Reflections and Forecasts: Why Climate Resiliency Will Define Commercial Real Estate in 2025

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As 2025 approaches, climate resiliency is taking centre stage in the commercial real estate sector. Insights from the recent 2024 Greenbuild conference highlight how sustainability leaders are aligning on climate resiliency as a key driver for both operational performance and financial outcomes.

Join four sustainability leaders from across the commercial real estate sector as they unpack the trends shaping the future of the sector and discuss why understanding and addressing climate risks is now essential for staying competitive in changing world.

What’s driving the climate resiliency focus in 2025?

• Resiliency and Financial Performance: Leading investors are increasingly integrating climate resiliency metrics into planning, underscoring the clear connection between resiliency, operational efficiency, and financial risk mitigation.
• Regulatory Drivers and Standards: Global regulations like ASTM, GRESB, and California’s SB261 are mandating climate risk and resiliency analysis, pushing the industry to act. 
• Green Building Certification: Evolving certifications like LEEDv5 now prioritize resiliency, ensuring buildings are prepared to face physical climate risks, as well as transitional.
• Measuring and Managing Resiliency: It’s now possible to get actionable data and insights! New tools and strategies are making it easier than ever to credibly measure and manage climate risk and resiliency across entire portfolios.

The essential conversation for commercial real estate professionals, sustainability leaders, investors, and anyone committed to enhancing the value and resiliency of the built environment in 2025 and beyond.