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Leading the way in real estate sustainability

Our experienced ESG property consultants help you navigate the complex sustainability market, ensuring your assets thrive and meet all environmental and social goals.

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Guiding your real estate portfolio towards a sustainable future

In today's evolving market, real estate sustainability is a strategic necessity. Property owners and investors face significant challenges in reaching net-zero targets and decarbonising portfolios. Our unified approach blends BNP Paribas' extensive financial insight with decades of deep commercial and residential sector knowledge to meet these needs.


What sets us apart as ESG property consultants is our broad expertise. We don't just identify issues; we craft actionable, cost-effective plans. Our team analyses your assets' unique details to develop strategies that integrate seamlessly with your operations.


As your sustainability property advisors, we excel at retrofitting existing properties, transforming older assets into high-performing, carbon-friendly spaces. Our comprehensive capabilities, from biodiversity to energy management, are truly unique, efficiently guiding you towards a more sustainable portfolio.

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  • 150 years of UK property industry experience

  • 50 offices across the UK

  • Signatory of the Real Estate Balance CEO Commitments to Diversity

  • 4,000+ real estate experts with presence in 30 countries

Featured Services

Carbon

We offer a unique decarbonisation framework for real estate portfolios. By mapping optimised upgrades across a building's lifecycle, our sustainable real estate solutions help clients meet the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard (MEES), net-zero, and other goals cost-effectively.

Energy

We guide clients through the energy transition, offering solutions for renewable energy, energy management, and consumption reduction. By developing clear strategies and fostering collaboration between landlords and occupiers, we help you optimise energy use to cut costs, reduce carbon, and future-proof your assets.

Social Value

We help clients quantify and enhance the social value of their properties. We identify stakeholder needs and create custom frameworks to integrate social, economic, and environmental benefits. This approach helps you meet regulations, boost satisfaction, and ensure long-term viability.

Future Proofing

Flexible working, environmental and social commitments, and AI are reshaping the commercial real estate landscape. We help companies navigate this by analysing how their teams work and optimising performance, allowing for informed decisions on everything from office leases to building upgrades.

Nature

Balancing economic development with environmental protection is now a business imperative, with new regulations making it mandatory. Our real estate sustainability consultants help you understand your obligations and work with key stakeholders to ensure all targets are met.

Sustainability Report 2025/26

As expectations around sustainability continue to evolve, organisations are increasingly being measured on the progress they deliver. Our latest Sustainability Report highlights how BNP Paribas Real Estate is embedding sustainability across its business through practical action, transparent reporting and measurable outcomes.

Discover the report here

Beyond Facts: What Sustainability Can Learn from Human Psychology

Sustainability is not just about communicating the facts. It’s about understanding what motivates people to act. Drawing on psychology and our experience across the built environment, we outline six principles for creating a culture where sustainable behaviour becomes the expected and valued norm.

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MEES Clarity

After years of uncertainty, the Government has provided greater clarity on the future direction of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) for commercial property. In our latest article, we explore what the reforms could mean for landlords, occupiers and investors.

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Beyond CRREM

2026 is shaping up to be an important year for sustainability in commercial real estate. In our latest article, we explore the key sustainability frameworks shaping the industry, why organisations need to look beyond CRREM, and what this means for investors, lenders, occupiers and property owners.

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Beyond Sustainability

Technical expertise remains essential in sustainability, but as regulation, reporting requirements and stakeholder expectations continue to evolve, the skills that often make the greatest difference are the human ones. This article reflects on why adaptability, communication and resilience are becoming increasingly important in delivering meaningful sustainability outcomes across the real estate sector. 

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Navigate uncertainty, build resilient real estate

Facing unprecedented challenges in real estate? We understand the growing risks of asset stranding, environmental accountability, and the changing world of work. Discover ESG property solutions in our magazine, offering 360-degree expertise to guide your portfolio through climate and biodiversity crises.

ESG in Perspective available here
Navigate uncertainty, build resilient real estate

Success Stories

Tomorrow’s World - Raising the Bar on Property Management

In 2021 we partnered with one of the largest real estate managers globally, Nuveen Real Estate, to develop an exciting, innovative approach to property management.

Delivering a holistic sustainability strategy across a central London portfolio

BNP Paribas Real Estate’s dedicated Sustainability team delivered a coordinated programme of environmental improvements across a high-profile portfolio of properties across central London.

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

After over 25 years in their large City HQ, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) had to decide whether to stay in their existing building, or to relocate their business.

Opening Up Sustainable Renewable Opportunities

By identifying the opportunity to create a 120 acre solar scheme in this Buckinghamshire estate and providing the advice and expertise to realise the opportunity, our team secured the future of this estate for the next generation.

UK forestry and woodland specialists

For over 50 years, John Clegg & Co has been the leading UK forestry and woodland specialists.

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These are challenging and uncertain times. We will spend the rest of our careers dealing with the impacts of the climate and biodiversity crises. The outlook can seem complex and economically impossible, but with the right perspectives on ESG, there is a sensible way forward.

Donna Rourke Head of ESG and Sustainability

Strutt & Parker Rural Hub

As you consider your future strategy, having access to the right expertise and information is crucial. Our teams offer a unique mix of financial and property expertise, together with an extensive knowledge of farming, land management, forestry, viticulture, renewable energy, and environmental services; helping you to fully maximise the value of your land.

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The BNP Paribas Group

Being part of the BNP Paribas group, we are leaders in green financing and sustainability and offer unparalleled access to a wealth of ESG and data insights. We can help unlock green financing opportunities to support your ESG goals and partner with you to develop sustainable and forward-thinking property strategies. 

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Research & Insights

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Policy Update

MEES clarity: what the latest reforms mean for UK commercial property

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Our Thoughts

Our Sustainability Report 2025/26

| 2 min read

Our Thoughts

Beyond CRREM: the sustainability frameworks shaping commercial real estate in 2026

| 1 min read

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Contact our team

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Donna Rourke
Head of ESG and Sustainability
+44 8082393241
Gwilym Jenkins
Senior Associate Director, Farming & Renewables
+44 7789 212 030
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