Property investors ignore sustainability at their peril, delegates at a Schroder Property conference have been told.
Instead, they should act now to address the carbon footprint of any property they own to protect their investment.
The audience heard from leading experts how the Government’s drive to make more residential and business buildings carbon efficient is pushing ahead despite the recession.
Schroder’s Ian Mason said: “Sustainability is our number one priority and if occupiers don’t see it as being important, we must take the challenge to them.
“The market has not yet priced in the costs of sustainability, but we believe property investors who act now to reduce carbon emissions will perform better over the long term than those that do nothing.”
• Originally published in GreenerLiving magazine in April 2009