Sustainable Construction Articles Series

Petra Steininger

Head of Group Communications

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The construction and real estate industry is one of the largest CO2 producers. We therefore invited stakeholders along the value chain to shed light on their strategies, new success models, opportunities and risks in the fight against climate change as part of a mini-series on the topic of sustainable construction.

Erwin Soravia
CEO SORAVIA

As a property developer and investment manager, SORAVIA bears great responsibility towards society and the environment. Consideration of the most significant ESG risks in a company’s day-to-day business is essential for sustainable business success.

Steffen Robbi
CEO Digital Findet Stad

Digitalization can help minimize risk for investors in many ways. Above all, it is about cost transparency in terms of ongoing control and quality assurance. It is becoming increasingly easy to develop, simulate and compare scenarios right from the preliminary design stage.

Laura Hochegger
Executive Assistant Strategy, Sustainability, Innovation GrECo Group 

Concrete is one of the most influential building materials of our time. Nevertheless, this building material has one major disadvantage: it is responsible for eight percent of global CO2 emissions.

Paul Spittau
Head of Group Carrier Relations & Insurance Mediation

In the light of impending annual ESG reporting, the challenges in the dimensions of sustainability cannot be fully met by the existing certificates. The requirements of the EU taxonomy and the growing demand on the real estate market for climate-friendly buildings require uniform assessment criteria and thus indirectly a harmonization of assessment systems.

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