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For a sustainable real estate world 

Benefit from our holistic sustain­ability expertise and industry-leading digital solutions. We support you with a systematic approach to sustain­ability in real estate, including management and reporting. 

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Sustain­ability and ESG strategies

How do you develop and implement sustain­ability strategies to secure your real estate portfolio for the future?

The most important sustainability building certifications and GEAK, the Swiss cantonal building energy certificate

Building certi­fi­ca­tions & ratings

How do you increase the attrac­tiveness of your buildings and which certificate is the right one for you?

Collection of consumption data and energy monitoring using energy monitoring from Signa-Terre

Consumption data and energy monitoring

How do you obtain efficient and reliable environ­mental indicators and how can you optimize opera­tions?

  • Collecting consumption data
  • Energy monitoring
Demolition of a building to recover raw materials as part of the circular economy

Circular economy and biodi­versity

How do you promote resource conser­vation and biodi­versity in your projects?

Sustainability reporting for the reporting of sustainability performance

Sustain­ability reporting

How do you report trans­par­ently and compre­hen­sively on your sustain­ability perfor­mance?

Climate and CO2 solutions to achieve climate targets and avoid risks

Climate and CO2 solutions

How do you achieve the climate targets econom­i­cally and what climate-related risks are hidden in the portfolio?

Sustainable finance as a management tool for sustainable investments and their measurement

Sustainable Finance

How do you finance sustainable invest­ments and how can you measure them?

Laser measurement by QualiCasa to check the construction quality

Construction quality and physics

How do you ensure sustainable building quality and how do you plan your invest­ments efficiently?

We cover all major labels and standards 

We cover all major labels and standards for sustainability
Labels sustainability real estate

Together with our subsidiaries durable, Qualicasa and Signa-Terre, we offer holistic sustain­ability solutions for the construction and real estate market.

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Qualicasa
Signa-Terre
How can we support your sustainability goals? 

How can we support your sustain­ability goals? 

Corporate Social Respon­si­bility

PRI Initiative

Wüest Partner assumes respon­si­bility towards its clients, employees, and our society. By joining the Principles for Respon­sible Investment (PRI) initiative and committing to the UN Sustainable Devel­opment Goals (SDGs), we stand for value-based corporate gover­nance. 

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Indicators and criteria form the RE ESG rating 

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Wüest Partner ESG experts are at your disposal 

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Data sets serve as the basis for our CO2 assess­ments 

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Sustain­ability challenges in the real estate sector 

Sustain­ability, as well as environ­mental and climate protection, are integral parts of our society and continue to pose substantial challenges. The current effects of climate change are being felt more than ever. Natural hazards, such as forest fires, storms, heavy rain, hail, landslides, and floods, as well as resource depletion and global warming, are at the heart of society’s concerns. 

As a major economic sector, the real estate industry is not only affected by these issues but, due to its influence on sustain­ability, plays a major role in improving future devel­op­ments regarding both national and inter­na­tional sustain­ability targets. 

The real estate sector is one of the largest green­house gas emitters. In addition, properties can be exposed to natural hazards such as floods, landslides, storms, and other extreme weather condi­tions, which can impact profitability and subse­quently lead to increased divestment and the search for more sustainable alter­na­tives. Building stocks, in particular, play a crucial role here and must be trans­formed in the (near) future. 

The real estate industry also plays a signif­icant role in land and resource consumption. This applies to areas such as project and plot devel­opment, urban and regional planning, and urban devel­opment. Lastly, by providing housing for the population at all stages of life and in all income classes, the construction and real estate sector contributes to social justice in societies organized according to a social market economy. 

Stake­holder groups along the real estate value chain also play a key role in sustain­ability. This includes owners, tenants, investment, portfolio, and asset managers, as well as property valuers and managers –– to name but a few. All of these industry players can contribute to the long-term sustainable management and use of real estate. 

Die Nachhaltigkeits-Herausforderungen im Immobilien-Sektor
UN Environment Program’s Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction 2021

According to the UN Environment Program’s Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction 2021, the construction and real estate industry is respon­sible for 37% of global CO2 emissions. In order to achieve the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, it must be almost completely decar­bonized by 2050. 

The main contributor to the contin­u­ously high CO2 emissions comes from property usage, partic­u­larly due to the ongoing use of coal, oil, and natural gas for heating and cooking. High usage rates in regions that still rely heavily on carbon electricity production also play their part. In addition, both the construction process and the production of materials are increas­ingly very CO2-intensive. However, in 2020, energy-related CO2 emissions, mainly from the production of building materials, decreased by 0.4 gigatons to 3.2 gigatons compared to the previous year. But according to the UN Environment Program, this is likely a conse­quence of the coron­avirus pandemic –– as soon as economic activity picked up, emission figures rose once again. 

The figures make it clear: The real estate industry must become socially sustainable and climate-neutral, while simul­ta­ne­ously guaran­teeing resource security. One of the major goals of our time is to either completely avoid or offset CO2 emissions. To achieve this, measures must be intro­duced in several areas. At present, buildings only play a very minor role in energy production and storage. 

The great impor­tance of the real estate industry in environ­mental and social sustain­ability leads to various regulatory inter­ven­tions on the part of the state. Clearly, free markets are not yet able to reflect the long-term and negative effects of disre­garding sustainable devel­op­ments on market value, although this is changing.