The promised SEC's climate exposure regulations are on temporary hold as the agency has extended the comment period amid concerns from companies about the cost of reporting.
But climate issues aren't going away, especially in commercial real estate, where many eyes are on the impact of buildings' carbon footprints. There's also the spiraling cost of energy that makes conservation a fiscal imperative.
Existing solutions can work, but, as with any use of technology, eyes wide open is the best way to approach them. Climate tech startup Cortex Sustainability Intelligence recently released a white paper on how to evaluate office building decarbonization methods (that would presumably apply to other CRE property types).
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