Developing a holistic
real estate sustainability strategy for a Fortune 50 global technology company

Incendium supported a global technology company that was seeking to develop its sustainability strategy for its corporate real estate function, building a clear and robust plan for the future.

As office workspaces are the key touchpoint for external stakeholders and employees, it was imperative to embed the business’ ESG ambitions into the office portfolio strategy and effective communication & engagement plan.

Our Scope

  • Acting as embedded Sustainability leadership team within the corporate real estate function
  • Provision of PMO function, focusing on annual and long-term strategic planning, goal setting, and execution
  • Supply chain management and oversight
  • Development and implementation of data governance and quality assurance processes
  • Oversight and program management of energy reduction projects and carbon calculations

Outcomes

  • Obtained leadership team buy-in on the office sustainability long-term strategy, goals and milestones
  • Created a multi-year pathway for achieving net-zero for their largest office spaces, with clear action plan and changes to BAU processes for successful delivery, utilising innovative Digital Twin technology for simulation
  • Delivered impactful employee communication to celebrate sustainability commitments & successes
  • Enhanced portfolio-level data transparency through creation of a centralised real estate data repository and performance benchmarking tool.
  • Developed and implemented robust data governance process, taking consideration of the existing systems, processes and controls

Transformation

Focus on core:

With an embedded Sustainability
leadership team, Incendium were
directly responsible for delivery

Attract, retain and enable talent:

An impactful programme of communication
strengthens employee engagement with the ESG journey.

Improve decision making:

Focus on enhancing data transparency
and implementing robust processes
to improve data-backed decisions

Enable growth & change:

Focusing on strategic planning
and goal setting to enable long term
meaningful and measurable change.