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Commentary
Strategy / Continued Physical and transition climate-related risks Time horizon Risk
Risk description
Risk impacts
Mitigating controls
/ Lower demand for inefficient assets, creating lower rental and asset values / Stranded asset risk in high-risk geographies / Occupier default risk for occupiers with carbon intensive operations / Capital expenditure cost to meet new standards / Stranded asset risk and increased void period for non-compliance / Rises in interest rates and a decrease in economic growth leading to higher financial capital costs / Economic downturn reducing rental income and asset value and increasing occupancy risk / Rise in energy prices due to support for low carbon generation and taxation / Increased operational costs, fuelled by price increases and rising demand for cooling / Increase in material and procurement costs due to supply chain disruptions and carbon tax on embodied carbon / Repair costs and loss of access to asset / Capital expenditure to install mitigation measures / Reduced regional investment and footfall / Decline in asset value or stranded asset risk / Degradation of plant and equipment leading to capital expenditure associated with replacement / Increased operational costs / Reduced occupier demand for spaces lacking sufficient cooling and/or ventilation / Repair costs and loss of access to asset / Capital expenditure to install mitigation measures / Decline in asset value or stranded asset risk
/ Regularly review market and occupier demand / Regularly review regulation and building standards legislation / Monitor the macroeconomic and financial environmental on an ongoing basis / Implement a policy of continual improvement / Implement our net zero carbon pathway / Implement refurbishment guidelines that incorporate transition risk mitigation measures / Conduct renewable energy feasibility studies across our portfolio
Short-term 2020–2029
Changes in market and occupier expectations and demand
As markets shift to meet growing demand for low or zero carbon alternatives, climate resilient assets could achieve ‘green premiums’ by outperforming unsustainable assets. Failure to adapt could create competitive risk and occupier default risk, while demand may also shift away from certain geographies or sectors. Policy mandates buildings to adhere to higher standards, to improve efficiencies and operational practice, and to embed climate resilience on-site. Non-compliant assets could experience reputational risk and reduced occupier demand. Macroeconomic instability could transpire as market preferences shift towards low carbon solutions and climate resilience, or due to sustained damage from climate-related physical impacts, potentially affecting our ability to secure financial capital, acquisition activities and asset values. Increasing the share of renewable energy sources and decarbonising energy-intensive industries could intensify other transition risks associated with reputation damage, financial impacts and litigation risk. Increased duration and intensity of precipitation, snow melt and rising sea levels will exacerbate all types of flooding. Our current portfolio is exposed to fluvial and pluvial flooding risk, with limited exposure to coastal flooding. Rising mean temperature and extreme temperature highs puts pressure on both our assets and people. Our concentration of assets in Southern England increases our susceptibility to this risk and to associated costs. Extreme weather events, including storms, heavy winds, heavy precipitation, drought and snow could become more frequent and severe, exacerbated by shifting sea temperatures and seasonal patterns. Water becomes increasingly scarce, with supply unable to meet demand. As temperatures rise, average drought lengths could increase, with implications on water costs, supply chains and public health.
Increased building standards requirements
Financial market impacts
Medium-term 2030–2039
Decarbonisation and increased energy demand/cost
/ Annual asset business plans consider all material physical climate risks / Assess asset resilience to material climate risks / Implement resilience measures, prioritising our most at-risk assets / Implement our net zero carbon pathway, including implementing on-site renewables and implementing software to track embodied carbon from ‘in use’ standing assets / Implement our refurbishment guidelines that incorporate physical risk mitigation measures
Flooding
Heat stress
Extreme weather events
/ Increased operational costs / Decline in asset value for water inefficient asset / Capital expenditure to improve efficiency
Long-term >2040
Drought and water stress
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