Environmental, Social and Governance

“ESG is now firmly on the agenda of organisations looking to drive value in all its forms. In a time of increasingly pressing strategic considerations, it’s become an opportunity for driving performance, meeting investor expectations and mitigating risk." -  Jenine Cranston, Partner, Head of ESG

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Our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and Sustainability Services: 

With environmental, social and governance becoming an increasingly global focus for real estate investors, tenants, owner-occupiers and developers, having an ESG strategy and plan in place is imperative to future-proofing your business, your real estate and becoming more sustainable now and in the future.

We offer the following services which support our clients’ organisational and asset-level sustainability objectives:

Single assets or portfolio:

  • Environmental ratings and certification – NABERS Energy, Water, Waste and Indoor Environment
  • ESG Data Management and Reporting solution, Prism – Knight Frank’s proprietary ESG data platform
  • Sustainability and efficiency audits
  • Decarbonisation/Net Zero roadmaps
  • Electrification roadmaps
  • ESG Reporting – GRESB
  • Climate risk assessments
  • Environmental ratings and certification – Climate Active/Carbon Neutral
  • Building operations optimisation and ongoing energy performance analytics
  • Sustainability upgrades including solar feasibility
  • Sustainability finance
  • Green power procurement
  • Green lease advice and management
  • Tenant engagement activities

For your organisation:

  • ESG audit and gap analysis
  • Organisation strategy development
  • ESG Reporting - Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) etc. 

 

We have a deep understanding of the importance of ESG practices throughout an asset’s entire life cycle and can work with you to develop sustainable pathway for your property, minimising environmental risk and enhancing the long term relevance of your real estate asset or portfolio.



Our team is qualified:  

  • NABERS Assessors
  • CBD Assessors
  • Climate Active Accredited Consultants
  • AS/NZS 3598 Energy Auditors
 

 

Memberships and advisory panels:

  • Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA)

 

  • NABERS Industrial Advisory Panel

  

Why Knight Frank?

At Knight Frank, we are passionate about improving sustainability performance and outcomes for our clients. We have made a global commitment to achieve a Net Zero carbon status by 2040 (to be validated by the Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi). We are proud of our best-in-class People, Planet and Community commitment being rolled out across the business.