i3 senior editor Drew Campbell discusses the goals and purpose of the GRESB Foundation with Rick Walters director, infrastructure, GRESB, Patrick Kanters, managing director, global real estate and infrastructure, APG Asset Management, and chairman of the GRESB Foundation, and Katherine Sherwin, sustainable investing manager for BlackRock Real Assets and member of the GRESB infrastructure standards committee.

What is the GRESB Foundation, and what is its purpose?

Rick Walters: The GRESB Foundation is an independent, not-for-profit organization (incorporated as a Dutch stichting) that sets global standards for assessing the environmental, social and governance performance of real estate, infrastructure and other assets.

Led by a foundation board composed of representatives from GRESB members and partners, the GRESB Foundation is the primary platform for GRESB to engage with the industry, owning and governing the standards