EU Green Week Event, 9 June: Investing in Urban Biodiversity – Unlocking Resilient and Nature-Positive Cities
Practical examples of positive impact of investing in biodiversity and ecosystems in cities. This online partner event of the EU Green Week, organised by CPEA, will focus on how strategic investment in urban ecosystems can strengthen climate resilience, support the achievement of climate protection targets and create measurable added value for cities. International speakers will […]
CPEA Event 2026, 09 April: Sustainable Real Estate as a Catalyst for Innovation and Economic Competitiveness in Europe
On 9 April 2026 in Brussels, industry leaders, policymakers, and sustainability experts gathered for the Climate Positive Europe Alliance (CPEA) Annual Summit. The event brought into focus the growing role of sustainable real estate as a driver of innovation, economic competitiveness, and societal resilience across Europe. Against a backdrop of geopolitical change, rising costs, and […]
Sustainability & Digitalization EU Green Week: Building Circular Futures: How Sufficiency Drives Better Resource Stewardship
On 6 June 2025, 10:00 – 11:30, CEST, CPEA hosted an EU Green Week event online on sufficiency principles, circularity thinking and practice. Watch the recording here Find the Programme here The built environment is a major cause of resource depletion. Current excessive extraction of natural resources and land use requires a revisited approach to […]
Workshop: ‚Creating more value with less – the case for sufficiency in the built environment‘
On Thursday, 30th January and Friday 31st January 2025, we hosted an insightful workshop in Brussels entitled ‘Creating more value with less – the case for sufficiency in the built environment’. The workshop brought together our members as well as a range of policy, research and business representatives with a stake in the built environment. […]
New publication ‘Handbook on Sustainability in the Building and Real Estate Industry’
ÖGNI has launched its latest comprehensive publication ‘Handbook on Sustainability in the Building and Real Estate Industry’. 32 experts present background information and a detailed practical guide for the transition to a sustainable industry without greenwashing. They share their knowledge and practical experience with regard to the requirements of the EU taxonomy, local political measures, CO2 emissions, […]
Watch: Too much water – too little water
As part of the EU Green Week 2024, CPEA offered an online event focused on how cities can plan and integrate measures to reduce the likelihood of flooding as well as managing water shortages. To watch the recorded event, click the thumbnail. Watch the session here According to European Commission, since 1980, there have been […]
CPEA Summit 2023 Summary
©Octavian Carare On September 21st and 22nd more than 50 built environment experts from policy, building design, project development, real estate investment and housing, spanning 7 European countries came together at befitting iconic Tour & Taxis site in Brussels for the first ever CPEA Summit, dedicated to the theme of “’Radical unlearning’ as a disruptor […]
Launch of new CPEA ESG Working Group Market Insights Report: ESG adoption and implementation in EU construction and real estate
Against a background of a rapid rise in construction and real estate market engagement with ESG related topics and discourses and an equally growing number of ESG initiatives, this new report by the CPEA ESG Working Group provides a snapshot of where different European players within the construction and the real estate industry currently stand […]
Next LCA Master Class: Let’s talk materials
On Friday 12 May from 9:00 – 10.00 am CEST, CPEA will host the second seminar in its online LCA Master Class series. Participation is free of charge. Register here. The seminar will cover LCA in the context of materials, including policy, product regulation and data perspectives, and explore how this may impact future product […]
Feedback on the EU Taxonomy Circular Economy criteria
Together with its members, CPEA gave feedback on the EU Taxonomy Circular Economy criteria. “CPEA welcomes the Commissions work regarding the EU Taxonomy Circular Economy criteria as a valuable trigger to speed up the much-needed sectoral transition and is fully supportive of the overall concept and thinking behind the revised criteria for a transition to […]