The rise of the Chief Sustainability Officer in real estate

The CSO role is also relatively new, with about half of the positions established in the past three years, according to the survey.

Often, a multidisciplinary team supports the CSO, including data analysts, building services engineers and legal compliance experts, to effectively address the wide-ranging challenges of sustainability initiatives.

“The role of the CSO depends on the maturity of the organisation, who their stakeholders are, how they are impacted, and the company’s vision. It could be a number of priorities, for example cost reduction, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) or…