarbonization of the built environment," said Daniele Horton, Founder & CEO of Verdani Partners.
The impressive results and rankings of Verdani’s clients underscore its ESG expertise and its ability to collaborate with clients for elevated sustainability performance. In doing so, Verdani is advancing its mission of empowering organizations with cost-effective strategies to create sustainable buildings and communities.
Verdani, a GRESB Global Partner, manages ESG programs for over 20 real estate firms with 8,900 properties managed across 1.3 billion square feet of diversified portfolios, representing over $660 billion AUM.
GRESB is an industry led, leading ESG benchmark for real estate and infrastructure investments across the world, providing standardized and validated ESG data to financial markets.
Source: Verdani Partners
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