Global Investment firm

Objective

• The main aim for the company was to understand which assets are at high risk of stranding under the current Carbon Risk Real Estate Monitor (CRREM) pathways and the associated cost and technical potential to achieve alignment.

Process

• Initial kick off meetings were held with different fund managers to introduce them to the team, give context to and help to understand Net Zero Carbon Pathways, outline the project plan and request data.

• After these meetings, an initial data request was issued to asset managers to gain a greater understanding of the assets through the people who work with them the most.

• Accessing due diligence reports, rent rolls, and consumption data from their online portal, our team reviewed and analysed the data to find the most accurate view of each asset.

• Throughout the process, we had regular progress calls to ask questions of the data to fund managers and ensure the firm’s team were up to date on our progress.

• The final data used was then entered into our Aim for Zero model where any consumption gaps were filled with benchmark/estimated data if required.

• A comprehensive set of modelling outputs were presented including a carbon stranding risk assessment of assets against the most applicable CRREM pathway. This provided the firm with the potential CAPEX required over time, an overview of which assets to focus efforts on initially, and a view on the quality and quantity of data available to each fund.

Outcome

• Costed pathway to Net Zero and understanding of carbon stranding risk developed for approximately £9 Billion worth of assets.