Boost your GRESB Rating with Green Building Certifications

The 2025 GRESB Global Results are out! This year’s benchmark goes beyond scores to spotlight what’s shaping real assets today—transparency, efficiency, and long-term resilience.

Since its inception, the GRESB has recognized building certifications as a key indicator of sustainable design, construction and operations. These third-party recognitions bring credibility and transparency, rewarding ESG leadership with over 10% contribution to the GRESB Rating for both new development projects and existing assets. For investors and managers, this makes certifications a strategic driver of ESG integration and asset value.

Beyond scores, Green Building Certifications (e.g., LEED, BREEAM, WELL) offer holistic frameworks to improve ESG performance across various material topics, such as Energy, Water, Material & Waste, Site, Health & Wellbeing, Social Equity and Resilience, showcasing verified accomplishments and delivering asset-level insights for better decision-making.

A great example is the new LEED v5 version, which raises the bar with a decarbonization strategy built into the rating system, introduces new requirements on climate risk & human impact, and addresses additional impact areas such as quality of life, and ecological conservation and restoration.

As a GRESB Partner in EMEA, we provide investors, owners, and operators with tailored GRESB Score Improvement Roadmaps, helping them to bridge data gaps, prioritize high-impact actions, and strengthen stakeholder confidence.

Ready to elevate your GRESB performance? Let’s discuss how we can support your ESG and sustainability journey further!

Text written by: Rosa María Sánchez García (KEO)