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RPI Reports (sponsored by companies, non-profits and governmental agencies)

Cleaning Up - An Assessment of Responsible Contracting and Procurement in Canada's Commercial Real Estate Sector: (PDF) Produced by Shareholder Association for Research and Education, June 2011

Better Building Partnership Toolkits, 2010-11: Owner Occupier Partnerships, Green Building Management, Sustainability Benchmarking, Low Carbon Retrofit Tool,

Climate Impact Reporting for Property Investment Portfolios: a guide for pension funds and their trustees and fund managers, Institutional Investor Group on Climate Change, 2010.

Green Real Estate Retrofit Funds, Verdantix, October 2010.

Survey of RPI in Japan (website) published by the Ministry and Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, June 2010.

RICS Green Guage 2008/2009: RICS Members and the Sustainability Agenda (PDF) published by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, July 2010.

Green buildings - A niche becomes mainstream (PDF) published by RREEF Research and Deutsche Bank Research, April 2010.

Canadian Commercial Real Estate Sustainability Performance Report (PDF) published by Jantzi-Sustainalytics and Real Property Association of Canada (REALpac), January 2010.

Environmental Performance: A Global Perspective on Commercial Real Estate published by European Centre for Corporate Engagement evaluates the environmental performance of 700 listed property companies and fund managers, January 2010.

Energy Efficiency in Real Estate Portfolios: Opportunities for Investors (PDF) by Ceres and  Mercer, 2010.

Sustainable Real Estate Securities - How Solid are Your Foundations by F&C Investments, December 2009.

IPD-Regeneration Index - Regeneration After the Crunch (PDF) by Investment Property Databank, Autumn 2009. 

Responsible Property Investing and Property Management: Exploring the Impacts of Good Labour Practices on Property Performance (PDF) by Carleton Centre for Community Innovation; Boston College Centre for Corporate Citizenship and Shareholder Association for Research and Education (SHARE), January 2009.

Green Building Rating Systems: Going Beyond the Labels (PDF) by Jones Lang LaSalle's Upstream Sustainability Services, October 2008.

Greener Pastures for America's Homebuilders? A Survey of Sustainable Practices by the Homebuilding Industry (PDF) Calvert Group, Ltd., March 2008.

Building Value—Responsible Property Investment Performance (PDF) by SIRIS and Archison Consultants, 2008.

Globalization and Global Trends in Green Real Estate Investment (PDF) RREEF Research: Number 64, 2008.

Financing and Valuing Sustainable Property: We Need to Talk (PDF) by Royal Institute of Certified Surveyors, London, 2007.

Footloose and Fancy Free: A Field Survey of Walkable Urban Places in the top 30 US Metro Areas (PDF) Brookings: Metropolitan Policy Program, 2007.

The Greening of U.S. Investment Real Estate -- Market Fundamentals, Prospects, and Opportunities (PDF) RREEF Research, Number 57, November 2007.

Responsible Property Investing: What the Leaders are Doing (PDF) This is a CEO briefing of a forthcoming study written by Pivo for the UNEP FI Property Working Group, identifying RPI best practices around the globe.

UNEP FI CEO Briefing (PDF) A report written for the UNEP Finance Initiative's Property Working Group on the various ways in which institutional investors, asset managers and asset owners are integrating RPI across property portfolios.

Investing in Housing (PDF) A case study highlighting the partnership between the Public Service Alliance of Canada, Alterna Savings Credit Union and Ottawa Community Loan Fund which was created to invest in affordable housing.

Responsible Property Investing in Canada (PDF) by Carleton Centre for Community Innovation and Shareholder Association for Research and Education (SHARE)