Jury dinner to select the winners of the CEE Property Forum Awards. The list of jury members includes Andrei Boca (Globalworth), Bogdan Doicescu (BogArt Holding Management), Charles Boudet (iO Partners), Christopher Mertlitz (W. P. Carey), Daniel Bienias (CBRE), Didier Balcaen (Speedwell), Dobrin Staykov (AG Capital), Dominik Uhe (Kaufland International), Doron Klein (AFI), Erik Drukker (BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland), Erwin Hanslik (Taylor Wessing Czech Republic), Ferenc Gondi (CTP Hungary), Florian Nowotny (Indotek Group), Günther Artner (Erste Group Bank AG), Hedwig Höfler (CA Immo), Inga Chkhaidze-Heynen (Revetas Capital), János Gárdai (Futureal), Jaroslav Kysela (Investika), Jiří Horák (REICO Erste Asset Management), Katarina Horvathova (Manova Partners), Mateusz Bonca (JLL Poland), Nicklas Lindberg (Echo Investment), Paul Hallam (GalCap Europe), Pavel Sovicka (Panattoni CZ & SK), Pavel Streblov (Penta Real Estate), Răzvan Gheorghiu-Testa (Ţuca Zbârcea & Asociaţii), Renata Osiecka (AXI IMMO), Robert Ioniă (NEPI Rockcastle), Roxana Fratila (CMS Romania), Rudolf Nemec (Cushman & Wakefield Slovakia) and Tomas Cifra (Mitiska REIM)
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.
Microsoft has achieved its goal of matching 100% of its annual global electricity consumption with renewable energy, reaching the milestone five years ahead of its 2025 target. The achievement supports the company's commitment to become carbon negative by 2030.
The recent weakening of the CSRD may have some real estate developers cheering the compliance rollbacks, but the consequences could be complicated. A new research survey examines how EU real estate firms are navigating changes to the CSRD, and what that could mean for upcoming SFDR revisions.