Industry Advocacy

Shaping the Future of
Real Estate Sustainability

CenterSquare's role in global partnerships, thought leadership, and industry collaboration.

Industry Advocacy

Overview

Change doesn’t happen in isolation. It’s the shared responsibility of the real estate investment industry collectively to implement and disseminate best practices to move the industry forward as a whole. To do our part, we engage in open dialogue with industry peers, partners, sustainability experts, and offer transparency to our stakeholders. We share our insights through regular thought leadership and participation in sustainability-focused industry groups and use these same channels to stay current on ever-changing standards and best practices. We focus on accountability and measuring our progress to goals, while remaining rooted in our data-driven, client-focused approach.

SDG 17
Global Partnerships

Working Together to Advance Sustainable Real Estate

GRESB
MEMBER SINCE 2016

GRESB is a mission-driven industry-led organization that provides actionable and transparent ESG data to financial markets. GRESB collects, validates, scores, and benchmarks ESG data to provide business intelligence, engagement tools and regulatory reporting solutions for investors, asset managers, and the wider industry.

UN Principles for Responsible Investment
MEMBER SINCE 2018

The PRI is the world's leading proponent of responsible investment. It works to understand the investment implications of ESG factors and to support its international network of investor signatories in incorporating these factors into their investment and ownership decisions.

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures
SUPPORTER SINCE 2019

The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) develops recommendations on the types of information that companies should disclose to support investors, lenders, and insurance underwriters in appropriately assessing and pricing a specific set of risks related to climate change.

The Investor Agenda
SUPPORTER SINCE 2019

The Investor Agenda addresses the climate crisis by driving investor efforts toward achieving a net-zero emissions economy. It outlines collective expectations across four key areas: Corporate Engagement, Investment, Policy Advocacy, and Investor Disclosure.

Global Reporting Initiative
PROMOTING SINCE 2021

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is a globally recognized independent organization that empowers businesses to acknowledge and address their impacts by offering a universal language for communicating these effects. GRI provides the most widely utilized standards for sustainability reporting worldwide.

Science Based Targets Initiative
PROMOTING SINCE 2020

The Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) plays a crucial role in catalyzing ambitious climate action within the private sector. It empowers organizations to establish emissions reduction targets grounded in scientific evidence, guiding them on the necessary scale and pace of greenhouse gas emissions reductions to mitigate the severe impacts of climate change.

Global Real Estate Engagement Network
MEMBER SINCE 2023

The Global Real Estate Engagement Network (GREEN) is a collaborative network comprising global institutional investors committed to advancing the real estate industry toward the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement. Members aim to guide real estate companies in enhancing their sustainability practices and mitigating climate-related risks.

GRESB
MEMBER SINCE 2016

GRESB is a mission-driven industry-led organization that provides actionable and transparent ESG data to financial markets. GRESB collects, validates, scores, and benchmarks ESG data to provide business intelligence, engagement tools and regulatory reporting solutions for investors, asset managers, and the wider industry.

UN Principles for Responsible Investment
MEMBER SINCE 2018

The PRI is the world's leading proponent of responsible investment. It works to understand the investment implications of ESG factors and to support its international network of investor signatories in incorporating these factors into their investment and ownership decisions.

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures
SUPPORTER SINCE 2019

The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) develops recommendations on the types of information that companies should disclose to support investors, lenders, and insurance underwriters in appropriately assessing and pricing a specific set of risks related to climate change.

The Investor Agenda
SUPPORTER SINCE 2019

The Investor Agenda addresses the climate crisis by driving investor efforts toward achieving a net-zero emissions economy. It outlines collective expectations across four key areas: Corporate Engagement, Investment, Policy Advocacy, and Investor Disclosure.

Global Reporting Initiative
PROMOTING SINCE 2021

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is a globally recognized independent organization that empowers businesses to acknowledge and address their impacts by offering a universal language for communicating these effects. GRI provides the most widely utilized standards for sustainability reporting worldwide.

Science Based Targets Initiative
PROMOTING SINCE 2020

The Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) plays a crucial role in catalyzing ambitious climate action within the private sector. It empowers organizations to establish emissions reduction targets grounded in scientific evidence, guiding them on the necessary scale and pace of greenhouse gas emissions reductions to mitigate the severe impacts of climate change.

Global Real Estate Engagement Network
MEMBER SINCE 2023

The Global Real Estate Engagement Network (GREEN) is a collaborative network comprising global institutional investors committed to advancing the real estate industry toward the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement. Members aim to guide real estate companies in enhancing their sustainability practices and mitigating climate-related risks.

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Real estate is an interconnected business. Our ability to foster change doesn't happen in a vacuum — global partnerships are key to driving us forward through shared insights and information and measuring progress. When we work together, we have more power to create lasting, sustainable change.

Eric Rothman, CFA
Eric Rothman, CFA
Portfolio Manager, Listed Real Estate, CenterSquare Investment Management
Thought Leadership

Sharing Insights That Shape the Industry

We believe an important component of sustainability advocacy is having a voice that distinguishes us in the real estate industry landscape. We have established our reputation as a leader through regular thought leadership and media participation that enable us to share our insights, facilitating the opportunity for dialogue and engagement with peers.

Front & Center Podcast · Episode 64
Managing Transition Risk in Real Estate Portfolios with The CRREM Foundation
Front & Center Podcast · Episode 57
The Business Case for Sustainability in Commercial Real Estate
Insights · Article
How Global REITs Can Deliver Sustainability Impact at Scale