ING Real Estate

ING Real Estate is an integrated real estate group engaged in investing in, financing and developing quality real estate in all major global markets. It had a total portfolio of over EUR 100 billion at the end of 2008. ING Real Estate employs over 2,600 people worldwide who serve a broad client base across four continents.

As the world’s largest real estate business, ING Real Estate’s ambition is to play a lead role in sustainability. In anticipation of greater demand for sustainable real estate projects by its clients (which include governments, municipalities, tenants and investors), ING Real Estate aims to transform the real estate markets where it is active towards greater sustainability. Its objective is to rank among the top 25% of its peer group for sustainability performance.

In 2008, ING Real Estate formalised a policy underlining its commitment to sustainability. The policy defines the company’s vision, ambition, principles and initiatives and is aligned with ING Group’s Corporate Responsibility Policy. The policy serves as a sustainability framework for the company’s three core activities: investing, financing and developing.

At year-end 2008, the company established a sustainability task force to support collaboration between its different areas of business and to incorporate sustainability as standard business practice.

ING Real Estate’s sustainability principles:

We believe sustainable real estate will deliver above-average returns
We gather proof and collect evidence of the value of sustainable real estate
We aim for thought leadership on sustainability
We promote the assessment of real estate on sustainability aspects
We are open and clear on our sustainability achievements
We incorporate sustainability in our core business processes

ING Real Estate’s future goals :

To set up a formal approach to assess the sustainability of the company’s portfolios across its three businesses
To integrate sustainability into core business practice
To disclose performance and initiatives in a transparent manner
To play a lead role in developing rating systems and labels to assess and benchmark sustainability in all countries of operation
To collect and share knowledge on sustainability
To set up an internal management organisation for sustainability
To promote the sustainability of the company’s operations

To see our Real Estate Sustainability Brochure, click here (only in Dutch)