This is the first comprehensive practical handbook on the topic of "Environmental Social Governance" (ESG) and its impact on the real estate industry. The sustainability megatrend is still in its early stages in the real estate sector, and there is a lack of standards, practical examples and data. The development is very dynamic and sometimes confusing, and new, complex, requirements and regulations are constantly being added.

The authors - an expert team of economists, lawyers, investors, asset managers and engineers - provide an overview of national and European regulatory requirements as well as current market developments.

They show what role ESG plays not only in the areas of new construction, renovation and real estate management, but also in investment processes and real estate valuations.

Contents:

• ESG and the real estate market
• ESG and regulatory environment
• ESG and real estate management

• ESG in urban and project development

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  Christiane Conrads Christiane Conrads, LL.M., is a lawyer and co-head of the German real estate practice group at PwC Legal and head of the EMEA Real Estate ESG group at PwC. Florian Hackelberg Prof. Dr. Florian Hackelberg is Professor of Real Estate Economics at the Berlin School of Economics and Law. Prior to this, he worked for many years in the Advisory Real Estate division at PwC in Berlin and Shanghai. After studying civil engineering and management in Germany, England and China, he obtained his doctorate from the Technical University of Berlin and completed a master's degree in International Relations at the University of Cambridge. Thomas Veith Thomas Veith is a partner at PwC in Frankfurt, leading the global Real Estate sector as well as Real Assets in Germany. He has over 30 years of experience in the real estate industry. After studying economics, he initially initiated real estate funds at a private bank before continuing his career at PwC.