Factors like the pandemic, the climate emergency and rising social inequalities are pushing real estate investors to think of ways their asset portfolios can meet the challenges related to the environmental sustainability of buildings. This pressure is forcing building managers to incorporate certain measures at each phase of their buildings’ life cycle, from due diligence to acquisitions and rentals. One ...

Under the title “Uniting the world to tackle climate change”, the next United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) will bring together representatives of 200 governments to accelerate climate action to deliver on the Paris Agreement.  On 12 December 2015, at COP21 held in Paris, world leaders adopted a historic agreement with the firm purpose of curbing climate change. They pledged ...

The relationship between COVID-19 and climate change has complex implications that go far beyond logical reasoning. In fact, regardless of the sharp decrease in global emissions due to the confinement of the world’s population, it is a major mistake to claim that global warming has been halted. Large amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases have been accumulated in ...

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the UN General Assembly reflects directly on the importance of the ecosystem. A collective action plan built around 17 major global challenges that address issues related to benefiting people, the planet and global prosperity, the Sustainable Development Goals. These objectives are connected to each other, and progressing in achieving one means progressing towards ...

This renewable fuel is a great ally for the energy transition and a key player for the CO2 zero emission path. Environmentally friendly Biogas is an alternative fuel that is extracted from organic matter that is biodegraded by the existence of microorganisms in the absence of oxygen. In other words, it comes from all those organic wastes that we dispose ...

Cities are currently facing countless natural or man-made disasters, from earthquakes, fires, mass migration ... These types of situations are increasingly frequent due to factors such as rapid urbanization, climate change or political instability. Resilience is a concept that, in the case of cities, consists of having the capacity to prepare, resist and recover from a crisis in order ...

In this article we tell you the top 3 most sustainable companies according to Corporate Knights. The Canadian research firm, Corporate Knights, is a financial information company focused on sustainability, it ranks large companies worldwide, The list, The Global 100, is determined by the performance of the companies by reducing carbon and waste, their kind diversity among leadership, clean ...

Not all countries face the same level of responsibility regarding the climate crisis. The biggest polluters need to take action to reduce their carbon emissions, but also to offset their carbon footprint by supporting environmental projects around the world.  Each year more than 30 giga-tons of CO2 are released into the Earth's atmosphere: this is the main source of ...