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MIPIM 2025, like many major real estate events, confirmed a significant trend: ESG is becoming a central focus of strategic discussions, and investors are now encouraged to think long-term. Thinking ahead to 2035, envisioning sustainable portfolios, integrating societal expectations. But behind this ambition, a question remains: how can we ensure that these visions are more than just promises? How can we prevent strategy from remaining a mere exercise in declarations, lacking the tools to quantify impacts? At IRICE, we hold a simple conviction: the credibility of an ESG approach rests not on communication, but on measurement. On the ability to certify, structure, and demonstrate. In this article, we explore what distinguishes a genuine ambition from a promise without proof. And why, in the face of environmental challenges, independent certification has become a strategic imperative.
Foresight, ESG, vision 2035: when promises are no longer enough
MIPIM 2025, like many major real estate events, confirmed a significant trend: ESG is becoming increasingly important in strategic discussions, and investors are now encouraged to think long-term. Thinking ahead to 2035, envisioning sustainable portfolios, and integrating societal expectations.
But behind this ambition, a question remains: how can we guarantee that these visions are more than just a promise? How can we prevent the strategy from remaining a mere declarative exercise, without tools to objectively measure the impacts?
ESG: intentions without proof?
ESG language has become the norm. It multiplies commitments, declarations of intent, and climate strategies. Yet, in the operational reality of projects, one observation remains: without a common measurement framework, there is neither comparability nor reliable traceability of actions.
This limitation is particularly pronounced regarding biodiversity, often reduced to an aesthetic intention or a few symbolic plantings. Yet, ecological resilience, a site's capacity to promote biodiversity, cannot be decreed. It must be measured.
Measure, certify, prescribe: three requirements for moving from strategy to action
At IRICE, we have chosen a clear response to this impasse:
- Effinature, an environmental certification dedicated to biodiversity, provides a prescriptive, structuring, independent reference framework.
- The Biodiversity Performance Score (BPS) translates the real contribution of a project to biodiversity into objective, measurable and comparable indicators.
These tools do not simply observe. They demand. They allow project owners, investors, and local authorities to have a shared understanding of their commitments.
Independence as a condition of credibility
Certification means assuming the role of a trusted third party. It's not about providing support or advice; it's about structuring, verifying, and guaranteeing traceability. It also means moving away from self-reporting, internal audits without opposing viewpoints, and unverifiable commitments.
In a context where regulatory and societal expectations are increasing, it is this requirement that will make the difference between projects with sincere ambition and opportunistic approaches.
Conclusion: Vision and evidence, the two pillars of ESG credibility
Thinking about 2035 is a strategic necessity. But it is in the ability to demonstrate the reality of one's commitments that lasting trust is built.
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