Environmental risks and global real estate

Both in real terms and in the growth of legislation, environmental considerations affect real estate in all sectors. Increasingly there are implications for how we buy, sell, use and value real estate.

This standard is aimed principally at the land and property acquisition, disposal and asset management stages of the property life cycle. It aims to provide guidance to chartered surveyors who are not specialists in environmental considerations and management or in the preparation of environmental reports including Land Quality Statements and Environmental Screening Reports.