The ULI Sustainability Outlook 2021 is the Institute’s first-ever look-ahead on issues that are specific to ESG-related concerns in the real estate industry. Members from ULI’s Sustainable Development Council (SDC), along with ULI Global Chairman Owen D. Thomas and ULI Trustee Ken Hubbard, contributed to this report. From ESG investing to grid-interactive buildings, and from climate risk to healthy buildings, it’s an exciting time for the real estate industry to advance sustainability.

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New research from ULI and the Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC) has called on cities worldwide to recognise their common challenges in building climate resilience. Combining the expertise and experiences of five cities around the world – Hong Kong, Miami, New York, Rotterdam and Singapore.  Read more on Knowledge Finder.

Find out what has been going on around ULI Europe and what’s coming up this month by reading the January issue of the newsletter. Read more.

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The ULI 2020 Annual Report is now live! Titled Successfully Navigating a Rapidly Changing World, this report shows how ULI—through our members—is continuing to make a positive, lasting difference in communities around the world. Topics address everything from the COVID-19 pandemic, through our longer-term work in addressing the challenges faced by our communities on issues such as racial inequity, climate change, and housing affordability.

Click here to read about ULI’s accomplishments in the past fiscal year.

Europe’s property sector is in the midst of a cyclical downturn that is coinciding with long-term structural changes to real estate, according to the PwC/ULI 18th edition of the Emerging Trends in Real Estate^® 2021 report. However, real estate generally is seen as one of the few asset classes to generate acceptable returns at a time of low or negative interest rates. Read the press release and download the report on Knowledge Finder.