RICS has developed professional standards, research and training offerings on climate action to help businesses operate in a greener way.
From reducing waste to green buildings and training on sustainability competency, find out more about the support available below.
How can RICS support your business to act on climate change?
Professional standards
- Sustainability and Commercial Property Valuation, 2nd edition
- Environmental risks and global real estate, 1st edition
- The Valuation of Assets in the Commercial Renewable Energy Sector
- Whole Life Carbon Assessment for the Built Environment, 1st edition
- Resource Management: Improving Efficiency and Reducing Waste
Our training offering for climate action
- Sustainability competency masterclass: Focusing on key practical elements building confidence and knowledge necessary to demonstrate competence within the RICS assessment
- Renovalue: Integrating sustainability into valuation practice – identifying and applying energy efficiency and renewable energy factors into a valuation
- Material use in the built environment – Looking into the scarcity of commonly used materials and innovative methods to reduce and reclaim what the industry consumes
- Sustainability Online Learning Bundle – Aimed at construction professionals, creating awareness of the various ways in which sustainability can impact on development and construction
- Measuring adaptability – On measuring climate adaptability of buildings and the tools of the future
- Well-being and adaptive design – Exploring the future of 'green' buildings and understand how this delivers pleasant spaces that encourage productivity