MSCI: Breaking Down Real Estate Net-Zero Targets 02 March 2022
To address climate change, leading real estate funds and companies around the world are setting decarbonization and net-zero targets. These targets can differ widely and consist of many elements, and some may be more credible than others. In this report — which builds on our net-zero report for companies, “Breaking Down Corporate Net-Zero Climate Targets” — we outline an approach for evaluating real estate funds’ and companies’ decarbonization and net-zero targets. It aims to help the industry set net-zero commitments, as well as support asset owners in evaluating decarbonization targets of companies and funds they invest in. It argues that best practices for decarbonization and achieving net-zero are:
- Comprehensive: Include all significant sources of emissions, even those that may be hard to quantify, including Scope 3 emissions from tenant-controlled energy use and development activities.
- Ambitious: Pursue absolute reductions in the short and long term, in line with accepted, science-based pathways.
- Feasible: Demonstrate progress toward goals, supported by a robust business strategy
This report was originally published in https://www.msci.com/www/research-paper/breaking-down-real-estate-net/03021835623
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