Sustainability Street: Earth Day Check-In on CRE’s Progress

Marta Schantz, co-executive director of ULI’s Randall Lewis Center for Sustainability

Welcome back to Sustainability Street, CPE’s podcast on the intersection of commercial real estate and the world we live in, and Happy Earth Day!

To mark the occasion, Executive Editor Therese Fitzgerald interviewed Marta Schantz, co-executive director of the ULI’s Randall Lewis Center for Sustainability, regarding CRE’s progress on environmental sustainability and the long road ahead.

The theme of this year’s Earth Day is “Investing in the Planet.” According to Schantz, the business case for sustainability is so strong that “investing in your planet is investing in your business.”

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Here is a sample of topics covered:

Committing to net zero (1:43)
Blackstone joins the struggle (5;49)
The existing building challenge (7:15)
Sustainability in a tight economy (13:20)
The backlash against ESG (18:50)

For more on the state of real estate sustainability, read ULI’s Global Sustainability Outlook 2023.