21-10-2025
09:00 - 11:00
London Stock Exchange
London
EC4M 7LS

Net Zero Investor’s Real Estate Summit

Fundamental to delivering long-term returns in real estate is the recognition that profound change, opportunity and risk are upon us.

Paris-alignment, understanding nature-based-risk, future-proofing real estate assets…however you care to frame the challenge, institutional real estate investors are rewriting their strategies as the asset class is repurposed and reimagined.

Credible sustainability frameworks and measuring risk and return throughout the real estate lifecycle are pivotal to future capital allocation decisions. And as asset owners wrestle with their net zero ambitions, they need to understand how real estate managers will either support or detract from their goals. Investment managers across commercial and residential propositions are investing heavily in the steps required today to deliver real estate returns tomorrow. But which strategies will prevail for long-term investors? And how can the sector reach net zero?

Net Zero Investor’s Real Estate Summit brings together a senior group of investment managers and asset allocators to explore market developments in real estate investing, against the backdrop of the net zero challenge. Registration is set aside for qualifying asset owners/allocators and senior investment professionals within this space.

2024’s speakers and agenda

View last year’s highlights here

If you are interested in this event, please contact harvey.hancock@netzeroinvestor.net

For sponsorship enquiries please contact peter.braham@netzeroinvestor.net

A different kind of industry conversation

Our summits are designed as expanded roundtable discussions — immersive, interactive events where every voice matters.

Throughout the day, we intersperse short, focused presentations with open-floor dialogue. Each talk is intended to spark discussion rather than deliver a one-way lecture. Following each presentation, participants are invited to ask questions, challenge assumptions, and share their own perspectives. This creates a collaborative space for genuine knowledge exchange.

Participation

Our format works best when everyone is engaged.
We encourage — and expect — participants to contribute to the conversation. While we make exceptions for those wishing to observe quietly, the ethos of a summit is active involvement.

Reporting & Publication

The purpose of each summit is to surface valuable perspectives, insights, and challenges — which we then capture in a post-event report.

On the record: All conversations are on the record unless explicitly stated otherwise.
Accuracy first: We record discussions to ensure accuracy and avoid misquoting.

This approach ensures we preserve the richness of the conversation while maintaining transparency and trust.

Past reports

Charities, Endowments and Foundations Summit (2025)

Insurance Investment Summit (2025)

Defined Contributions Summit (2025)

Longview summit reports provide clear, practical insights and sponsored content. Each report captures the expert discussion and provides key takeaways to help asset owners and managers navigate a variety of investment opportunities/risks.

Renewable Infrastructure Summit (2025)

Investing in UK Summit (2025)

Transition Equities Summit (2025)

9:00

Arrivals & refreshments

9:30

Carbon-Conscious Capital

As investors commit to decarbonise, real estate is moving from ESG afterthought to strategic priority. Join the discussion with leading investors to discuss how strategies like capital recycling and portfolio optimisation are driving returns in a carbon-conscious environment.

Debate the role of decarbonisation in value creation and uncover: How macroeconomic and geopolitical trends are shaping portfolio strategies? How are UK and EU regulations influencing portfolio decisions? And where are investors finding opportunity in the green transition—from green bonds to sustainability-linked loans?

10:00

Climate risk and resilience: pricing the unpriced

With a looming and intensifying climate crisis, transition and physical risks are becoming and will remain critical material financial factors for real estate investors. From flooding and heat stress to policy shifts and regulatory mandates, investors are under pressure to understand, quantify, and act. With ESG data maturing discover how investors and insurers are integrating climate risk into underwriting, capital allocation, and long-term strategy.

Which climate risks are most material to real estate portfolios?
How are investors quantifying physical and transition risk and where do investors turn such risks into opportunities?

10:20

Sink or swim: the risk of stranded assets

As ESG mandates harden and carbon disclosures become the norm, once-profitable assets are now at risk of becoming liabilities. Unsustainable properties are increasingly incompatible with sustainability goals, regulatory thresholds, and tenant expectations.

Institutional investors are left with tough choices: divest, retrofit, or repurpose.

How do you identify which assets will become financial burdens? What are the options for repositioning or retrofitting carbon-intensive properties? When is it time to cut the cord- and can this be achieved in a sustainable way?

10:40

Innovation and decarbonisation: investing in the future of real estate

From smart energy systems to renewable integration, technology is at the heart of decarbonising property portfolios. But while the potential for high-impact investments is clear, the challenge lies in identifying which innovations truly deliver both climate value and financial return.

Explore where investors’ capital is flowing—from data centres and life sciences to healthcare assets—and examine the latest developments in smart building tech and low-carbon construction shaping the next generation of sustainable real estate.

11:00