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title: Where Real Estate Leaders Stand on Sustainability | GRESB Toronto
description: 100+ real estate leaders at GRESB Partner Insights Toronto shared where they stand on sustainability data, reporting and performance. See how you compare.
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GRESB Partner Insights · Toronto · November 4, 2026

# *100+ Real Estate Leaders* Join the Conversation on Sustainability Performance

More than 100 people from across the real estate industry attended GRESB Partner Insights Toronto, co-hosted by Measurabl, [GRESB](https://www.gresb.com/) and [S&P Global Energy](https://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/). Before the panel, we asked the room to assess their progress on sustainability: how far along is your organization in turning data into business results? About half answered live. Here's what they said, and a quick way to see how you compare.

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A full room at GRESB Partner Insights Toronto, November 4, 2026.

## What We Asked

Every sustainability and asset management team should be able to answer three questions. Each one builds on the one before it.

01Data

### Can you trust your data?

Is your energy, water, waste and carbon data complete, accurate and current across the portfolio?

02Reporting

### Can you explain your performance?

Can you report it to investors and regulators, and use it to spot assets that are falling behind?

03Performance

### Can you improve outcomes?

Is it guiding where capital goes, cutting cost and carbon, and showing up in NOI?

Each answer maps to one of five stages of what we call the Sustainability Journey:

**Awareness**Understand the baseline

**Engagement**Align & prioritize

**Implementation**Take action

**Integration**Optimize across the org

**Leadership**Drive long-term value

← Just getting startedFully built into the business →

**Good to know:** most organizations sit at different stages on each question. That's normal, and the gap usually shows where to focus next.

What the room said

## Strong Foundations. Fewer Turning Them Into Results.

For each question, people picked the stage that fit their organization best. Here's the share at each stage.

**Why it matters:** [GRESB](https://www.gresb.com/) is moving toward performance-based scoring in 2028. Having the data will count for less, and what the data shows will count for more. That puts the spotlight on the third question, where the fewest had reached Leadership.

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The panel: Edward Allen (Measurabl, moderator), Ali Hoss (Colliers), Lin Fan ([S&P Global Energy](https://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/)), Ailey Roberts (BGO) and Thomas McKeown (Oxford Properties).

From the panel

## “Capital Follows Outcome, Not Reporting.”

That line, shared by Ali Hoss of Colliers, set the tone. Edward Allen asked the panel what it takes to move from reporting to decisions. Four takeaways:

01

### Speak the investment committee's language

Kilowatt-hours and EUI don't move an investment committee. Dollars do. Hoss's example: $400,000 in annual operating savings at a 6% cap rate is roughly $6.7 million in asset value.

Ali Hoss, Colliers

02

### Decision-grade data explains the why

Reporting tells you how much energy you used. Decision-grade data explains what drove the change, from retrofits to occupancy schedules, so teams know which levers they control.

Thomas McKeown, Oxford Properties

03

### Build it into the capital plan

A standalone project is more work for busy asset managers. Tie upgrades to equipment already due for replacement, and put this spend in the same view as traditional capex.

Thomas McKeown, Oxford Properties · Ailey Roberts, BGO

04

### Look forward, not back

Utility bills are history. How the grid around each asset is changing, and new hourly reporting rules for electricity, will reshape baselines and capital plans.

Lin Fan, S&P Global Energy

Your turn · about a minute

## Where Would You Land?

For each question, pick the one statement that's true across your portfolio today, not what's planned. Each answer shows where you land against the room, and once you've answered all three you'll get your own journey profile. Your answers will be confidential.

0 of 3 answered · your profile appears below

Your journey profile

## Pick a stage in each area above

Most portfolios sit at different stages on each question. The gap between your strongest and weakest area usually shows where to invest next.

Learn more

## The Sustainability *Journey*

A Guide to Turning Sustainability Into Portfolio Performance

Now that you know where you land, the guide shows what each stage looks like in practice, the questions to ask about your own portfolio, and what to build next to move up a stage in each area.

[Get the guide →](https://www.measurabl.com/the-sustainability-journey/) 

[![The Sustainability Journey-Book Cover-Transparent (1)](https://learn.measurabl.com/hs-fs/hubfs/The%20Sustainability%20Journey-Book%20Cover-Transparent%20(1).png?width=1024&name=The%20Sustainability%20Journey-Book%20Cover-Transparent%20(1).png "The Sustainability Journey-Book Cover-Transparent (1)")](https://www.measurabl.com/the-sustainability-journey/)

Co-hosted by

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Source: live Sli.do poll at GRESB Partner Insights Toronto, November 4, 2026. 51 responses per question from 100+ attendees. Results are self-reported; shares may not sum to 100% due to rounding. Framework: The Sustainability Journey, Measurabl, 2026.