The EBRD’s investment in green bonds passes €1 billion
With its latest investment of €65 million in a green-covered bond from PKO Bank Hipoteczny (PKO BH), the EBRD has passed a major milestone in green finance, having put more...
Category: Green Building
Social impact investing can apply to all real estate and become best practice over time
All real estate investment and development have the potential to deliver social impact, according to a new report by Urban Land Institute (ULI) in partnership with global law firm...
MIRO obtains BREEAM Excellent certification
MIRO, an office building developed by SPEEDWELL in northern Bucharest, has received a BREEAM Excellent certification. This is the result of an assessment of its environmental, social, and economic...
Community and urban driven expertise to shape the future of real estate
Affordable housing is one of the biggest challenges, that the market is facing right now, fueled by growing interest rates and inflation. Our cities need urban regeneration to provide...
BIG Shopping Centers acquires wind turbine project in Romania with €135 million investment
BIG Shopping Centers, reports on another significant deal for the group’s energy arm. A subsidiary BIG Energia Holdings Kft, in which the company holds 50 percent, has agreed to...
THE IVY receives Green Homes certification
THE IVY residential ensemble in Bucharest, Baneasa, has been granted the Green Homes certification by the Romania Green Building Council. Currently, THE IVY’s first building is getting closer to...
PineBridge Benson Elliot and Sharow Capital’s regional office investments awarded green certificates
A PineBridge Benson Elliot and Sharow Capital-owned portfolio of six grade-A office buildings (“PRO Portfolio”) located in Poland’s major regional cities has obtained WELL Building Standard and BREEAM In-Use...
EPP introduces ESG strategy and releases its first report
EPP, the largest asset manager of retail real estate located in Poland, and the entity managing and co-owner of six office projects, implemented a sustainable development strategy in 2021....
SKYSAWA receives Outstanding BREEAM certification
The lower part of the SKYSAWA office and service complex, the flagship investment of Polski Holding Nieruchomości, received the final BREEAM certificate at the highest possible Outstanding level with...
Clean Recycle reports €3.8 million business volume in H1 2022
Clean Recycle, one of the largest players on the Romanian packaging waste transfer of responsibility market (OIREP), reported a €3.8 million turnover and 56,000 tons of packaging waste processed...
Corwin wants to build a carbon-neutral office portfolio
Slovakian developer Corwin has announced that its office projects in Bratislava and Ljubljana will soon join the list of LEED Zero Carbon certified carbon neutral buildings of which there...
Warsaw among the most environmentally sustainable office markets in the world
Chicago, Houston, New York, San Francisco and Warsaw have over 40 percent of their total office stock certified ‘green’, making their office markets some of the most environmentally sustainable...
