A hazy sky and unhealthy air quality in Montana as wildfires burn nearby in August 2021.

“Triple bottom line" or "people, planet, profit" is about being smart and intentional about our strategic decisions and investments. The first hurdle to overcome is the notion that investing with an environmental or social lens will naturally result in lower returns or performance. Data shows it is just the opposite.

“We are living in a unique time, facing unimagined challenges: global economic crisis, peak oil, climate change, social and geopolitical shifts. And these are the high-level concerns. At the ground level we are dealing with aging infrastructure, an inadequate energy grid, primary fuel sources in foreign hands, diminishing croplands, a newly regulated playing field and unemployment reaching double digits in some cities. Like a ‘perfect storm’, few could have imagined these events arising in concert. But they have - complexity is increasing, changing the world as we’ve known it.

On this St. Patrick’s day, we share with you the writings of one of our favorite poets, the remarkable David Whyte.

Wow - it seems COVID has arrived. Things have shifted dramatically in just the past week (has it even been that long).

Facing climate change threats head on in institutional real estate portfolios.

We’re excited to share that our Founder, Molly McCabe was named by the USGBC as a SHERO, recognizing her Leadership and work in sustainability and green building.

We must fully decarbonize our economies by 2050. Impacts of climate change are affecting the real estate markets - hurricanes, extraordinary rain events, out of control fires and extreme heat. Increasingly assets are at risk of becoming ‘stranded’ due to direct impacts of the changing climate and devaluations related to the transition to a low carbon economy.

I recently watched a presentation by Spencer Glendon at the Sohn Investment Conference on the impact of climate change on our way of life and our economic fortunes.