Sustainability benchmarking
Unlocking performance through global benchmarking of i.e. UNPRI and GRESB Foundation. The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) Foundation is the most widely used benchmark for ESG performance in real estate and infrastructure. The UNPRI benchmark evaluates how effectively investors and asset managers integrate environmental, social, and governance principles into their policies, decision-making, and ownership practices. For investors, asset managers, and developers, a strong ESG performance has become essential, not only as proof of sustainability leadership but also as a signal of resilience and long-term value creation.
At Cooltree, we guide you through the benchmarking journey with a pragmatic and hands-on approach. We ensure that your reporting is accurate, your data robust, and your strategy aligned with both regulatory expectations and investor demands.
How do we support you?
Assessment support: From ESG data collection to evidence documentation and submission, we can manage the entire process end-to-end — or act as your strategic advisor if you prefer to handle it yourself.
Data coverage optimisation: We help you with energy, GHG, water and waste data processing and enrichment, filling data gaps and make estimations, ensuring your reported figures are as complete and reliable as possible.
Gap & score analysis: We estimate your expected scoring and identify underperforming assets, using to highlight where improvement will have the greatest impact.
First-year support: For new participants, we provide diagnostic advice to optimise early results and set a clear baseline for growth.
Improvement advice: We design multi-year improvement plans, ensuring that your ESG management and performance scores rise consistently in parallel with your broader ESG ambitions.
Integration with your ESG strategy: We align your sustainability strategy with the key elements that enhance your performance in ESG benchmarks. We also provide guidance on broader frameworks such as TCFD, NFRD, CSRD, the EU Taxonomy, and Net Zero pathways (CRREM), ensuring consistency across all disclosures.
The value we deliver:
Assessment support: From ESG data collection to evidence documentation and submission, we can manage the entire process end-to-end — or act as your strategic advisor if you prefer to handle it yourself.
Working with Cooltree on ESG benchmarks means achieving more than just a higher score. You gain:
Improved data quality and coverage, reducing reliance on estimates.
Timely and accurate submission of benchmark assessments.
Reliable, audit-ready ESG performance data.
Clear insights into where and how to improve your ESG benchmark performance.
Stronger alignment with investor and stakeholder expectations.
With extensive experience supporting leading European real estate and infrastructure clients, Cooltree ensures that benchmarks such as GRESB Foundation and UNPRI are not just assessment tools — they become catalysts for meaningful improvement and lasting competitive advantage, fully aligned with your ESG strategy.
