DecarbTech: Driving down emissions
In this article, we look at how intelligent route optimisation can substantially enhance fleet efficiency, reducing Scope 3 emissions (and costs) for the owners/operators of logistics buildings
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Knowledge & Advisory
Bridges Insights
Bridges Insights is the knowledge and advisory arm of the Bridges Group. Its mission is to support the growth of sustainable and impact investing through selected research and client advisory projects, drawing on Bridges’ two decades of practical experience of investing for impact.
Bridges Insights is the knowledge and advisory arm of the Bridges Group. Its mission is to support the growth of sustainable and impact investing through selected research and client advisory projects, drawing on Bridges’ two decades of practical experience of investing for impact.
Bridges Insights focuses on facilitating the flow of capital towards impactful enterprises in two ways:
- Supporting asset owners and their advisors to design and implement impact allocation strategies in line with both their impact and financial goals, using widely accepted standards.
- Research and analysis to explore emerging thematic issues and innovative impact investment models
The Impact Management Project
Insights’ most significant initiative to date has been the Impact Management Project (IMP): a five-year effort to build global consensus (amongst practitioners and standard-setters) on how to measure, manage and report on impact. Although the IMP ended in 2021, its legacy continues through the work of the IFRS ISSB, the Impact Management Platform and Impact Frontiers.
The Impact Management ProjectA Spectrum of Real Estate Decarbonisation
Our Spectrum of Real Estate Decarbonisation is a new framework we have developed to help investors assess and improve the carbon performance of real estate assets.
The framework categorises assets into four levels of carbon performance, based on actual performance vs Science‑Based Targets, and provides practical steps to accelerate progress. It covers both operational and embodied carbon, ensuring a holistic approach to decarbonisation.
Developed with insights from our investor community and industry experts, the Spectrum is intended as a starting point for change. By sharing it, we hope to encourage more dialogue, more partnerships and more action across the market.
A Spectrum of Real Estate Decarbonisation20/30 Visions
We’re now more than half-way through our allotted time period to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals – and for all the positive progress made since 2015, we continue to lag behind on almost every measure.
Bridges’ 20/30 Visions series – launched to coincide with our 20th anniversary – is our attempt to understand how we can go further, faster. It features 20 interviews with thought-leaders from five different continents, with expertise spanning Government, investment, philanthropy, policy, innovation, technology and campaigning, amongst other things. We wanted new ideas, fresh perspectives, different ways of thinking about the challenges we face.
20/30 Visions
Knowledge
Proprietary research & knowledge-sharing
Over the years, we have published a number of papers on topics where we felt our experience of sustainable and impact investing could help support the growth of the broader market.
Previous examples include the Bridges Spectrum of Capital; a case study of how Skopos Impact Fund developed its impact management framework; and an analysis of the investment case for B Corporations.
Our insights
Insights
DecarbTech: Better battery management for more on-site renewables
In this article, we look at batteries – an increasingly important way to maximise the effectiveness of on-site renewable energy generation
Read moreDecarbTech: Optimising on-site solar
On-site solar has a critical role to play in reducing the operational emissions of buildings. How can technology help make it more efficient and reliable?
Read moreBridges Annual Report 2024/25
Highlights from a year in which the Bridges group continued to build our platform of sustainable and impact assets, despite the challenging macro environment.
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