Aberdeen Asset Management

Aberdeen Asset Management is an independent asset management group which has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1991.  The Company was originally founded in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1983.  Aberdeen invests worldwide on behalf of clients globally across the four major asset classes of equities, fixed income, property and alternatives.   Today the Company has assets under management of £168.8 billion (as at 31 August 2010).

Aberdeen is an established and leading property manager with clients located around the world.  As at 31 August 2010, the Group managed £20.9 billion within segregated mandates and open-end and closed-end funds.

Befimmo

Befimmo is one of the leading Belgian Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT), active in office buildings. Our “Sicafi/Bevak” status offers protection to its shareholders and ensures tax transparency.

We operate a 'pure-player' strategy of investing in quality office accommodation in areas of scarcity, such as in city centres. Our core market is the Brussels Central Business District.

As an Asset Manager, we currently manage a portfolio of quality office buildings of over 858,000 m² worth €1.9 billion, located mainly in Brussels. Over 60% of the portfolio is on long-term let to public institutions providing, regular, indexed and safe revenues. By caring for our clients, the tenants, we pursue a strategy based on optimising long-term cashflow and creating value in real estate while abiding by the principles of sustainable development.

Befimmo shares are listed on Euronext Brussels and Euronext Paris (compartment B) and are included in the indexes Bel 20 (since the close on 2 March 2009) and DJ Stoxx 600. We are also in the real estate indexes EPRA and GPR250.

Bouwfonds REIM

Bouwfonds REIM is initiator and manager of real estate investment funds, serving investors in selected markets at home and abroad.  In addition to offering the more traditional investment products, particular for private investors, Bouwfonds REIM, with its unique combination of real estate knowledge and financial expertise, sees good market opportunities for institutional investors throughout Europe to grow in the field of so-called niche investment products.

The total fund volume of funds initiated by Bouwfonds REIM for private investors is more than 2.5 billion euro; these funds are increasingly focussed on the residential sector. In addition, Bouwfonds REIM launched several institutional products (IEF, Parking, US Residential, Infrastructure and Loan Fund) with a volume of more than 4.5 billion euro.

Bouwfonds REIM is among the top 10 largest players in the field of real estate investment in the Netherlands and ranks in the top-3 of Dutch providers of real estate funds.  Bouwfonds REIM is member of Rabo Real Estate Group, Rabobank’s real estate business and has offices in Hoevelaken, Amsterdam, Berlin and Paris. 

Bouwfonds REIM aims to expand into a recognised and respected provider of both traditional and innovative real estate investment products to private and institutional investors.

BNP Paribas

Corio

Corio is a retail property company specialising in the selection, development and management of shopping centres. Currently Corio runs operations in five countries: Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain and Turkey. The company’s shares are traded on Euronext NYSE in Amsterdam and Paris. Under Dutch law, Corio is a closed-end fiscal investment institution (FBI). It has a SIIC status in France.  As of March 2008, Corio has been included in the Dutch blue-chip index of 25 leading shares, the AEX.

Corio wants to create favourite meeting places: sustainable centres where people like to meet, spend their leisure time and shop; places they want to visit again. In selecting investments, Corio focuses on shopping centres that are dominant in their catchment area. These are the projects where we can present the consumer a full range of shops, convenience stores, restaurants, leisure & entertainment as well as event space and a wide range of services. This is where Corio, with its local and professional hands-on management, can add most value. In addition to buying and developing shopping centres, Corio leases and runs its shopping centres in house, making it an integrated and focused retail property company.

Cushman & Wakefield LLP

Cushman & Wakefield is the world's largest privately-held commercial real estate services firm.  Founded in 1917, it has 234 offices in 61 countries and more than 13,000 employees.  The firm represents a diverse customer base ranging from small businesses to FTSE 100 as well as Fortune 500 companies.  It offers a complete range of services within five primary disciplines: 

Transaction Services, including tenant and landlord representation in office, industrial and retail real estate;

Capital Markets, including property sales, investment management, investment banking, debt and equity financing;

Corporate Occupier & Investor Services, including integrated real estate strategies for large corporations and property owners;

Consulting Services, including business and real estate consulting; and

Valuation & Advisory, including appraisals, highest and best use analysis, dispute resolution and litigation support, along with specialized expertise in various industry sectors.

A recognized leader in global real estate research, the firm publishes a broad array of proprietary reports available on its online Knowledge Center at www.cushmanwakefield.com.

ECE Projektmanagment G.M.B.H. & Co. KG

ECE develops, plans, builds, lease and manages large commercial real estate in the sectors shopping, office, industries. The company is European market leader in the shopping center sector with 137 managed shopping centers and activities in 16 countries.

EDF

EDF Group is one of the leading energy suppliers in the world, with subsidiaries mainly in Europe. The Group manages around 1800 office buildings, through EDF SA in France, EDF Energy in the UK and EDISON in Italy. This building stock is very heterogeneous, with a mixture of high performing through to older, less efficient buildings.

Our ambition is to lead energy change both on the production side, and also for users, promoting services to help our customers to enhance their energy performance. With consistency in mind, we apply to ourselves what we recommend to others and have now launched an ambitious energy performance programme for our own buildings throughout the Group.

FGH Bank

FGH Bank is specialised in financing commercial real estate and was founded in 1890.  We therefore have a vast amount of experience and possess a broad range of in-depth knowledge on the Dutch Real Estate market.

Our head office is situated in Utrecht and is supported by seven regional offices. This framework provides a good insight into local market developments and enables us to finetune our services according to market demands. Consequently, we can offer all possible kinds of real estate financing, either tailored for the specific needs of our individual customers or geared towards developments within the (local) real estate market. We are active in The Netherlands, Germany and Belgium.

FGH Bank has over 300 employees and at the end of 2010 our balance total was appox. 19 billion.  Since 2003, FGH Bank  has been part of the Rabobank Group.

FGH Bank treats people, the environment and society with care. It goes without saying that we want to achieve this in a reliable and sustainable manner.

Heineken International

Heineken is one of the world's great brewers and is committed to growth and remaining independent. The company is present in over 70 countries and operates 140 breweries with a volume of 205 million hectolitres of beer sold in 2010 on a pro-forma basis. Heineken is Europe's largest brewer and the world's third largest by volume.

Heineken is committed to the responsible marketing and consumption of its more than 200 international premium, regional, local and speciality beers and ciders. These include Amstel, Birra Moretti, Cruzcampo, Dos Equis, Foster’s, Kingfisher, Newcastle Brown Ale, Ochota, Primus, Sagres, Sol, Star, Strongbow, Tecate, Tiger and Zywiec.

On a 2010 pro-forma basis, including FEMSA Cerveza, revenue totalled €17 billion and EBIT (beia) was €2.7 billion. The average number of people employed is more than 70,000.

ING Real Estate Investment Management

ING Real Estate Investment Management focuses on the investment management of quality real estate in all major global markets with a total portfolio of EUR 66.4 billion (as per 31 March 2010). ING Real Estate Investment Management is one of the leading investment management companies and serves a broad client base from four continents, Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australia. ING Real Estate Investment Management is part of ING Group, a global financial institution of Dutch origin offering banking, investments, life insurance and retirement services to over 85 million private, corporate and institutional clients in more than 40 countries.

Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered plc is a leading international bank, listed on the London, Hong Kong and Mumbai stock exchanges. It has operated for over 150 years in some of the world's most dynamic markets and earns around 90 per cent of its income and profits in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. This geographic focus and commitment to developing deep relationships with clients and customers has driven the Bank’s growth in recent years.

With 1,700 offices in 70 markets, Standard Chartered offers exciting and challenging international career opportunities for more than 80,000 staff. It is committed to building a sustainable business over the long term and is trusted worldwide for upholding high standards of corporate governance, social responsibility, environmental protection and employee diversity. The Bank’s heritage and values are expressed in its brand promise, ‘Here for good’.

Unibail-Rodamco

Unibail-Rodamco is Europe’s leading listed commercial property operator, investor and developer. The Group is present in 12 countries across the continent with a portfolio of shopping centres, offices and convention venues valued at €24.8 billion on June 30, 2011.  Unibail-Rodamco focuses on large, premium shopping centres in Europe and has an extensive development pipeline of outstanding office and shopping centre projects.

1,600 employees create value for shareholders by investing and developing outstanding assets, then managing them to exceed customer expectations.  The Group's success is founded on its ability to build strong relationships with tenants and communities and create attractive, welcoming living places for people to work, shop, relax and do business.  Unibail-Rodamco is committed to sustainable development and social responsibility across all of its activities, whether in architecture, city planning, design or day-to-day operations.

Astrance

Astrance is a consulting company that supports its clients in the integration of sustainability objectives and opportunities in their core activities or their support services. As a subsidiary of a larger group specialising in real estate advice, we have a dedicated team for green buildings, with knowledge and experience of international certification, for new and existing buildings. The founding partners of Astrance are professionals in the real estate and facility management industry.

Egis Conseil Batiment

Egis Conseil Bâtiment (formerly Iosis Conseil), owned by the EGIS group, is a consultancy, management and engineering expertise society in the sectors of building, infrastructure, civil engineering, energy and industry.  With 11,000 people and a sales revenue of €800 million in 2010, the EGIS group is represented in 100 countries and 50 locations in France.  Its capacity to take on major operations and pursue its development worldwide made it part of the ten leading European companies and the twenty leading worldwide companies of the construction sector.

Egis Conseil Bâtiment, the consulting branch of the EGIS group, ensures building consultancy, programming and owner support services, facilities and property management engineering, green building design expertise and environmental certification (HQE & BREEAM). 

Fortrus

Fortrus “The Building Care Company” is a unique Dutch national service provider for maintenance and modification of real estate. Fortrus is also a leading company in sustainability. We have developed our own sophisticated tool for managing sustainability according to BREEAM In-Use for portfolio owners and asset managers.

Thanks to our national network of construction companies and many specialists in sub-sectors (for technical installations, reconditioning, painting and drainage) Fortrus provides great value for leading companies, institutional investors, managers, retail chains and property owners.

Grontmij

Grontmij is a leading sustainable design, engineering and management consultancy active in the growth markets of water, energy, transportation and sustainable planning and design.

We are ranked the fourth largest consultancy in Europe and are listed on the Euronext Stock Exchange. We have an extensive network of offices with almost 300 offices across Europe and a further 50 offices globally.

ICSC (International Council of Shopping Centers/Europe LLC)

Founded in 1957, the International Council of Shopping Centers is the global trade association of the shopping centre industry with 50,000 members in over 80 countries.  Members are shopping center owners, developers, managers, investors, leaders, retailers and other professionals.

ICSC's European Sustainability Working Group developed and piloted BREEAM retail in Europe, led by past ICSC European Chair Jaap Gillis.

PGGM

PGGM is an experienced investment management organisation that offers integrated asset management to institutional investors.  The careful alignment of investments to fit pension schemes, contribution policy, pension agreements and pension fund liabilities is crucial at PGGM.  Risk management and responsible investment play an important role.

PGGM support five pension funds in the Netherlands with €101 billion assets under management (December 2010).

Schofield & Partners

Schofield & Partners provides a full range of Real Estate Consultancy services based in Geneva, Switzerland.  S&P professional advice is based on detailed market knowledge and experience.  All our Surveyors are members of the RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) the mark of "Property Professionalism Worldwide" who adhere to a strict code of conduct, thus ensuring uncompromising quality and integrity.  S&P is engaged in green city development and property development projects and is also participating in the European Commission Europe INNOVA programs and is member of the Greenconserve Lions Group.

Bopro

In twenty years Bopro has emerged into a solid, renowned independent Belgian company specialised in management & consultancy services with regard to real estate, construction and housing. Today Bopro aims to be ‘Your Guide to Sustainability’ by advising and attending organisations in setting up and implementing a sustainable entrepreneurship. In addition to the baseline services - project management and cost consultancy - Bopro aims to provide an integrated sustainable strategic advisory.

This innovative service integrates all relevant aspects of sustainability and sustainable business, based on an objective evaluation system which entangles international standards on each topic (e.g. BREEAM). The method makes a holistic evaluation of the whole entity of the organisation. Bopro focuses on three main pillars : corporate social responsibility, carbon emission reduction and sustainable assets.

The aim is to maximise value always striving for the optimal balance between economic, social and ecological aspects. Our way of managing and advising real estate processes is the living proof of responsible and sustainable development. Our life cycle approach covers all aspects, from the investment decision and subsequent development to the actual utilisation, on both the private and public market.

Dutch Green Building Council

Introduction

The Dutch Green Building Council (DGBC) was founded in 2008 in The Netherlands as a market initiative. The aim was to make Sustainability in the building industry measurable by developing a sustainability label allowing for the uniform rating of buildings throughout the Netherlands.

The initiative came from the building industry itself. The industry felt a strong need for promoting the concept of sustainability quantification and assessing buildings unequivocally in a manner that is accepted internationally. The original five ’Founding Partners’ have already been joined by almost 300 other ‘Participants’ representing almost all industry sectors. And since the first label for New Buildings has become operational in October 2009, this number is still growing consistently.

International

The DGBC is a member of the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC), which stimulates knowledge sharing between councils and sets the standard for high quality local councils. In turn the DGBC also supports other Green Building Councils, including the Belgian, Danish, French, German, Icelandic, Polish, Romanian, Russian and Swedish councils.

baumag generalbau a.g.

baumag generalbau ag is an owner-operated, nationally active Swiss company headquartered in Liebefeld, Bern, with a workforce of around 60 and offices in Lausanne, Nyon and Lugano.  With core competencies in project development, client fiduciary and the execution of complex real estate projects as a general/total contracting firm, baumag's approach involves individual solutions, innovative and sustainable utilization plans and construction methods that are both financially and environmentally acceptable.  For new builds, alterations, renovations and refurbishments - baumag guarantees professional project management through all stages of the life cycle of a building.

EcoCommercial Building

Bayer Material Science's EcoCommercial Building Program is an integral part of the Bayer Climate Program.  It offers decision-makers in the construction industry a unique portfolio of services and material solutions for energy-efficient and cost-effective building.  As part of the programme, Bayer MaterialScience is working with a network of members from various disciplines to support professionals, such as architects, project managers, building contractors, developers and managers of large companies, in the creation of public and commercial buildings that far surpass previous sustainability sustandards.  Services range from energy efficiency assessments during the planning phase to the use of environmentally friendly materials and the generation of renewable energies.

EURO Institute of Real Estate Management

The EURO Institute of Real Estate Management provides market research, management training and investment advisory. Cutting-edge research from both worlds of business and science is enhancing expertise and credibility for sustainable investment in real estate.  Strategic and tactical coaching for high-level decision-makers is supporting company-specific issues of investment analysis, risk assessment and portfolio management. Institutional real estate managers of innovative private and public organisations are getting independent advice on how to implement and rebalance their sustainable investment strategies.

The Managing Director Vis. Prof. Dr. Juerg R. Bernet, MSc MBA MRICS is a Visiting Professor at Danube University Krems (Austria). Juerg is a leading investment analyst and an experienced strategic advisor to institutional real estate investors across Europe. He is widely published and lecturing at universities in Germany, The Netherlands, Great Britain, Switzerland and Austria.

Greenaffair

Greenaffair is a young and dynamic building environmental consultant company which aims to connect innovation and creativity with economical challenge for pragmatic sustainable buildings conception.

Since 2002, Greenaffair has undertaken more than 90 projects in environmental design and certification covering new construction and major refurbishment :

-          1 300 000 m² of offices, 50 projects

-          600 000 m² of shopping centers, 11 projects

-          140 000 m² housing, 11 projects

-          300 000 m² in hotel business and leisure activities, 12 projects

-          2 000 ha in land settlement, 3 projects

To ensure and optimize the success of our sustainable strategy, Greenaffair has a team of 18 multidisciplinary, young consultants with solid management and technical skills, eager for innovation and challenge.

Probam NV

Probam NV is specialised in process/project management, safety coordination, EPB, EPC, sustainable buildings and alternative energy sources.

Delivery of BREEAM-certificate will soon be one of Probam’s activities.

Services Industriels de Geneve (SIG)

SIG’s mission :
SIG is an essential part of everyday life for the people of Geneva, supplying them with water, gas, electricity and thermal energy.
With its strong commitment to sustainable development, SIG recycles rubbish, treats waste water and provides innovative services in the telecoms and utilities sectors.