Getting Green for Green: Using Sustainable Finance Strategies for Green Building Investments

Registration Information:

Registering for the session holds your seat in the class until 5 minutes prior to the scheduled start time. At that time your seat in the session can no longer be guaranteed.

If a session is full, you will not be able to add it to your agenda; however, if you have the appropriate pass you will be able to enter the session on a first-come first-served basis 5 minutes prior to the scheduled start of the event so long as capacity has not been reached

Greenbuild staff at the entrance of the session have the ability to stop permitting entrance to the session when the room hits the set capacity.

Description:

Attendees will learn how sustainable finance instruments such as green bonds and loans can be used to finance sustainable buildings. The session will briefly explain the basic concepts of green bonds and loans and how they work, and then delve into how green ratings can be used to enable sustainable financing, illustrated via case studies of green bonds issued by real estate organizations. The session will highlight two recently published guides on sustainable finance for real estate which was collaboratively developed by five major green rating organizations. The panelists will also review and discuss current and emerging trends in sustainable finance for real estate, and how green building stakeholders can support the evolution of sustainable finance frameworks and taxonomies. The session will benefit real estate owners and green building practitioners as well as finance professionals.