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ESG is no longer a side topic for the real estate industry. It is becoming a core question of capital allocation, operational resilience and long-term competitiveness.
The 2nd, updated and significantly expanded edition of “ESG in Real Estate” (2026) brings together perspectives from across the global real estate ecosystem, ranging from regulation and reporting to infrastructure, energy systems and climate resilience.
We are pleased to contribute with a chapter titled “The Real ESG Economy — Investing Where Sustainability Pays”, written by PT1 Managing Partner Nikolas Samios.
Our core thesis: the most exciting ESG opportunities emerge where technology solves real physical-world problems, i.e. in energy, infrastructure, electrification, industrialized retrofits, storage and AI-driven optimization. The next generation of ESG winners will not be defined by reporting alone, but by measurable economic value creation.
In other words: ESG solutions need to be commercially superior in order to be truly sustainable.
It is a privilege to contribute alongside so many outstanding experts and thought leaders helping define what state of the art in ESG and real estate looks like in 2026. The breadth of perspectives across the book makes very clear how quickly the industry is evolving, and how interdisciplinary the transformation ahead will be.