From the Strategy to the Product

Now that the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) has been implemented, sustainability has finally arrived in the real estate industry. ESG (environmental, social and corporate governance) is an entrepreneurial responsibility which, when properly exercised, offers many opportunities along with the associated duties.

ikl GmbH support you in developing a custom-tailored ESG strategy and implementing it at the corporate and product levels.

Fund Concept in Accordance with Article 9 SFDR

Article 9 funds must fulfil specific transparency requirements and provide detailed information on their sustainable investment strategy and the type of positive impact they expect to make. This enables investors to make well-informed decisions and identify sustainable investment opportunities.

With our 20 years of experience related to the sustainable construction and operation of properties, we help you to define the right sustainability targets, make your objectives measurable, and control and communicate the achievement of your targets.

ESG Verification in Line with the EU Taxonomy

To verify the compliance of properties with the criteria of the EU taxonomy, the DGNB offers its own ESG verification for the property sector. It can be applied for the following economic activities defined in the Taxonomy: new construction, renovation and modernisation, acquisition, and ownership.

In addition to documentation of the project’s compliance with the EU taxonomy, companies that take advantage of the ESG verification of the DGNB receive a report about the detailed results and, therefore, information on where there is a specific need for adjustment.

We create the required calculations and documentation for you, and submit the documents to the DGNB for verification.

Our Services – your Contact

The basis of an ESG strategy is a transparent, detailed building inventory. Together with you, we gain an overview of your portfolio. As part of a SWOT analysis, we evaluate your properties in terms of their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. We coordinate the themes and focal areas with you as a basis for a detailed, custom-tailored ESG strategy. Classically, themes such as Green Building rating systems, climate risk analysis, CRREM pathways and compliance with future legal requirements are included here.

We would be pleased to support you in creating your fund concept in terms of ESG for both article 8 and article 9 funds. Together with one of our clients, we were already able to develop the first article 9 fund for institutional investors in the residential asset class. That fund focused on portfolio properties with sustainable development possibilities whose potential was to be fully tapped by means of strategic and economically meaningful measures following the sustainability targets of the fund.

As part of the EU Taxonomy, a series of separate requirements are formulated, in particular the “DNSH” criteria. We would be pleased to take on the tasks of coordination and verification here: for example, the life cycle analysis, the requirements for the contents of the construction products and subsequent demolition.

With three licenced DGNB ESG managers, we are accredited experts in conducting ESG verification in terms of the EU Taxonomy and submitting it to the DGNB.

Pierre Keller, M.Sc.


+49 177 306 4203
pierre.keller@ikl-gmbh.de

Related Services

Our ESG Consulting Team

Pierre Keller, M.Sc.

Architect
DGNB auditor
DGNB ESG manager
Member of the DGNB Expert Pool

Levent Müller, M.Sc.

DGNB ESG manager
DGNB auditor

Ing. Stephan Quarg, B.Sc.

BREEAM DE portfolio auditor
DGNB auditor
DGNB ESG manager
LEED Green Associate

Dipl-Ing. Jan Zak

CEO
Lecturer at Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences
DGNB senior auditor
Member of the DGNB Technical Committee

Selected Project References

CSRD Double materiality analysis

Consultancy for a hospital

Fund for residential properties

Participation in the creation of an article 9 fund for existing residential properties, period: 2022

New commercial building, Schildergasse 56-58, Cologne

Desired DGNB Gold certification and ESG verification in line with the EU taxonomy. New office and commercial building with approx. 8,000 m² gross floor area. Project period 2021 until est. 2024. Client: Objektgesellschaft Schildergasse GmbH

New day care centre

Desired DGNB Gold certification and ESG verification in line with the EU taxonomy. New day care centre with approx. 1,800 m² gross floor area. Project period 2021 until est. 2023

New residential complex

Desired ESG verification in line with the EU taxonomy. New residential complex comprising 5 individual buildings with approx. 21,000 m² gross floor area. Project period 2022 until est. 2026

New residential complex

Desired ESG verification in line with the EU taxonomy. New residential complex comprising 10 individual buildings with approx. 18,000 m² gross floor area. Project period 2022 until est. 2027