We partner with clients to align real estate investments with ESG targets.

We work with investors, developers and asset managers from acquisition to disposal.

We specialise in portfolio screening and asset repositioning, net zero carbon strategy and delivery, sustainable building design and operation, and green building certification.

OUR SERVICES

ASSET
PERFORMANCE

NET ZERO
CARBON

SUSTAINABLE
BUILDINGS

GREEN BUILDING
CERTIFICATION

STRATEGY &
REPORTING

ASSET
PERFORMANCE

Asset Performance

The commercial real estate market is under pressure. To remain competitive assets must meet increasing investor, occupier and regulatory requirements.

Whether you are managing a wider portfolio or single asset, we take a holistic approach to enhance the performance of your real estate investments. This enables you to deliver better returns, achieve long-term value retention and avoid assets becoming stranded.

PORTOLIO SCREENING & ASSET PERFORMANCE REVIEW

We conduct comprehensive portfolio screening and asset-level performance reviews to identify your current position and the scale of action required. This includes baseline assessments across sustainability KPIs:

EPC Improvement Plans
Net Zero Carbon Energy Use Intensity Targets
CRREM Assessment and Asset Stranding Analysis
Climate Resilience
ESG Credentials (BREEAM, LEED, Ska, WELL, Fitwel, Reset)

ASSET IMPROVEMENT PLAN

Depending on the outcome of our analysis, we develop asset improvement plans tailored to your investment objectives, time horizon and budget.

For assets closer to industry targets we provide high-level improvement plans that enhance building performance – these can deliver 10% reduction in energy consumption without capital expenditure.

Other assets may require more in-depth energy audits and repositioning frameworks, addressing issues through retrofit or refurbishment.

ASSET ACQUISITION

We also advise clients looking to acquire assets. Through our screening process we conduct sustainability due diligence to provide accurate value assessments.

NET ZERO
CARBON

Net Zero Carbon

The real estate sector needs to move at pace to achieve its net zero goals. Start by ensuring you comply with legislation and industry targets, then build ambitious carbon reduction strategies that will decrease your assets’ environmental impact.

We are specialists in embodied and operational carbon. We work with clients to reduce emissions, accelerate their net zero transition and avoid assets becoming stranded.

CORPORATE NET ZERO STRATEGY

We advise real estate clients on corporate-level net zero strategy and targets.

EMBODIED CARBON

We help clients reduce construction and refurbishment embodied carbon impacts through Life Cycle Analysis.

Our experts conduct Whole Life Carbon assessments, analysing development designs to provide embodied carbon benchmarks.

We then provide guidance on effective carbon reduction strategies to enable projects to meet industry Whole Life Carbon targets.

OPERATIONAL CARBON

We are specialists in operational energy performance and carbon reduction.

Working with developers, landlords and occupiers to reduce operational carbon to align with net zero targets, our services include:

Net Zero Carbon Energy Use Intensity Targets
CRREM Assessment and Asset Stranding Analysis
Net Zero Carbon Action Plans & Pathways
NABERS Assessments
EPC Improvement Plans
MEES Compliance
Energy Audits
HVAC Optimisation

SUSTAINABLE
BUILDINGS

Sustainable Buildings

We can drive positive impact in real estate by prioritising sustainability in asset development and operation. We work with clients to reduce embodied carbon in design and construction and understand asset performance, so buildings can be effectively managed to reduce operational energy consumption, costs and carbon emissions.

We specialise in sustainable building development and operation and utilise IES VE, One Click LCA, Rhino and Grasshopper parametric software to conduct our analysis.

ASSETS IN DEVELOPMENT

Planning Applications
Low Carbon Design
Façade Optimisation Studies (Daylight / Overheating)
Whole Life Carbon Assessments
Circular Economy
Energy Use Intensity
CIBSE TM54
NABERS DfP

ASSETS IN OPERATION

NABERS In-Use Assessments
MEES Compliance
DECs

GREEN BUILDING
CERTIFICATION

Green Building Certification

Green Building Certifications enable assets to deliver positive outcomes for owners, occupiers and the environment. Certification benefits include ESG alignment, tenant attraction and retention, increased rental incomes, long-term value retention, positive impact on the environment and improvements to people’s health and wellbeing.

We advise clients on the optimal green building certification strategy for their portfolio and assets and provide end-to-end consultancy support to enable them to achieve this.

SUSTAINABILITY

Green Building Certifications assess a building's sustainability design and performance, recognising where environmental excellence has been achieved. Within the real estate sector, Green Building Certifications are becoming a symbol of international success and, in specific circumstances, are mandatory.

BREEAM UK & International
BREEAM In Use
LEED
Ska

HEALTH & WELLBEING

People are a business' most important asset. Ensuring their health and wellbeing are protected and enhanced creates positive workspaces while attracting and retaining talent. Health & Wellbeing Certifications provide recognition for businesses that prioritise their people and are investing in creating healthy spaces for them to thrive.

STRATEGY &
REPORTING

Strategy & Reporting

With 40% of the world’s carbon emissions coming from the real estate sector, we have a responsibility to transform the way our industry operates.

There is an opportunity to transition our existing assets and create spaces that minimise environmental impact and improve the health and wellbeing of the people within them. To succeed and deliver resilient buildings aligned with ESG objectives, it will be critical to have a sustainability strategy in place.

SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY

We work with you to develop and implement a corporate sustainability strategy tailored to your real estate business and ESG objectives.

REPORTING & DISCLOSURES

GRESB
SECR & ESOS
GHG
SFDR & EU Taxonomy
ISSB

“Each member of Rigas’ team is knowledgeable, proactive, helpful and great to work with. Whether we are engaged on very large projects or much smaller schemes, we always appreciate working with Verte and are confident we can always rely on them to support the best possible outcome for the client. Verte are definitely one of the sector leaders and I would absolutely recommend to others.”

Joe Croft

HEAD OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY, OVERBURY

"For many years Verte have provided sustainability advice and consultancy for British Land. They excel in the delivery of sustainable fitouts, securing exceptional results for us at Paddington with an industry first BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ for Fit-out. I am impressed with the attention to detail, diligent approach to challenging situations, and building of positive relationships with our supply chain. We look forward to continuing our relationship with Verte as a consultant we can rely on for incredible results, and truly great to work with!"

Karina Williams

SENIOR SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER, BRITISH LAND

"We have engaged with Verte on a number of projects and have found them to be diligent, reliable, competent and clear communicators, ensuring client expectations are always met or exceeded. It’s just great to have go-to sustainability experts who are very commercially aware."

Jon Bryant

Senior Director Project Management, Blackburn

“The team at Verte have delivered green building certification and life cycle assessment on a number of our capital projects. They are reliable, knowledgeable and very easy to work with.”

Lee O’Neill

Senior Development Manager, abrdn

“We have engaged with Verte on a number of projects and they have helped us achieve our objectives with expert BREEAM and Energy Strategy advice. It’s just re-assuring to have an expert turnkey consultant we can rely on to meet challenging policy objectives.”

Andrew Agbo

Senior Principal Project Manager, City of London

“We have worked with Verte on a number of planning applications, more recently on a challenging tall building GLA referable scheme. The team at Verte have been fantastic at guiding the team through new principles for Net Zero and Whole Life Carbon. Their advice is always clear and helpful, and their clear communication style, hard work and dedication to tight time scales has been essential to our submissions.”

Mark Thomson

Associate Director, Savills

"Rigas and the Verte team have been instrumental in honing our sustainability goals. The team are now dedicated to helping us achieve our sustainability targets and provide sound advice as well as challenge us from a deep understanding of our business model. They are always a fun team to work with, an endless source of knowledge and entirely passionate about what they do."