Access to sustainability data and ensuring high-quality data are critical in the infrastructure investment industry. But how are firms operationalizing this data to effectively improve their sustainability and increase the value of their portfolio assets?

Trends in operationalizing sustainability data

As the global standard for ESG benchmarking in real assets, GRESB provides a framework for infrastructure funds and assets to report sustainability management practices and performance metrics across diverse infrastructure subsectors, including renewable energy, transportation, network utilities, power generation, toll roads, and social and data infrastructure.

Although infrastructure subsectors vary significantly in their challenges and opportunities, an industry-wide trend is clear: the operationalization of sustainability data is central to achieving ESG goals and long-term value creation.

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