Publishing date: 1 April 2025

Across the European commercial real estate industry, there is a keen awareness of the importance of environmental, social and governance factors when buying, building, or owning properties.

In the finance part of the industry, the role lenders can play to promote ESG is becoming more apparent. As borrowers and investors in debt strategies demand finance that incorporates ESG performance, lenders are responding by crafting sustainable lending frameworks, ESG-linked loan products, and by adopting strategies which focus on assets which meet, or are on the way to meeting, sustainable standards.

The report will examine the sustainability strategies lenders are adopting, investigate innovation in the field of ESG finance, and delve into how decision-makers in the property debt market can positively influence the ESG performance of property assets.  Service providers, including debt advisors and law firms, explain how they are adapting to the changing demands of borrowers and lenders.