BuildingMinds & GRI: ESG Leadership Insights Survey

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* 1. Categorize the organization you represent:

Accounting / Audit

Architecture / Planning

Asset / Fund Management

Banking

Consulting

Developer (Commercial)

Developer (Residential)

Government / Association / NGO

Hospitality & Entertainment Management

Insurance

Investment Advisory / Brokerage

Legal

Marketing / Communication

Property Management

REIT / Mutual Fund / Pension Fund / SWF

Other (please specify)

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* 2. What is your role in the organization?

C Suite

Financial / Investment Expert

Sustainability Expert

Legal Professional

Marketing / Advertising / PR / Communications

Consultant

Functional Expert (e.g. Engineer, Architect, etc)

Other

Other (please specify)

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* 3. ESG Strategy: On a scale of 1 to 5, how confident are you that your current ESG strategies are sufficient to meet your business needs? (1 = not confident, 5 = very confident)

	(1) Not confident	(2)	(3) Somewhat confident	(4)	(5) Very confident
GHG Emissions/ energy consumption	GHG Emissions/ energy consumption (1) Not confident	GHG Emissions/ energy consumption (2)	GHG Emissions/ energy consumption (3) Somewhat confident	GHG Emissions/ energy consumption (4)	GHG Emissions/ energy consumption (5) Very confident
Reporting / Compliance	Reporting / Compliance (1) Not confident	Reporting / Compliance (2)	Reporting / Compliance (3) Somewhat confident	Reporting / Compliance (4)	Reporting / Compliance (5) Very confident
Capital planning	Capital planning (1) Not confident	Capital planning (2)	Capital planning (3) Somewhat confident	Capital planning (4)	Capital planning (5) Very confident
Operational management	Operational management (1) Not confident	Operational management (2)	Operational management (3) Somewhat confident	Operational management (4)	Operational management (5) Very confident

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* 4. Reporting Coverage: On a scale of 1 to 5, how confident are you in your ability to navigate the following regulatory requirements? (1 = not confident, 5 = very confident)

	(1) Not confident	(2)	(3) Somewhat confident	(4)	(5) Very confident
EU Taxonomy	EU Taxonomy (1) Not confident	EU Taxonomy (2)	EU Taxonomy (3) Somewhat confident	EU Taxonomy (4)	EU Taxonomy (5) Very confident
CSRD	CSRD (1) Not confident	CSRD (2)	CSRD (3) Somewhat confident	CSRD (4)	CSRD (5) Very confident
SFDR	SFDR (1) Not confident	SFDR (2)	SFDR (3) Somewhat confident	SFDR (4)	SFDR (5) Very confident

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* 5. Confidence in teams skills: On a scale of 1 to 5, how confident are you in your team's skills and knowledge to meet your ESG goals? (1 = not confident, 5 = very confident)

	(1) Not confident	(2)	(3) Somewhat confident	(4)	(5) Very confident
Capital planning / retrofit management	Capital planning / retrofit management (1) Not confident	Capital planning / retrofit management (2)	Capital planning / retrofit management (3) Somewhat confident	Capital planning / retrofit management (4)	Capital planning / retrofit management (5) Very confident
ESG related reporting requirements	ESG related reporting requirements (1) Not confident	ESG related reporting requirements (2)	ESG related reporting requirements (3) Somewhat confident	ESG related reporting requirements (4)	ESG related reporting requirements (5) Very confident
Operational management in line with sustainability goals	Operational management in line with sustainability goals (1) Not confident	Operational management in line with sustainability goals (2)	Operational management in line with sustainability goals (3) Somewhat confident	Operational management in line with sustainability goals (4)	Operational management in line with sustainability goals (5) Very confident

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* 6. Data Confidence: How confident are you that your current data management approach is will enable to to make informed decisions on ESG and carbon reduction goals? (1 = not confident, 5 = very confident)

(1) Not confident

(2)

(3) Somewhat confident

(4)

(5) Very confident

(1) Not confident

(2)

(3) Somewhat confident

(4)

(5) Very confident

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* 7. Stakeholder Engagement: How confident are you in your company's ability to effectively engage stakeholders (occupiers, tenants, others) to achieve ESG goals? (1 = not confident, 5 = very confident)

(1) Not confident

(2)

(3) Somewhat confident

(4)

(5) Very confident

(1) Not confident

(2)

(3) Somewhat confident

(4)

(5) Very confident

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* 8. Over the next 12 months, please check any relevant areas on which you will be focused:

Monitoring consumption

Net Zero Target Setting

Regulatory Reporting (GRESB, TCFD, SFDR, MEES etc)

Energy consumption data upload and structuring

Live energy consumption data feeds

BIM models

Credit risk score data by assets

EPC and certification enhancements (e.g. BREEM, EPCs etc)

ESG / Sustainability Benchmarking

Custom data structures

Consultant managed services

Retrofit plans / implementation

Global reporting

Monthly reporting

Smart meter rollouts

Net-zero audits

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* 9. Frequency of Reporting: How often do you report on ESG assets internally?

Daily

Weekly

Monthly

Quarterly

Annually

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* 10. Valuation: Does better ESG performance increase asset value?

Yes

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* 11. Attracting capital: Do you feel your investors are heavily focused on green investments?

Yes

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* 12. ESG meets NOI: Have you seen a negative impact on operational cash flows due to a lack of proper ESG practises?

Yes

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* 13. When looking to acquire, divest or enhance a portfolio, do you consider ESG due diligence and / or stranding risk?

Yes

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* 14. What are your biggest challenges in respect to meeting ESG goals?

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* 15. Name (optional)

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* 16. Company (optional)

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* 17. Privacy statement

Yes, I understand.

The purpose of the survey is to understand ESG views across the market. The survey is conducted anonymously, so neither the conducting agency nor BuildingMinds processes personal data of the participants. Neither a person can be identified based on the survey, nor any conclusions can be drawn about a person.

The survey is carried out by the agency GRI Global Reporting Initiative. BuildingMinds will receive the survey results in aggregate form. The survey information will be deleted after evaluation.

The survey results and data analysis may be published or shared with third parties in an aggregated and anonymized form, ensuring that individual responses cannot be identified.

Please note: Some sections of the survey include free fields where you can provide BuildingMinds with information that may also contain personal data (i.e. personal data: name and surname; contact details: email or telephone number, etc.). Since these fields are free, you could use them to communicate voluntarily personal data, yours or of third parties, as well as some "special categories of personal data", such as data suitable to reveal racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, genetic data, biometric data intended to uniquely identify a natural person, data relating to health or sexual life or sexual orientation of the person. For this reason, BuildingMinds asks you not to provide personal data and informs you that it will not be used in any way.