The Better Buildings Partnership has launched a new ESG training course to help close the skills gap among the UK’s agency firms.
The course, which will be delivered by Hillbreak, has been supported by the Property Advisers Forum with funding coming from Allsop, Avison Young, BNP Paribas, Carter Jonas, CBRE, Colliers, Cushman and Wakefield, Deloitte, Gerald Eve, GL Hearn, JLL, Knight Frank and Savills.
Designed to meet the specific needs of property professionals in capital markets, investment advisory, valuation, leasing and transactions-based roles, the training course is being developed collaboratively, with inputs from representatives of leading UK commercial property owners and managers and members of the PAF.
A steering group will continue to oversee the course, ensuring it meets industry needs and the ever-evolving ESG issues that impact on commercial real estate.
The launch comes just a year after the BBP launched its ESG training course for real estate professionals, designed for portfolio, fund and asset managers.
BBP chief executive Sarah Ratcliffe said: “As interest in ESG escalates across the industry, the skills shortage across the sector is becoming ever more apparent, and this is why one of BBP’s core objectives is to improve professionals’ understanding of ESG issues.
“Advisers play such a critical role in the transaction, valuation and leasing of commercial property, and this course has been developed in response to clear demand from our members to equip advisors in discharging their responsibilities conscious of the risks and opportunities that ESG presents.”
George Roberts, outgoing chair of the Property Advisers Forum and head of UK & Ireland at Cushman & Wakefield, said: “Investors, asset managers and regulators today see ESG as an integral part of investment decision-making. Building the skills to address ESG risks and opportunities within property advisory practices will therefore be critical to protecting the value of real assets and decarbonising the built environment. I look forward to seeing the impact that this course will have, building on the tremendous success of the existing course for asset managers.”
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