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BBP ESG For Real Estate Professionals Focus Session: Social Value & Impact – Q3 2023

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Delivering positive real world outcomes through social value and impact strategies

Incorporate effective and credible approaches to both social value and social impact across the real estate lifecycle

Bookings for this focus session, delivered by Hillbreak, are now open. To ensure an impactful learning experience for participants, the course is being delivered to groups of no more than 20 individuals. Check the full list of available groups and course dates and make sure that you are booking the right one based on your availability; we cannot guarantee that booked places will be able to be transferred from one group to another.

The key details of the course include the following:

Audience

All Focus Sessions have been designed as supplementary to the BBP ESG for Real Estate Professionals Course, and are open and available to those who have completed the core programme.

Those who would like to register for this focus session without completing the Core Programme first, should complete the Self-Assessment Quiz to ensure they possess sufficient existing knowledge of ESG in a Real Estate context. 

For more information regarding eligibility or to register for the BBP ESG For Real Estate Professionals Core Programme, please view the course page.

Please note that the course has been developed to fulfil a particular industry skills development need and is intended for the audience set out above. The BBP and Hillbreak reserve the right to reject booking requests from individuals that do not fall into eligible categories.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, participants will: 

  • Be able to describe and critique commonly used definitions and frameworks for Social Value & Impact.
  • Be able to apply best practice guidance for impact investment to real estate investment strategies
  • Develop and use theories of change to help focus fund or asset level strategies on delivery of positive social outcomes
  • Be able to articulate the relationship between risk-adjusted return and the delivery of social value and impact.

Course outline

The course will be delivered in one 2-hour online session.

This module focuses on key principles, frameworks and approaches relating to the realisation of social value and the definition and optimisation of social impact goals. It will include discussion of emerging definitions of Social Value and Social Impact, the key principles and frameworks which can be used to guide the delivery of social value and impact through the investment lifecycle. It includes a particular focus on the practical use of theories of change and impact measurement and management methodologies.

Pricing

  • £250 + VAT per participant

 

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BBP ESG For Real Estate Professionals Focus Session: Leveraging ESG Disclosure Regulations & Standards – Q3 2023

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Leveraging ESG Disclosure Regulations & Standards In Europe To Enhance Investment Marketing, Sales and Strategy

Navigate the growing body of European transparency requirements for real estate companies and funds to avoid greenwashing

Bookings for this focus session, delivered by Hillbreak, are now open. To ensure an impactful learning experience for participants, the course is being delivered to groups of no more than 20 individuals. Check the full list of available groups and course dates and make sure that you are booking the right one based on your availability; we cannot guarantee that booked places will be able to be transferred from one group to another.

The key details of the course include the following:

Audience

All Focus Sessions have been designed as supplementary to the BBP ESG for Real Estate Professionals Course, and are open and available to those who have completed the core programme.

Those who would like to register for this focus session without completing the Core Programme first, should complete the Self-Assessment Quiz to ensure they possess sufficient existing knowledge of ESG in a Real Estate context. 

For more information regarding eligibility or to register for the BBP ESG For Real Estate Professionals Core Programme, please view the course page.

Please note that the course has been developed to fulfil a particular industry skills development need and is intended for the audience set out above. The BBP and Hillbreak reserve the right to reject booking requests from individuals that do not fall into eligible categories.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, participants will have: 

  • An understanding of the nature and purpose of emerging financial market regulation on ESG
  • Greater awareness of the landscape of financial market ESG regulations affecting real estate financial market participants and how these are developing in major jurisdictions, particularly in relation to climate-related disclosures.
  • Knowledge of the mandatory ESG disclosure requirements for real estate entities in both public and private markets, with a particular focus on the EU taxonomy, SFDR, and CSRD.
  • An appreciation of how European mandatory disclosure requirements and their indicators interface with real estate industry standards of good practice for sustainability reporting.
  • The ability to assess how listed companies are non-listed real estate investments should be classified under the EU taxonomy and the SFDR respectively.
  • Anticipation of future regulatory developments.

Course outline

The course will be delivered in one 2-hour online session.

This module outlines the drivers and principles of ESG regulatory requirements worldwide, before focussing on what these mean in practice, through the lens of the world’s most developed framework: the EU sustainable finance regime.  The module presents a practical navigation aid to the dynamic and complex new landscape, helping participants understand how the frameworks do – and don’t – work, and how incoming requirements interact with existing mandatory and voluntary structures.  By drawing out real asset specificities from the broadly-based frameworks, and emphasising disclosure obligations, the material in anchored in operational realities.

Pricing

  • £250 + VAT per participant

 

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BBP ESG for Real Estate Professionals Focus Session: ESG Data – Q3 2023

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Using ESG Data To Mitigate Investment Risk And Optimise Performance

Improve ESG data collection, management and analytical practices to inform better property investment decision-making and greater transparency

Bookings for this focus session, delivered by Hillbreak, are now open. To ensure an impactful learning experience for participants, the course is being delivered to groups of no more than 20 individuals. Check the full list of available groups and course dates and make sure that you are booking the right one based on your availability; we cannot guarantee that booked places will be able to be transferred from one group to another.

The key details of the course include the following:

Audience

All Focus Sessions have been designed as supplementary to the BBP ESG for Real Estate Professionals Course, and are open and available to those who have completed the core programme.

Those who would like to register for this focus session without completing the Core Programme first, should complete the Self-Assessment Quiz to ensure they possess sufficient existing knowledge of ESG in a Real Estate context. 

For more information regarding eligibility or to register for the BBP ESG For Real Estate Professionals Core Programme, please view the course page.

Please note that the course has been developed to fulfil a particular industry skills development need and is intended for the audience set out above. The BBP and Hillbreak reserve the right to reject booking requests from individuals that do not fall into eligible categories.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, participants will have: 

  • An appreciation of the crucial role that the ‘data bedrock’ plays in sustainability strategies, implementation and reporting
  • Awareness of the fundamentals of data management and performance measurement, as well as its pitfalls and how to avoid them
  • Knowledge of the different kinds of ESG data and KPIs
  • Experience of how benchmarking (such as REEB) are used to inform effective performance management and inform target-setting
  • A sound understanding of setting effective targets
  • Awareness of the importance of presentation and data visualisation
  • An appreciation of the future of ESG data and performance monitoring

Course outline

The course will be delivered in one 2-hour online session.

This module gives real estate professionals insight into the challenging but vital area of ESG and sustainability data. Data is about real performance, not just hoped-for outcomes. Good quality data is surprisingly hard to get, but with it, and the right approach to analysis (including benchmarking) and target-setting, we can properly test, monitor, improve and disclose. Data bridges and connects strategy with implementation.

Pricing

  • £250 + VAT per participant

 

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BBP ESG For Real Estate Professionals Focus Session: Sustainable Property Finance – Q3 2023

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Optimising The Benefits For Lenders & Borrowers By Integrating Sustainability Into Property Finance

Implement robust, innovative and purposeful approaches to ESG risk mitigation and improved sustainability outcomes through real estate debt strategies

 

Bookings for this focus session, delivered by Hillbreak, are now open. To ensure an impactful learning experience for participants, the course is being delivered to groups of no more than 20 individuals. Check the full list of available groups and course dates and make sure that you are booking the right one based on your availability; we cannot guarantee that booked places will be able to be transferred from one group to another.

The key details of the course include the following:

Audience

All Focus Sessions have been designed as supplementary to the BBP ESG for Real Estate Professionals Course, and are open and available to those who have completed the core programme.

Those who would like to register for this focus session without completing the Core Programme first, should complete the Self-Assessment Quiz to ensure they possess sufficient existing knowledge of ESG in a Real Estate context. 

For more information regarding eligibility or to register for the BBP ESG For Real Estate Professionals Core Programme, please view the course page.

Please note that the course has been developed to fulfil a particular industry skills development need and is intended for the audience set out above. The BBP and Hillbreak reserve the right to reject booking requests from individuals that do not fall into eligible categories.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, participants will: 

  • Have general awareness of the capital market trends relating to sustainable finance.
  • Have greater awareness of how debt products can fit within the ESG investment spectrum and the ability to cite and explain examples of recent sustainable finance precedents and innovations
  • Have a better understanding of labelling in debt products
  • Be able to explain key industry driven sustainable finance standards and frameworks
  • Know about current and emerging regulation impacting upon sustainable lending and borrowing
  • Have an understanding of the “use of proceeds” concept and topics and issues to which it can be applied
  • Have an understanding of the relationship between ESG issues, credit assessment and the lending process
  • Be able to articulate the core components of corporate and house level sustainable finance frameworks

Course outline

The course will be delivered in one 2-hour online session.

This Focus Session has been designed especially for real estate professionals working in either a lending or borrowing context, including fund managers and investment institutions, banks, developers and Real Estate Investment Trusts and private property companies. It explores trends in sustainable finance markets, labelling of debt products as Green, Social, Sustainability, Sustainability-linked (GSSS) or Transition, how debt products can fit within responsible, sustainable or impact investment strategies, emerging regulation relevant to ESG in the debt markets, and key considerations when integrating ESG considerations into the lending or borrowing process.

Pricing

  • £250 + VAT per participant

 

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BBP ESG for Real Estate Professionals Focus Session: Net Zero Carbon – Q2 2023

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Protecting and enhancing asset value and investment performance through effective Net Zero Carbon strategies

Understand how the Net Zero agenda is impacting on real estate portfolio and asset strategies

Bookings for this focus session, delivered by Hillbreak, are now open. To ensure an impactful learning experience for participants, the course is being delivered to groups of no more than 20 individuals. Check the full list of available groups and course dates and make sure that you are booking the right one based on your availability; we cannot guarantee that booked places will be able to be transferred from one group to another.

The key details of the course include the following:

Audience

All Focus Sessions have been designed as supplementary to the BBP ESG for Real Estate Professionals Course, and are open and available to those who have completed the core programme.

Those who would like to register for this focus session without completing the Core Programme first, should complete the Self-Assessment Quiz to ensure they possess sufficient existing knowledge of ESG in a Real Estate context. 

For more information regarding eligibility or to register for the BBP ESG For Real Estate Professionals Core Programme, please view the course page.

Please note that the course has been developed to fulfil a particular industry skills development need and is intended for the audience set out above. The BBP and Hillbreak reserve the right to reject booking requests from individuals that do not fall into eligible categories.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, participants will have: 

  • Deeper knowledge and understanding of the drivers behind the transition to NZC.
  • Some general awareness of the capital market trends relating to the transition to NZC.
  • A better understanding of the whole-life climate impacts of property and how these are measured and tracked.
  • The ability to explain key NZC concepts, principles and definitions applicable to assets and portfolios.
  • Knowledge of what a credible NZC pathway for property assets and portfolios constitutes.
  • Experience of how tools such as CRREM are used to inform investment decisions and business planning.
  • The ability to identify and evaluate the hierarchy of practical options for delivering the NZC transition.
  • An appreciation of how the NZC agenda may continue to evolve, including in relation to key uncertainties.

Course outline

The course will be delivered in one 2-hour online session.

This Focus Session has been designed to provide greater depth on the complex and continuously evolving topic of Net Zero Carbon and the transition imperative. It covers in greater detail than the core programme modules:

frameworks relating to and definitions of Net Zero, understanding greenhouse gas emissions in the context of the property lifecycle, and how to set out and deliver on pathways to Net Zero at both the portfolio and asset level.

Pricing

  • £250 + VAT per participant

 

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BBP ESG Training for Real Estate Professionals – Asset Owners & Managers Pathway – 2023 Group AOM D (In-person session – LONDON)

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Integrating ESG into Real Estate Investment Management

Bookings for the 2023 BBP Real Estate ESG Training course, delivered by Hillbreak, are now open. Due to the high demand expected and the need to ensure an impactful learning experience for participants, the course is being delivered to groups of between 15-25 individuals. Check the full list of available groups and course dates and make sure that you are booking the right one based on your availability; we cannot guarantee that booked places will be able to be transferred from one group to another. Swapping groups once your course is underway is usually not possible.

The key details of the course include the following:

We’re pleased to announce that this group will, for the first time, be delivered in person over one full day in an exciting new trial of this format. The session will be held at The Space In Marylebone, London and will include lunch and refreshments for all participants.

Group AOM D Course Dates

  • Part 1 – ONLINE (2 hours) via Zoom: 8 March 2023 (14:30-16:30)
  • Part 2 – In-person in London : 14 March 2023 (9:00-17:30)

Audience

This course has been designed especially for real estate professionals working within an asset management context, including those working for fund management and investment advisory institutions, Real Estate Investment Trusts and private property companies. It is open and applicable to those based in the UK and mainland Europe in the following roles: 

  • Fund managers 
  • Portfolio and asset managers 
  • Investment/ transaction managers 
  • Development managers 
  • Investor Relations specialists 
  • Product development and distribution specialists, especially those looking to incorporate ESG characteristics into new or existing funds 
  • Real estate finance professionals and analysts 

Please note that the course has been developed to fulfil a particular industry skills development need and is intended for the audience set out above and in the course prospectus document. The BBP and Hillbreak reserve the right to reject booking requests from individuals or organisations that do not fall into eligible role categories, including, for example those in ESG and sustainability consultancy roles.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, participants will: 

  • Have deeper knowledge and understanding of the key environmental, social and governance factors pertinent to commercial real estate investment. 
  • Have greater awareness of salient market trends, including investor, lender, occupier and other stakeholder expectations, and the implications of these for real estate portfolios and their managers. 
  • Be able to identify the ESG factors that are material to a range of commercial property types, including across the spectrum of investment strategies, from core to opportunistic. 
  • Be able to identify and assess ESG-related risks and opportunities to real estate investments in the short and longer-term. 
  • Know what needs to be done at each stage of the investment lifecycle to address these ESG-related risks and opportunities – and how to factor these into investment decision-making. 
  • Know how to measure, set targets for, track and report on ESG factors, including in relation to risk profile, environmental performance and social impact. 
  • Understand the scope and limitations of the principal ESG measurement, benchmarking and certification frameworks, and the role these can play in improving transparency. 
  • Be confident in driving forward the environmental and social performance of assets under management, based on a a stronger appreciation of some of the practical interventions that are available

Course outline

For this group, the course will be split into two parts. Part 1, a 2 hour online session, and Part 2, a full day delivered in person in London a week later. A choice of shorter elective modules focusing on key topics available thereafter. The core modules’ principal elements of content will cover the following: 

Module One (Context & Strategic Considerations) 

  • ESG drivers and market trends: understanding how investment and operating contexts are changing in response to environmental and societal imperatives. 
  • New risks and opportunities: defining key ESG topics, such as Net Zero and social impact, and their application to different property types and asset strategies. 
  • Financial and non-financial returns: unpacking the relationship between ESG, property value and investment performance. 
  • Measurement and transparency: certification, benchmarking and reporting frameworks applicable at the asset, portfolio and corporate level. 

Module Two (Practical Implementation) 

  • Prioritising ESG interventions throughout the property investment lifecycle, including integration into asset business plans and the growing role of sustainable finance. 
  • Ways of engaging with other stakeholders, such as occupiers and operating partners, to secure the delivery of ESG interventions and outcomes. 
  • Establishing roles and responsibilities, ensuring accountability and incentivising action across the value chain. 
  • Market leadership: examples of best practice and innovation from around the sector. 

 

Pricing

  • Participants from BBP Member organisations: £750 + VAT per participant
  • Participants from organisations that are not members of the BBP: £1000 + VAT per participant.

 

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BBP ESG Training for Real Estate Professionals – Trial collaboration group for Asset Owners & Managers and Advisors – Group AOM/ADV I 2023

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Integrating ESG into Real Estate

Bookings for the 2023 BBP Real Estate ESG Training course, delivered by Hillbreak, are now open. Due to the high demand expected and the need to ensure an impactful learning experience for participants, the course is being delivered to groups of between 15-25 individuals. Check the full list of available groups and course dates and make sure that you are booking the right one based on your availability; we cannot guarantee that booked places will be able to be transferred from one group to another. Swapping groups once your course is underway is usually not possible.

The key details of the course include the following:

Group AOM/ADV- I Course Dates

  • Core Module One: 29 June 2023 (13:30-17:30) – pre-course learning materials for Module One will be released to participants in advance of the first training date.
  • Core Module Two: 20 July 2023 (13:30-17:30) – pre-course learning materials for Module Two will be released on completion of Module One.

The live sessions will be held virtually using Zoom.

Audience

This particular course group is a trial consolidation group, bringing Asset Owners and Managers, and Advisors together for the first time in the spirit of radical collaboration which BBP members have been advocating. It has been re-designed especially for real estate professionals working within an asset management context, including those working for fund management and investment advisory institutions, Real Estate Investment Trusts and private property companies; as well as advisory professionals in capital markets, investment advisory, valuation, leasing and transactions-based roles. It is open and applicable to those in the following roles:

  • Fund managers
  • Portfolio and asset managers
  • Investment/ transaction managers
  • Development managers
  • Investor Relations specialists
  • Product development and distribution specialists, especially those looking to incorporate ESG characteristics into new or existing funds
  • Real estate finance professionals and analysts
  • Equity raising
  • Debt sourcing and structuring
  • Investment brokerage / consultancy
  • Agency (i.e. buying, selling and leasing assets and portfolios)
  • Valuation
  • Capital markets research

Please note that the course has been developed to fulfil a particular industry skills development need and is intended for the audience set out above. The BBP and Hillbreak reserve the right to reject booking requests from individuals or organisations that do not fall into eligible role categories, including, for example, those in ESG and sustainability consultancy roles.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, participants will:

  • Have deeper knowledge and understanding of the key environmental, social and governance factors pertinent to commercial real estate investment.
  • Have greater awareness of salient market trends, including investor, lender, occupier and other stakeholder expectations, and the implications of these for real estate portfolios and their managers.
  • Be able to identify the ESG factors that are material to a range of commercial property types, including across the spectrum of investment strategies, from core to opportunistic.
  • Be able to identify and advise on the ESG-related risks and opportunities that are material to different transaction and capital raising contexts, including understanding the relationship with property value
  • Be able to identify and assess ESG-related risks and opportunities to real estate investments in the short and longer-term.
  • Know what needs to be done at each stage of the investment lifecycle to address these ESG-related risks and opportunities – and how to factor these into investment decision-making.
  • Know how to measure, set targets for, track and report on ESG factors, including in relation to risk profile, environmental performance and social impact.
  • Understand the scope and limitations of the principal ESG measurement, benchmarking and certification frameworks, and the role these can play in improving transparency.
  • Be confident in driving forward the environmental and social performance of assets under management, based on a stronger appreciation of some of the practical interventions that are available
  • Have better understanding of how ESG-related strategies of investors and occupiers are evolving and how this impacts on the advice and insights that clients need from their advisors and agents
  • Have deeper knowledge and understanding of material ESG factors and their effects in different investment contexts, within and beyond the transaction of assets, portfolios and operating platforms
  • Be more confident to integrate ESG factors into investment strategy advice and appraisals
  • Be able to justify the advice given to clients and the positions represented to clients’ counter-parties in the context of the evolving ESG landscape.

Course outline

The course will be split into two half-day core modules, with a choice of shorter elective modules focusing on key topics available thereafter. The core modules’ principal elements of content will cover the following:

Module One (Context & Strategic Considerations)

  • ESG drivers and market trends: understanding how investment and operating contexts are changing in response to environmental and societal imperatives.
  • New risks and opportunities: defining key ESG topics, such as Net Zero and social impact, and their application to different property types and asset strategies.
  • Financial and non-financial returns: unpacking the relationship between ESG, property value and investment performance.
  • Measurement and transparency: certification, benchmarking and reporting frameworks applicable at the asset, portfolio and corporate level.

Module Two (Practical Implementation)

  • Prioritising ESG interventions throughout the property investment lifecycle, including integration into asset business plans and the growing role of sustainable finance.
  • Ways of engaging with other stakeholders, such as occupiers and operating partners, to secure the delivery of ESG interventions and outcomes.
  • Establishing roles and responsibilities, ensuring accountability and incentivising action across the value chain.
  • Market leadership: examples of best practice and innovation from around the sector.

 

Pricing

  • Participants from BBP Member organisations: £500 + VAT per participant
  • Participants from organisations that are not members of the BBP: £750 + VAT per participant.

 

 

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BBP ESG Training for Real Estate Professionals – Sustainable Finance Elective Module – Q4 2022

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Sustainable Finance Elective Module

Bookings for the Sustainable Finance elective module, delivered by Hillbreak, are now open to those who have completed the BBP ESG For Real Estate Professionals course. Due to the high demand expected and the need to ensure an impactful learning experience for participants, the course is being delivered to groups of between 15-25 individuals. Check the full list of available groups and course dates and make sure that you are booking the right one based on your availability; we cannot guarantee that booked places will be able to be transferred from one group to another.

The key details of the course include the following:

Audience

All elective training modules have been designed as supplementary to the BBP ESG for Real Estate Professionals Course, and are only open and available to those who have completed the core modules on the Asset Owners & Managers Pathway or the Advisors Pathway. Elective module bookings from participants who have not completed the aforementioned course will be declined unless they are currently registered on the core modules and due to complete them by their elective module dates.

For more information regarding eligibility or to register for the BBP ESG For Real Estate Professionals course please view the course page.

Please note that the course has been developed to fulfil a particular industry skills development need and is intended for the audience set out above. The BBP and Hillbreak reserve the right to reject booking requests from individuals that do not fall into eligible categories.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, participants will: 

  • Have general awareness of the capital market trends relating to sustainable finance.
  • Have greater awareness of how debt products can fit within the ESG investment spectrum and the ability to cite and explain examples of recent sustainable finance precedents and innovations
  • Have a better understanding of labelling in debt products
  • Be able to explain key industry driven sustainable finance standards and frameworks
  • Know about current and emerging regulation impacting upon sustainable lending and borrowing
  • Have an understanding of the “use of proceeds” concept and topics and issues to which it can be applied
  • Have an understanding of the relationship between ESG issues, credit assessment and the lending process
  • Be able to articulate the core components of corporate and house level sustainable finance frameworks

Course outline

The course will be delivered in one 2 hour online session.

This module has been designed especially for real estate professionals working in either a lending or borrowing context, including fund managers and investment institutions, banks, developers and Real Estate Investment Trusts and private property companies. It explores trends in sustainable finance markets, labelling of debt products as Green, Social, Sustainability, Sustainability-linked (GSSS) or Transition, how debt products can fit within responsible, sustainable or impact investment strategies, emerging regulation relevant to ESG in the debt markets, and key considerations when integrating ESG considerations into the lending or borrowing process.

Pricing

  • £250 + VAT per participant

 

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BBP ESG Training for Real Estate Professionals – Trial collaboration group for Asset Owners & Managers and Advisors – 2023 Group AOM/ADV F

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Integrating ESG into Real Estate Investment Management and Investment Advisory

Bookings for the 2023 BBP Real Estate ESG Training course, delivered by Hillbreak, are now open. Due to the high demand expected and the need to ensure an impactful learning experience for participants, the course is being delivered to groups of between 15-25 individuals. Check the full list of available groups and course dates and make sure that you are booking the right one based on your availability; we cannot guarantee that booked places will be able to be transferred from one group to another. Swapping groups once your course is underway is usually not possible.

The key details of the course include the following:

Group AOM/ADV F Course Dates

  • Core Module One: 9 May 2023 (13:30-17:30) – pre-course learning materials for Module One will be released to participants in advance of the first training date.
  • Core Module Two: 6 June 2023 (13:30-17:30) – pre-course learning materials for Module Two will be released on completion of Module One.

The live sessions will be held virtually using Zoom.

Audience

This particular course group is a trial consolidation group, bringing Asset Owners and Managers, and Advisors together for the first time in the spirit of radical collaboration which BBP members have been advocating. It has been re-designed especially for real estate professionals working within an asset management context, including those working for fund management and investment advisory institutions, Real Estate Investment Trusts and private property companies; as well as advisory professionals in capital markets, investment advisory, valuation, leasing and transactions-based roles. It is open and applicable to those based in the UK and mainland Europe in the following roles: 

  • Fund managers 
  • Portfolio and asset managers 
  • Investment/ transaction managers 
  • Development managers 
  • Investor Relations specialists 
  • Product development and distribution specialists, especially those looking to incorporate ESG characteristics into new or existing funds 
  • Real estate finance professionals and analysts
  • Equity raising
  • Debt sourcing and structuring
  • Investment brokerage / consultancy
  • Agency (i.e. buying, selling and leasing assets and portfolios)
  • Valuation
  • Capital markets research

Please note that the course has been developed to fulfil a particular industry skills development need and is intended for the audience set out above. The BBP and Hillbreak reserve the right to reject booking requests from individuals or organisations that do not fall into eligible role categories, including, for example, those in ESG and sustainability consultancy roles.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, participants will: 

  • Have deeper knowledge and understanding of the key environmental, social and governance factors pertinent to commercial real estate investment. 
  • Have greater awareness of salient market trends, including investor, lender, occupier and other stakeholder expectations, and the implications of these for real estate portfolios and their managers. 
  • Be able to identify the ESG factors that are material to a range of commercial property types, including across the spectrum of investment strategies, from core to opportunistic. 
  • Be able to identify and advise on the ESG-related risks and opportunities that are material to different transaction and capital raising contexts, including understanding the relationship with property value
  • Be able to identify and assess ESG-related risks and opportunities to real estate investments in the short and longer-term. 
  • Know what needs to be done at each stage of the investment lifecycle to address these ESG-related risks and opportunities – and how to factor these into investment decision-making. 
  • Know how to measure, set targets for, track and report on ESG factors, including in relation to risk profile, environmental performance and social impact. 
  • Understand the scope and limitations of the principal ESG measurement, benchmarking and certification frameworks, and the role these can play in improving transparency. 
  • Be confident in driving forward the environmental and social performance of assets under management, based on a stronger appreciation of some of the practical interventions that are available
  • Have greater awareness of market drivers and trends and the implications of these for investments.
  • Have better understanding of how ESG-related strategies of investors and occupiers are evolving and how this impacts on the advice and insights that clients need from their advisors and agents
  • Have deeper knowledge and understanding of material ESG factors and their effects in different investment contexts, within and beyond the transaction of assets, portfolios and operating platforms
  • Be more confident to integrate ESG factors into investment strategy advice and appraisals
  • Be able to justify the advice given to clients and the positions represented to clients’ counter-parties in the context of the evolving ESG landscape.

Course outline

The course will be split into two half-day core modules, with a choice of shorter elective modules focusing on key topics available thereafter. The core modules’ principal elements of content will cover the following: 

Module One (Context & Strategic Considerations) 

  • ESG drivers and market trends: understanding how investment and operating contexts are changing in response to environmental and societal imperatives. 
  • New risks and opportunities: defining key ESG topics, such as Net Zero and social impact, and their application to different property types and asset strategies. 
  • Financial and non-financial returns: unpacking the relationship between ESG, property value and investment performance. 
  • Measurement and transparency: certification, benchmarking and reporting frameworks applicable at the asset, portfolio and corporate level. 

Module Two (Practical Implementation) 

  • Prioritising ESG interventions throughout the property investment lifecycle, including integration into asset business plans and the growing role of sustainable finance. 
  • Ways of engaging with other stakeholders, such as occupiers and operating partners, to secure the delivery of ESG interventions and outcomes. 
  • Establishing roles and responsibilities, ensuring accountability and incentivising action across the value chain. 
  • Market leadership: examples of best practice and innovation from around the sector. 

 

Pricing

  • Participants from BBP Member organisations: £500 + VAT per participant
  • Participants from organisations that are not members of the BBP: £750 + VAT per participant.

 

ESG Training for Real Estate Professionals

Better Buildings Partnership launches groundbreaking ESG Training Course for Real Estate Professionals

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The Better Buildings Partnership (BBP) is today launching a major real estate industry training course focused on integrating Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) into the property investment management process. The launch of the much-anticipated course comes just months after Sarah Ratcliffe, CEO at BBP, declared a sustainability skills emergency within the sector and encouraged the use of appropriate leadership and infrastructure to bridge the knowledge gap.

The training course has been envisioned by BBP members and will be developed and delivered by Hillbreak, a market leading ESG training and advisory firm.

The ground-breaking new course has been developed especially for real estate professionals working for fund management and investment advisory institutions, Real Estate Investment Trusts and private property companies. The programme will bring together participants from varied roles, such as fund, asset and development management, deal teams, investor relations and product development, thereby maximising the level of insight that can be gained from interacting with peers working across the spectrum of the property lifecycle.

The course comes at a very significant time for the real estate sector with the climate crisis and ESG now firmly established as priorities for investors, owners, occupiers and other stakeholders. Participants will benefit from having a better command of how to respond to the ESG risks and opportunities that will increasingly impact upon their decision-making, and have a better understanding of the principles, disciplines and tools required to develop strategies and solutions for their portfolios and assets.

The development of the course was initiated and supported by BBP members Hammerson, LaSalle Investment Management, Legal & General Investment Management and Nuveen Real Estate. Additional support has been provided by Derwent London,Great Portland Estates, Logicor, Picton, Royal London Asset Management and Savills Investment Management. These leading property owners will continue to oversee the programme through a Steering Group, ensuring that it meets the needs of the industry and continually develops to reflect the practicalities of responding to ESG and climate risk across real estate portfolios.

The training involves two half-days of interactive teaching supported by preparatory and post-course learning delivered via a dedicated online platform. Learning materials and formats will include classroom-style learning, interview-based video and podcast content, together with written resources and case studies. There will be bespoke materials specific to role types, ensuring maximum relevance to the individual and their organisations.

The first training course will take place in June and class sizes are limited to optimise peer-to-peer learning through real-world insights.

To find out more about the course, and to register for places, please visit the Hillbreak website here.

Louise Ellison, Chair of the BBP and Group Head of Sustainability at Hammerson said:

“Access to targeted, practical ESG training that focuses on equipping people with expertise they can deploy directly within their roles is essential for our sector to move forward quickly on climate change.  This programme provides an excellent response so I am really delighted to have been part of its development and to see it launched.”

Sophie Carruth, Head of Sustainability at LaSalle Investment Management said:

“A key tool in the delivery of Net Zero Carbon is the upskilling of the people in each sector so I am excited to see the launch of this ESG training which we designed specifically for property professionals.  I believe it will be hugely impactful and will drive progress across our sector”

Miles Keeping, co-Founder of Hillbreak and Chair of the Green Property Alliance said:

“It’s very exciting to be able to bring this much needed training initiative to the market. Hillbreak was formed to help meet the significant need for ESG training and we’re delighted to have the opportunity to partner with the BBP on this ground-breaking programme.”

 

Notes to Editors

About BBP

The Better Buildings Partnership (BBP) is a not-for-profit collaboration of the UK’s leading property owners who are working together to improve the sustainability of the UK’s existing commercial buildings. The organisation’s aim is to deliver market transformation through sustainability leadership and knowledge sharing across the UK property industry. The BBP currently has 40 members who represent in excess of £250bn Assets Under Management (AUM). More information about the BBP can be found here: www.betterbuildingspartnership.co.uk

About Hillbreak

Hillbreak delivers impactful training and advisory services for organisations seeking purpose and competitive advantage in a rapidly changing world. Its mission is to expedite the transition to a sustainable policy, business and investment environment by bringing intelligence, challenge and inspiration to its clients and stakeholders. Please see www.hillbreak.com for further information about Hillbreak.

 

For press enquiries please contact Sophia Tysoe, Stakeholder Engagement and Communications Executive, Better Buildings Partnership. s.tysoe@betterbuildingspartnership.co.uk

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BBP ESG for Real Estate Professionals Focus Session: Net Zero Carbon – Q2 2023

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Protecting and enhancing asset value and investment performance through effective Net Zero Carbon strategies

Understand how the Net Zero agenda is impacting on real estate portfolio and asset strategies

Bookings for this focus session, delivered by Hillbreak, are now open. To ensure an impactful learning experience for participants, the course is being delivered to groups of no more than 20 individuals. Check the full list of available groups and course dates and make sure that you are booking the right one based on your availability; we cannot guarantee that booked places will be able to be transferred from one group to another.

The key details of the course include the following:

Audience

All Focus Sessions have been designed as supplementary to the BBP ESG for Real Estate Professionals Course, and are open and available to those who have completed the core programme.

Those who would like to register for this focus session without completing the Core Programme first, should complete the Self-Assessment Quiz to ensure they possess sufficient existing knowledge of ESG in a Real Estate context. 

For more information regarding eligibility or to register for the BBP ESG For Real Estate Professionals Core Programme, please view the course page.

Please note that the course has been developed to fulfil a particular industry skills development need and is intended for the audience set out above. The BBP and Hillbreak reserve the right to reject booking requests from individuals that do not fall into eligible categories.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, participants will have: 

  • Deeper knowledge and understanding of the drivers behind the transition to NZC.
  • Some general awareness of the capital market trends relating to the transition to NZC.
  • A better understanding of the whole-life climate impacts of property and how these are measured and tracked.
  • The ability to explain key NZC concepts, principles and definitions applicable to assets and portfolios.
  • Knowledge of what a credible NZC pathway for property assets and portfolios constitutes.
  • Experience of how tools such as CRREM are used to inform investment decisions and business planning.
  • The ability to identify and evaluate the hierarchy of practical options for delivering the NZC transition.
  • An appreciation of how the NZC agenda may continue to evolve, including in relation to key uncertainties.

Course outline

The course will be delivered in one 2-hour online session.

This Focus Session has been designed to provide greater depth on the complex and continuously evolving topic of Net Zero Carbon and the transition imperative. It covers in greater detail than the core programme modules:

frameworks relating to and definitions of Net Zero, understanding greenhouse gas emissions in the context of the property lifecycle, and how to set out and deliver on pathways to Net Zero at both the portfolio and asset level.

Pricing

  • £250 + VAT per participant

 

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BBP ESG Training for Real Estate Professionals – Trial collaboration group for Asset Owners & Managers and Advisors – Group AOM/ADV I 2023

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Integrating ESG into Real Estate

Bookings for the 2023 BBP Real Estate ESG Training course, delivered by Hillbreak, are now open. Due to the high demand expected and the need to ensure an impactful learning experience for participants, the course is being delivered to groups of between 15-25 individuals. Check the full list of available groups and course dates and make sure that you are booking the right one based on your availability; we cannot guarantee that booked places will be able to be transferred from one group to another. Swapping groups once your course is underway is usually not possible.

The key details of the course include the following:

Group AOM/ADV- I Course Dates

  • Core Module One: 29 June 2023 (13:30-17:30) – pre-course learning materials for Module One will be released to participants in advance of the first training date.
  • Core Module Two: 20 July 2023 (13:30-17:30) – pre-course learning materials for Module Two will be released on completion of Module One.

The live sessions will be held virtually using Zoom.

Audience

This particular course group is a trial consolidation group, bringing Asset Owners and Managers, and Advisors together for the first time in the spirit of radical collaboration which BBP members have been advocating. It has been re-designed especially for real estate professionals working within an asset management context, including those working for fund management and investment advisory institutions, Real Estate Investment Trusts and private property companies; as well as advisory professionals in capital markets, investment advisory, valuation, leasing and transactions-based roles. It is open and applicable to those in the following roles:

  • Fund managers
  • Portfolio and asset managers
  • Investment/ transaction managers
  • Development managers
  • Investor Relations specialists
  • Product development and distribution specialists, especially those looking to incorporate ESG characteristics into new or existing funds
  • Real estate finance professionals and analysts
  • Equity raising
  • Debt sourcing and structuring
  • Investment brokerage / consultancy
  • Agency (i.e. buying, selling and leasing assets and portfolios)
  • Valuation
  • Capital markets research

Please note that the course has been developed to fulfil a particular industry skills development need and is intended for the audience set out above. The BBP and Hillbreak reserve the right to reject booking requests from individuals or organisations that do not fall into eligible role categories, including, for example, those in ESG and sustainability consultancy roles.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, participants will:

  • Have deeper knowledge and understanding of the key environmental, social and governance factors pertinent to commercial real estate investment.
  • Have greater awareness of salient market trends, including investor, lender, occupier and other stakeholder expectations, and the implications of these for real estate portfolios and their managers.
  • Be able to identify the ESG factors that are material to a range of commercial property types, including across the spectrum of investment strategies, from core to opportunistic.
  • Be able to identify and advise on the ESG-related risks and opportunities that are material to different transaction and capital raising contexts, including understanding the relationship with property value
  • Be able to identify and assess ESG-related risks and opportunities to real estate investments in the short and longer-term.
  • Know what needs to be done at each stage of the investment lifecycle to address these ESG-related risks and opportunities – and how to factor these into investment decision-making.
  • Know how to measure, set targets for, track and report on ESG factors, including in relation to risk profile, environmental performance and social impact.
  • Understand the scope and limitations of the principal ESG measurement, benchmarking and certification frameworks, and the role these can play in improving transparency.
  • Be confident in driving forward the environmental and social performance of assets under management, based on a stronger appreciation of some of the practical interventions that are available
  • Have better understanding of how ESG-related strategies of investors and occupiers are evolving and how this impacts on the advice and insights that clients need from their advisors and agents
  • Have deeper knowledge and understanding of material ESG factors and their effects in different investment contexts, within and beyond the transaction of assets, portfolios and operating platforms
  • Be more confident to integrate ESG factors into investment strategy advice and appraisals
  • Be able to justify the advice given to clients and the positions represented to clients’ counter-parties in the context of the evolving ESG landscape.

Course outline

The course will be split into two half-day core modules, with a choice of shorter elective modules focusing on key topics available thereafter. The core modules’ principal elements of content will cover the following:

Module One (Context & Strategic Considerations)

  • ESG drivers and market trends: understanding how investment and operating contexts are changing in response to environmental and societal imperatives.
  • New risks and opportunities: defining key ESG topics, such as Net Zero and social impact, and their application to different property types and asset strategies.
  • Financial and non-financial returns: unpacking the relationship between ESG, property value and investment performance.
  • Measurement and transparency: certification, benchmarking and reporting frameworks applicable at the asset, portfolio and corporate level.

Module Two (Practical Implementation)

  • Prioritising ESG interventions throughout the property investment lifecycle, including integration into asset business plans and the growing role of sustainable finance.
  • Ways of engaging with other stakeholders, such as occupiers and operating partners, to secure the delivery of ESG interventions and outcomes.
  • Establishing roles and responsibilities, ensuring accountability and incentivising action across the value chain.
  • Market leadership: examples of best practice and innovation from around the sector.

 

Pricing

  • Participants from BBP Member organisations: £500 + VAT per participant
  • Participants from organisations that are not members of the BBP: £750 + VAT per participant.

 

 

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BBP ESG for Real Estate Professionals Focus Session: ESG Data – Q3 2023

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Using ESG Data To Mitigate Investment Risk And Optimise Performance

Improve ESG data collection, management and analytical practices to inform better property investment decision-making and greater transparency

Bookings for this focus session, delivered by Hillbreak, are now open. To ensure an impactful learning experience for participants, the course is being delivered to groups of no more than 20 individuals. Check the full list of available groups and course dates and make sure that you are booking the right one based on your availability; we cannot guarantee that booked places will be able to be transferred from one group to another.

The key details of the course include the following:

Audience

All Focus Sessions have been designed as supplementary to the BBP ESG for Real Estate Professionals Course, and are open and available to those who have completed the core programme.

Those who would like to register for this focus session without completing the Core Programme first, should complete the Self-Assessment Quiz to ensure they possess sufficient existing knowledge of ESG in a Real Estate context. 

For more information regarding eligibility or to register for the BBP ESG For Real Estate Professionals Core Programme, please view the course page.

Please note that the course has been developed to fulfil a particular industry skills development need and is intended for the audience set out above. The BBP and Hillbreak reserve the right to reject booking requests from individuals that do not fall into eligible categories.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, participants will have: 

  • An appreciation of the crucial role that the ‘data bedrock’ plays in sustainability strategies, implementation and reporting
  • Awareness of the fundamentals of data management and performance measurement, as well as its pitfalls and how to avoid them
  • Knowledge of the different kinds of ESG data and KPIs
  • Experience of how benchmarking (such as REEB) are used to inform effective performance management and inform target-setting
  • A sound understanding of setting effective targets
  • Awareness of the importance of presentation and data visualisation
  • An appreciation of the future of ESG data and performance monitoring

Course outline

The course will be delivered in one 2-hour online session.

This module gives real estate professionals insight into the challenging but vital area of ESG and sustainability data. Data is about real performance, not just hoped-for outcomes. Good quality data is surprisingly hard to get, but with it, and the right approach to analysis (including benchmarking) and target-setting, we can properly test, monitor, improve and disclose. Data bridges and connects strategy with implementation.

Pricing

  • £250 + VAT per participant

 

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BBP ESG For Real Estate Professionals Focus Session: Sustainable Property Finance – Q3 2023

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Optimising The Benefits For Lenders & Borrowers By Integrating Sustainability Into Property Finance

Implement robust, innovative and purposeful approaches to ESG risk mitigation and improved sustainability outcomes through real estate debt strategies

 

Bookings for this focus session, delivered by Hillbreak, are now open. To ensure an impactful learning experience for participants, the course is being delivered to groups of no more than 20 individuals. Check the full list of available groups and course dates and make sure that you are booking the right one based on your availability; we cannot guarantee that booked places will be able to be transferred from one group to another.

The key details of the course include the following:

Audience

All Focus Sessions have been designed as supplementary to the BBP ESG for Real Estate Professionals Course, and are open and available to those who have completed the core programme.

Those who would like to register for this focus session without completing the Core Programme first, should complete the Self-Assessment Quiz to ensure they possess sufficient existing knowledge of ESG in a Real Estate context. 

For more information regarding eligibility or to register for the BBP ESG For Real Estate Professionals Core Programme, please view the course page.

Please note that the course has been developed to fulfil a particular industry skills development need and is intended for the audience set out above. The BBP and Hillbreak reserve the right to reject booking requests from individuals that do not fall into eligible categories.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, participants will: 

  • Have general awareness of the capital market trends relating to sustainable finance.
  • Have greater awareness of how debt products can fit within the ESG investment spectrum and the ability to cite and explain examples of recent sustainable finance precedents and innovations
  • Have a better understanding of labelling in debt products
  • Be able to explain key industry driven sustainable finance standards and frameworks
  • Know about current and emerging regulation impacting upon sustainable lending and borrowing
  • Have an understanding of the “use of proceeds” concept and topics and issues to which it can be applied
  • Have an understanding of the relationship between ESG issues, credit assessment and the lending process
  • Be able to articulate the core components of corporate and house level sustainable finance frameworks

Course outline

The course will be delivered in one 2-hour online session.

This Focus Session has been designed especially for real estate professionals working in either a lending or borrowing context, including fund managers and investment institutions, banks, developers and Real Estate Investment Trusts and private property companies. It explores trends in sustainable finance markets, labelling of debt products as Green, Social, Sustainability, Sustainability-linked (GSSS) or Transition, how debt products can fit within responsible, sustainable or impact investment strategies, emerging regulation relevant to ESG in the debt markets, and key considerations when integrating ESG considerations into the lending or borrowing process.

Pricing

  • £250 + VAT per participant

 

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BBP ESG For Real Estate Professionals Focus Session: Leveraging ESG Disclosure Regulations & Standards – Q3 2023

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Leveraging ESG Disclosure Regulations & Standards In Europe To Enhance Investment Marketing, Sales and Strategy

Navigate the growing body of European transparency requirements for real estate companies and funds to avoid greenwashing

Bookings for this focus session, delivered by Hillbreak, are now open. To ensure an impactful learning experience for participants, the course is being delivered to groups of no more than 20 individuals. Check the full list of available groups and course dates and make sure that you are booking the right one based on your availability; we cannot guarantee that booked places will be able to be transferred from one group to another.

The key details of the course include the following:

Audience

All Focus Sessions have been designed as supplementary to the BBP ESG for Real Estate Professionals Course, and are open and available to those who have completed the core programme.

Those who would like to register for this focus session without completing the Core Programme first, should complete the Self-Assessment Quiz to ensure they possess sufficient existing knowledge of ESG in a Real Estate context. 

For more information regarding eligibility or to register for the BBP ESG For Real Estate Professionals Core Programme, please view the course page.

Please note that the course has been developed to fulfil a particular industry skills development need and is intended for the audience set out above. The BBP and Hillbreak reserve the right to reject booking requests from individuals that do not fall into eligible categories.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, participants will have: 

  • An understanding of the nature and purpose of emerging financial market regulation on ESG
  • Greater awareness of the landscape of financial market ESG regulations affecting real estate financial market participants and how these are developing in major jurisdictions, particularly in relation to climate-related disclosures.
  • Knowledge of the mandatory ESG disclosure requirements for real estate entities in both public and private markets, with a particular focus on the EU taxonomy, SFDR, and CSRD.
  • An appreciation of how European mandatory disclosure requirements and their indicators interface with real estate industry standards of good practice for sustainability reporting.
  • The ability to assess how listed companies are non-listed real estate investments should be classified under the EU taxonomy and the SFDR respectively.
  • Anticipation of future regulatory developments.

Course outline

The course will be delivered in one 2-hour online session.

This module outlines the drivers and principles of ESG regulatory requirements worldwide, before focussing on what these mean in practice, through the lens of the world’s most developed framework: the EU sustainable finance regime.  The module presents a practical navigation aid to the dynamic and complex new landscape, helping participants understand how the frameworks do – and don’t – work, and how incoming requirements interact with existing mandatory and voluntary structures.  By drawing out real asset specificities from the broadly-based frameworks, and emphasising disclosure obligations, the material in anchored in operational realities.

Pricing

  • £250 + VAT per participant

 

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BBP ESG For Real Estate Professionals Focus Session: Social Value & Impact – Q3 2023

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Delivering positive real world outcomes through social value and impact strategies

Incorporate effective and credible approaches to both social value and social impact across the real estate lifecycle

Bookings for this focus session, delivered by Hillbreak, are now open. To ensure an impactful learning experience for participants, the course is being delivered to groups of no more than 20 individuals. Check the full list of available groups and course dates and make sure that you are booking the right one based on your availability; we cannot guarantee that booked places will be able to be transferred from one group to another.

The key details of the course include the following:

Audience

All Focus Sessions have been designed as supplementary to the BBP ESG for Real Estate Professionals Course, and are open and available to those who have completed the core programme.

Those who would like to register for this focus session without completing the Core Programme first, should complete the Self-Assessment Quiz to ensure they possess sufficient existing knowledge of ESG in a Real Estate context. 

For more information regarding eligibility or to register for the BBP ESG For Real Estate Professionals Core Programme, please view the course page.

Please note that the course has been developed to fulfil a particular industry skills development need and is intended for the audience set out above. The BBP and Hillbreak reserve the right to reject booking requests from individuals that do not fall into eligible categories.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, participants will: 

  • Be able to describe and critique commonly used definitions and frameworks for Social Value & Impact.
  • Be able to apply best practice guidance for impact investment to real estate investment strategies
  • Develop and use theories of change to help focus fund or asset level strategies on delivery of positive social outcomes
  • Be able to articulate the relationship between risk-adjusted return and the delivery of social value and impact.

Course outline

The course will be delivered in one 2-hour online session.

This module focuses on key principles, frameworks and approaches relating to the realisation of social value and the definition and optimisation of social impact goals. It will include discussion of emerging definitions of Social Value and Social Impact, the key principles and frameworks which can be used to guide the delivery of social value and impact through the investment lifecycle. It includes a particular focus on the practical use of theories of change and impact measurement and management methodologies.

Pricing

  • £250 + VAT per participant

 

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BBP ESG Training for Real Estate Professionals – Sustainable Finance Elective Module – Q4 2022

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Sustainable Finance Elective Module

Bookings for the Sustainable Finance elective module, delivered by Hillbreak, are now open to those who have completed the BBP ESG For Real Estate Professionals course. Due to the high demand expected and the need to ensure an impactful learning experience for participants, the course is being delivered to groups of between 15-25 individuals. Check the full list of available groups and course dates and make sure that you are booking the right one based on your availability; we cannot guarantee that booked places will be able to be transferred from one group to another.

The key details of the course include the following:

Audience

All elective training modules have been designed as supplementary to the BBP ESG for Real Estate Professionals Course, and are only open and available to those who have completed the core modules on the Asset Owners & Managers Pathway or the Advisors Pathway. Elective module bookings from participants who have not completed the aforementioned course will be declined unless they are currently registered on the core modules and due to complete them by their elective module dates.

For more information regarding eligibility or to register for the BBP ESG For Real Estate Professionals course please view the course page.

Please note that the course has been developed to fulfil a particular industry skills development need and is intended for the audience set out above. The BBP and Hillbreak reserve the right to reject booking requests from individuals that do not fall into eligible categories.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, participants will: 

  • Have general awareness of the capital market trends relating to sustainable finance.
  • Have greater awareness of how debt products can fit within the ESG investment spectrum and the ability to cite and explain examples of recent sustainable finance precedents and innovations
  • Have a better understanding of labelling in debt products
  • Be able to explain key industry driven sustainable finance standards and frameworks
  • Know about current and emerging regulation impacting upon sustainable lending and borrowing
  • Have an understanding of the “use of proceeds” concept and topics and issues to which it can be applied
  • Have an understanding of the relationship between ESG issues, credit assessment and the lending process
  • Be able to articulate the core components of corporate and house level sustainable finance frameworks

Course outline

The course will be delivered in one 2 hour online session.

This module has been designed especially for real estate professionals working in either a lending or borrowing context, including fund managers and investment institutions, banks, developers and Real Estate Investment Trusts and private property companies. It explores trends in sustainable finance markets, labelling of debt products as Green, Social, Sustainability, Sustainability-linked (GSSS) or Transition, how debt products can fit within responsible, sustainable or impact investment strategies, emerging regulation relevant to ESG in the debt markets, and key considerations when integrating ESG considerations into the lending or borrowing process.

Pricing

  • £250 + VAT per participant