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New year-round offering provides credible validation of governance and risk management practices through a focused assessment built from the GRESB Real Estate Standard. AMSTERDAM, July 1, 2026 — GRESB today announced the launch of Fundamentals, a focused, GRESB-aligned approach for real estate managers to validate and communicate sustainability governance and risk management practices.

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, sustainability issues within real assets industry, decarbonization efforts, or the wider market.

What’s New in June With the 2026 GRESB Assessment cycle closing tomorrow, we’re looking ahead to what’s next. This edition highlights new products, resources, and guidance designed to support participants beyond the assessment season and throughout the year. In this edition, you’ll find: An overview of the new Data Center Standard and Assessment Fundamentals launching on July 1, with webinars now available on demand Assessment services available throughout the year Read on for details.

Our industry is engaged in an important dialogue to improve the efficiency and resilience of real assets through transparency and industry collaboration. This article is a contribution to this larger conversation and does not necessarily reflect GRESB’s position. Mapping water stress, operational intensity, and reduction potential across core sectors Water scarcity is becoming one of the most material environmental risks for commercial real estate.

Our industry is engaged in an important dialogue to improve the efficiency and resilience of real assets through transparency and industry collaboration. This article is a contribution to this larger conversation and does not necessarily reflect GRESB’s position. Sustainable affordable housing is about keeping homes efficient, healthy, and resilient without pricing people out. And it’s not just about design and construction.

Our industry is engaged in an important dialogue to improve the efficiency and resilience of real assets through transparency and industry collaboration. This article is a contribution to this larger conversation and does not necessarily reflect GRESB’s position. Climate risk mapping and adaptation strategies have emerged as vital instruments for safeguarding urban assets, ensuring business resilience, and enhancing investment appeal in the era of climate crisis.

What’s New in May With the 2026 GRESB Assessment cycle now underway, this month’s update highlights resources, guidance, and upcoming opportunities to help participants move through the assessment period with clarity and confidence.

For most real estate owners and operators, sustainability reporting originates as a portfolio-level mandate driven by investor pressure, emerging disclosure requirements, or corporate decarbonization targets. Yet the moment organizations move from high-level commitments to actual reporting, they often encounter a stubborn gap at the asset level: the absence of reliable, whole-building performance data.

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, sustainability issues within real assets industry, decarbonization efforts, or the wider market.

Our industry is engaged in an important dialogue to improve the efficiency and resilience of real assets through transparency and industry collaboration. This article is a contribution to this larger conversation and does not necessarily reflect GRESB’s position. When people talk about data in real estate, energy use usually grabs the spotlight. And yes, energy is expensive and visible—but buildings are much richer than a single metric.