Conducted in autumn 2025, the RICS Sustainable Real Estate Survey Europe gathered 112 responses from valuers, developers, investors and other professionals across 30 countries. The findings confirm that ESG has moved from a peripheral concern to a core driver of real estate value, risk and decision-making across Europe.
The European real estate industry has shifted from cautious optimism to pragmatism as geopolitical and economic uncertainty continues to temper investment activity, according to the latest report by PwC and the Urban Land Institute.
The European Union is at risk of missing a key United Nations deadline for submitting updated climate targets, as internal disagreements among member states delay a final decision on emissions goals for 2040.
CPI Europe has announced an adjustment to its business strategy to better align with its existing group structure, recent business developments, and the market environment.
96% of European logistics tenants are planning to expand their capacity in the next 12 months, to a greater or equal extent than in the past year, according to the latest CBRE survey.
A major railway project in Slovenia, aimed at enhancing the capacity of Port Koper, is nearing completion amidst ongoing controversies and skyrocketing costs, according to an analysis by Dr Aleš Pustovrh, Slovenian researcher at the Eastern European Construction Forecasting Association (EECFA).
In 2024, photovoltaic energy surpassed coal in electricity generation across the European Union for the first time in history.
Aurora Energy Research has released its inaugural European Renewables Market Overview Report, projecting that intermittent renewable energy capacity in Europe will more than triple by 2050.
Wind energy was 20% of all the electricity consumed in Europe. But Europe is not building enough new wind farms.
SolarPower Europe (SPE) forecasts 65.5GW of solar PV additions in the EU for 2024, marking a significant slowdown compared to previous years.
Investors across Europe will continue to focus on sectors with strong structural tailwinds, such as living and logistics, according to a Knight Frank report.
The European Environment Agency (EEA) warned that Europe could face "catastrophic" situations if it does not assess the climate risks it is facing, many of which are already at a critical level.
In the past year, wind energy production in Europe surpassed that of gas-fired power plants for the first time.
The share of electric cars in the European car market exceeded, for the first time, the 20% threshold in August, according to the figures published by The European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA).
MEPs back plans to boost the use of renewable energy.
EIB to finance climate action projects in Chile with more than €300 million including its first green mortgage loan outside Europe.
China's CATL is building a factory in the eastern Hungarian city of Debrecen to produce batteries for electric cars, in a plant that will be one of the largest in its category in Europe.
Two-thirds of the decline in Russian natural gas supplies has been offset, mainly through increased purchases of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and a greater volume of pipeline gas from Norway, leaving Europe with more gas in storage than it needs to meet its end-of-winter demand.
In absolute terms, the production of electricity from renewable energy sources increased by almost 5% from 2020 to 2021.
Conducted in autumn 2025, the RICS Sustainable Real Estate Survey Europe gathered 112 responses from valuers, developers, investors and other professionals across 30 countries. The findings confirm that ESG has moved from a peripheral concern to a core driver of real estate value, risk and decision-making across Europe.
ProCredit Bank Romania has launched a CO2 Emissions Calculator to help microenterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises quantify and understand their carbon footprint. This initiative reflects the Procredit Group's commitment to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, with client engagement at the core of its Climate Action Strategy.
DSV – Global Transport and Logistics, the world's largest logistics operator, has launched a solar installation at its warehouse in Łozienica, Poland, in partnership with commercial real estate investor Accolade. The installation will meet the energy needs of Poland's first multi-client warehouse equipped with an AutoStore system.
Etem Gestamp, the Sofia-based joint venture between Viohalco Group and Spain's Gestamp Group focused on aluminium extrusion and processing for the automotive industry, and Rezolv Energy, the Actis-backed independent power producer, have signed a 10-year virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) in Bulgaria. The VPPA will see Etem Gestamp buy electricity from Rezolv Energy's 461MW 'Vifor' wind farm, which is about to come onstream in Buzău County, Romania. It is the first cross-border wind PPA that has been publicly announced in Bulgaria.
DP World has launched a five-year coastal restoration programme to create underwater "forests" of native seaweed to boost marine life near the Constanța South Container Terminal on the Black Sea.
