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New Global Study Finds COVID-19 Accelerating Investments in Healthy Buildings

The Center for Active Design is proud to announce the publication of A New Investor Consensus: The Rising Demand for Healthy Buildings — the largest health and wellness study of global real estate investors ever conducted. Coordinated by the Center for Active Design (CfAD), BentallGreenOak (BGO) and the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), the study reflects insights from a group of institutions representing aggregate assets under management (AUM) of US $5.75 trillion and real estate AUM of US $1.03 trillion.

The report reveals how COVID-19 has elevated the importance of health in investment decision-making and how respondents intend to enhance their wellness-related asset management strategies moving forward. It also outlines three major recommendations for how the sector can better incorporate health and wellness initiatives into environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategies. Ultimately, the findings of this report signal a paradigm shift for the industry that is leading to a fresh evaluation of the role that the built environment plays in the safety, health, and wellness of occupants.

Key Findings At-A-Glance

"We know from our members that there is broad consensus for finance actors to think holistically about the impacts they are creating through their capital allocation decisions, and that attention to societal goods is part of the value creation process for enterprises and real assets. This study confirms that health and wellness is now firmly part of that social agenda and must affect how real estate is designed and managed." — Eric Usher, Head of UNEP FI

“Responsible real estate investors have awakened to the notion that the buildings we manage for our clients are part of the critical infrastructure that cities will rely on for the resilience, health and well-being of their citizens.” — Amy Price, President, BentallGreenOak

“This study quantifies for the first time the extent to which the industry is focusing on health and wellness in ESG investment strategies.” — Joanna Frank, President and CEO, Center for Active Design and Fitwel®

 

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