Built Environment: From financial return to integrated value
We help developers, housing associations and investors in the built environment Netherlands translate environmental and social impact into euros and directly integrate it into decision-making (from portfolio performance to design choices and investment decisions).
By making impact transparent, you can make better investment decisions in a sustainable built environment.
Understand the full impact of your investments on society and the environment in the built environment Netherlands
Get insights into how you can best allocate your limited resources, e.g. trade-offs between affordability, sustainability, and financial return
Identify risks and dependencies related to value chains, including climate risks and decarbonisation pathways
Improve investment decisions and portfolio performance by increasing your understanding of implications for risk (and resilience), return, and long-term value
From Gross Yield to Gross Impact Yield
We help organisations move from Gross Yield, purely financial return, to Gross Impact Yield: financial + environmental + social return in the sustainable built environment.
Gross Impact Yield (‘’Bruto Impact Rendement’’ in Dutch) makes visible what traditional return metrics miss: the true value and risks of an investment in net zero and sustainable buildings.
What you concretely get
Insight into hidden environmental & social costs and benefits (in €), including impacts related to circular construction and sustainable materials
Impact-adjusted investment models (such as NPV / DCF) for sustainable real estate Netherlands
Substantiated trade-offs between sustainability, affordability and return
Insight into how risks (including climate and transition risks) translate into asset value and portfolio performance
A framework to integrate impact into investment and portfolio management within the energy transition of buildings
Results in practice
Mookly (Amsterdam) – hidden benefits of a residential development contributing to sustainable housing Netherlands and energy-efficient buildings:
- €100,000 avoided climate damage per year
- €50,000 avoided health costs
- €1.1 million social value per year
Timber vs concrete construction – comparison of hidden costs in low-carbon and circular construction:
- 61% lower hidden environmental costs with timber construction
- Timber shows land use impact that requires active management
Social value of housing – monetising social value in sustainable real estate and housing development Netherlands:
- Monetised effects on wellbeing, neighbourhood quality, housing turnover, inequality, and affordability
Why Impact Institute
- Specialist in monetisation of impact within the sustainable built environment; proven track record with IWAF framework
- Direct link with financial models and investment decision-making in real estate and construction in the Netherlands
- Experience with leading real estate and construction parties in the Netherlands
- Bridge between ESG, strategy and finance in the energy transition and decarbonisation of buildings
- Part of a broader ecosystem with True Price and the Impact Economy Foundation
- Proven approach to strengthening resilience as a new dimension of risk management
Ready to include impact on your returns?
Stop optimising solely on (short-term) financial yield. Start managing integrated value and long-term performance in a climate-neutral and sustainable built environment.