Sustainability & Real Estate: What Every MBA Needs to Know

Buildings both cause, and are affected by, sustainability impacts.  Buildings are responsible for roughly 40% of carbon dioxide emissions, 50% of all extracted materials, 33% of water consumption, and 35% of generated waste globally.  They are also vulnerable to climate risks—which translates into financial risks for real estate developers, owners and investors. Read our primer to learn about these risks as well as opportunities for innovation and investment.

Published 2024. 6 pages. PDF.

Author: Lydia Roth, MBA ’24, EDGE Fellow, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University.

Special thanks to: Michele Le Goff, Jay Siegel, and Lindsay James.