From Data to Decisions: What Makes Data Credible

In this episode of The Pulse by GRESB, we explore the growing convergence between building performance standards, benchmarking requirements, and GRESB. The conversation examines how real estate managers can strengthen the quality of their building performance data, streamline compliance processes, better understand regulatory and financial risk, and use these insights to inform capital planning and investment decisions. Tune in to learn how a stronger approach to building performance data can support more informed decisions and long-term asset value.Listen to insights from:Reid Morgan, Account Director, Americas | GRESBRimas Gulbinas, CEO | AbiskoRead the transcript: https://www.gresb.com/aligning-gresb-data-north-american-building-standards-benchmarking-laws/

In this episode of The Pulse by GRESB, we explore the evolving role of sustainability-linked finance in real estate. The conversation examines how lenders and borrowers can align financing with material sustainability priorities, including decarbonization, transition risk, physical climate risk, and energy performance. Tune in to learn how sustainability-linked finance can help direct capital toward practical improvements that strengthen asset performance and long-term value.Listen to insights from:Chris Pyke | GRESBPaul Sutcliffe, Founder and Director | EVORAFollow along on the GRESB website: https://www.gresb.com/aligning-capital-with-performance-the-rise-of-sustainability-linked-finance-in-real-assets/

n this episode of The Pulse by GRESB, we explore why data credibility is about more than accuracy alone. The conversation examines the importance of complete, traceable, and contextualized utility data, the common challenges organizations face in collecting and validating it, and how trusted data supports better benchmarking, operational performance, and decision-making. Tune in to learn how a strong data foundation can help real asset managers turn information into meaningful action and long-term value.Listen to insights from:Aidan Versfeld, Manager Member Relations | GRESBJoost De Smedt, CEO and Founder | nanoGridFollow along on the GRESB website: https://www.gresb.com/from-data-to-decisions-what-makes-data-credible/

In this episode of The Pulse by GRESB, our speakers discuss innovative approaches to financing energy efficiency in real assets. Together, they explore the GEAR-UP project and how it aims to overcome common barriers to large-scale retrofits by aligning stakeholders, reducing upfront capital requirements, and improving performance certainty. The conversation examines the role of data, measurement, and verification in building investor confidence, as well as the importance of collaboration across the value chain to unlock scalable solutions. Tune in to learn how structured financing models and reliable performance data can help turn energy efficiency into a more investable and impactful opportunity across real estate portfolios. Listen to insights from:Charles van Thiel, Director of the Real Estate Standard | GRESBLina Konstantinopoulou, Executive Director | Sustainable Energy Finance Association (SEFA)Andrew McCracken, Senior Director | JLLFollow along on the GRESB website: https://www.gresb.com/gear-up-explained-financing-energy-efficiency-at-scale/

In this episode of The Pulse by GRESB, host David Tassadogh, Manager, Data Quality and Validation at GRESB, speaks with Elliott Barnes, Managing Consultant at EVORA Global, about the critical role of data quality in GRESB Assessments and ESG reporting. Together, they explore what data confidence means in practice—covering data coverage, completeness, accuracy, and assurance—and why high-quality, asset-level data has become a key differentiator for performance. The conversation examines how investor expectations are evolving, the risks associated with low-quality data, and how stronger data foundations enable better benchmarking, scoring optimization, and more informed decision-making. Listen for insights on data validation approaches, market trends, and practical steps organizations can take to improve data quality and unlock deeper value from their ESG data.Listen to insights from:1. David Tassadogh, Manager, Data Quality and Validation | GRESB2. Elliott Barnes, Managing Consultant | EVORA GlobalFollow along on the GRESB website: https://www.gresb.com/building-confidence-in-your-data/

In this episode of The Pulse by GRESB, host Parag Cameron-Rastogi, Director of Real Asset Analytics at GRESB, is joined by Matt Clifford, Head of Sustainability & ESG, Asia Pacific at Cushman & Wakefield, for a discussion on physical climate resilience in the global logistics and industrial sector.They explore how climate hazards such as floods, heat stress, storms, and wildfires are reshaping risk profiles for assets worldwide, and why logistics and industrial properties face unique exposure due to their location, scale, and operational criticality. The conversation also examines how asset-level data, risk modeling, and forward-looking capital planning can help investors and operators strengthen resilience and support long-term value creation.Listen to insights from:1. Parag Cameron-Rastogi, Director of Real Asset Analytics | GRESB2. Matt Clifford, Head of Sustainability & ESG, Asia Pacific | Cushman & WakefieldFollow along on the GRESB website: https://www.gresb.com/why-li-needs-a-new-resilience-playbook/The Pulse by GRESB is an insightful content series featuring the GRESB team, partners, GRESB Foundation members, and other experts. Each episode focuses on an important topic related to either GRESB, ESG issues within real assets industry, decarbonization efforts, or the wider market.The Pulse by GRESB follows topics related to the GRESB editorial calendar and will tie into broader industry conversations and moments.

In this episode of Pulse on Impact, our speakers discuss the findings of their joint white paper, “Evaluating the Consistency of Companies’ Decarbonisation Targets in Critical Sectors.” They explore the ambition-credibility gap between what climate scenarios require, what companies commit to in their targets, and what historical emissions trends and forward-looking capital expenditure plans actually imply.The episode covers the divergence between emissions intensity and absolute emissions alignment, structural misalignment in sectors such as steel, oil and gas, and shipping, and relative convergence in electricity and automobiles. It also examines why capital expenditure plans often fall short of stated targets and what this means for investors, lenders, and regulators assessing the credibility of corporate transition strategies.Listen to insights from:1. Alex Clark, Research Director | Asset Impact2. Vincent Bouchet, Director of ESG and Climate Research | Scientific PortfolioFollow along on the GRESB website: https://www.gresb.com/from-targets-to-capital-allocation-testing-the-credibility-of-corporate-decarbonisation-plans/Follow along on the Asset Impact website: www.asset-impact.com/news-and-impact/from-targets-to-capital-allocation-testing-the-credibility-of-corporate-decarbonisation-plans

In this episode of The Pulse by GRESB, host Katy Aylward, Director of the GRESB's Partners Program,  discusses with Antonio Marotta, Regional Director at Catalyst, and Juan Palacios, Assistant Professor at Maastricht University and Visiting Assistant Professor at the MIT Center for Real Estate, how sustainability performance is changing real estate access to capital. The evolution of green financing, from sustainability-linked loans and bonds to new structures that reward quantifiable impact, is examined in relation to asset-level data and benchmarking. They also examine how artificial intelligence, investor expectations, and regulations are assisting in bridging the gap between aspiration and action. Listen to insights from:1. Katy Aylward, Director, Partners Program | GRESB2. Antonio Marotta, Regional Director | Catalyst3. Juan Palacios, Assistant Professor | Maastricht University and Visiting Assistant Professor | MIT Center for Real EstateFollow along on the GRESB website: https://www.gresb.com/nl-en/green-financing-at-the-crossroads-from-asset-level-data-to-market-transformation-the-pulse-by-gresb/The Pulse by GRESB is an insightful content series featuring the GRESB team, partners, GRESB Foundation members, and other experts. Each episode focuses on an important topic related to either GRESB, ESG issues within real assets industry, decarbonization efforts, or the wider market.The Pulse by GRESB follows topics related to the GRESB editorial calendar and will tie into broader industry conversations and moments.

In this episode of Pulse on Impact, our speakers talk about what’s new in the updated EBA Pillar 3 sustainability disclosures. They cover the expanded scope of institutions and proportionate timelines to 2029, the hazard-based physical-risk template with NUTS granularity, the temporary suspension of GAR/BTAR as templates align with the EU Taxonomy, and how PCAF-aligned proxies plus asset- and entity-level data can deliver more consistent, decision-useful reporting.Listen to insights from:1. Alex Clark, Research Director | Asset Impact2. Inna Amesheva, Head of Regulatory Solutions | ESG BookFollow along on the GRESB website: https://www.gresb.com/nl-en/from-scope-to-templates-the-2025-eba-pillar-3-consultation-pulse-on-impact-a-series-by-gresb/Follow along on the Asset Impact website: https://www.asset-impact.com/news-and-impact/from-scope-to-templates-the-2025-eba-pillar-3-consultation-pulse-on-impact-a-series-by-gresb

In this episode of The Pulse by GRESB, our speakers talk about the importance of sustainability assurance. They discuss what assurance means in the context of sustainability reporting, how it supports data credibility and risk management, and its role within the GRESB Assessments. The conversation covers common challenges and what distinguishes high-quality assurance work. Listen to insights from:1. Chris Pyke, Chief Innovation Officer | GRESB2. Steve Wilkerson, Senior Manager | Forvis MazarsFollow along on the GRESB website: https://www.gresb.com/nl-en/making-assurance-work-for-real-assets-the-pulse-by-gresb/