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THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT A leading professional services firm, JLL creates rewarding opportunities, amazing spaces and sustainable real estate solutions. We speak to Head of Sustainability at JLL Ireland, Rami Nassar Writer: Jack Salter | Project Manager: Sam Love
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I believe this is the most pivotal and exciting time to be working in the real estate industry.” As the Head of Sustainability at JLL Ireland, Rami Nassar recognises that real estate is undergoing a once-in-alifetime transformation to curb climate change. The industry is one of the biggest contributors to global emissions, with the built environment responsible for almost 40 percent of the planet’s total
carbon footprint and 50 percent of raw materials consumed globally. Though real estate is part of the problem, in turn, it’s also part of the solution. Thus, a fundamental shift is expected in the sector, with real estate becoming key in both making net zero goals a reality and driving socioeconomic equality. “Every region has its challenges, and Europe probably has the biggest stock of old and existing buildings to tackle,” Nassar observes.
“This is a completely different and unique challenge, more so locally in Ireland with many historically listed buildings and housing shortages further adding to the task.” Driving this fundamental shift is JLL, a world leader in real estate services tasked with buying, building, occupying and investing in a variety of industrial, commercial, retail and hotel real estate assets. From tech start-ups to global firms, JLL’s clients span a number EME Outlook issue 45 | 3
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SHAPING THE FUTURE A Fortune 500 company with an annual revenue of $16.6 billion in 2020, operations in over 80 countries and a global workforce of more than 90,000 employees, JLL is “shaping the future of real estate for a better world”.
It is undeniably leading the real estate transformation by example, and is at the forefront of sustainability in the industry having aggressively committed to achieving global net zero carbon emissions by 2030. Together with clients and partners, JLL is committed to embedding sustainability into everything it does through a global sustainability strategy focused on four key areas with 16 flagship commitments.
JLL SERVICES AT A GLANCE Locally in Dublin, JLL’s service offering includes: LEASING – Offering full-service brokerage between landlords and tenants. CAPITAL MARKETS – Advising on investment sales and acquisitions, debt placement, equity placement and financing arrangements. ADVICE AND CONSULTANCY – Offering workplace strategies, digital solutions and valuations. PROPERTY AND FACILITY MANAGEMENT – Providing management and outsourcing of properties and real estate portfolios. PROJECT AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES – Designing and managing real estate projects, including fit-out services and building consultancy services. RESIDENTIAL – Offering new homes, land and residential sales. HOTELS – Advisory and sales services. HEALTHCARE – Advisory and investment consultancy. SUSTAINABILITY – Strategic, operational, and compliancy advice.
Universal Floral Universal Floral has been providing internal and exteral landscaping services for the last 50 years. Our clients include all types of businesses in industries ranging from Technology to Pharmaceutical. We work with direct clients, facilities companies, and architects to attain their vision of planting schemes that create beautiful working environments for their employees and visitors. We offer plant rental and maintenance, Living walls and moss walls, moveable living walls, and external landscape maintenance. We have a diversified chain of suppliers that help us provide many different types of plants and planters to our clients. Our products are sustainably made from recycled materials, and our plants can be traced from nurseries where the plants are grown to their final destination. The Universal Floral process begins with a call out from one of our friendly designers, who will design a planting scheme to suit your environment. Notes are taken of the lighting, décor and other conditions at your site. A plan is put in place to ensure the right plant for the right space and planters are decided upon that will become the finishing touch to your site. Our team of maintenance technicians will then ensure your plants are kept healthy and vibrant. We are now servicing offices throughout EMEA, so if you want a bespoke planting scheme with one point of contact, please get in touch, and let us continue to grow together.
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Corporate plant displays and maintenance service External plants, Trees and landscape maintenance Living walls Moss walls Biophilic and Plantogram design
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Burlington Engineering “Burlington Engineering are delighted to support JLL in their continued drive to bring experience and expertise to the growing energy and sustainability markets. We look forward to continuing to develop innovative approaches to projects with JLL in 2022. Our aim as always, is to deliver effective solutions to the many challenging opportunities that now exist to bring a Greener perspective to the construction and services industries.” Peter Lynskey – Managing director
JLL’S GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY TACKLING THE CLIMATE AND NATURE EMERGENCY – Working towards a world where carbon emissions are reduced, and biodiversity is restored. CHAMPIONING A JUST AND EQUAL SOCIETY – Contributing to a world where quality of life and social resilience is improved across all communities, with a specific focus on those most at risk. GROWING RESPONSIBLY – Advocating for positive change in the business community and encouraging responsible employee behaviour. FOSTERING INCLUSION AND WELLBEING – Creating an environment that values diversity, rewards talent, develops skills for tomorrow’s challenges, and fosters wellbeing.
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JLL’s global sustainability strategy strives towards ‘Building a Better Tomorrow’, helping people to achieve their ambitions, enabling them to explore new opportunities, investing in their growth and development, providing an inclusive culture, and putting safety first. People are a central pillar to this strategy, with JLL’s staff considered essential to the success of the company’s sustainability targets. “Their skills and performance are vital to our growth as a business, so not only do we support them to grow and progress, but we make sure the working environment is a safe and rewarding place to share ideas and innovations by maintaining an open mindset,” Nassar outlines. “It’s the resourceful ideas of our staff that give JLL its entrepreneurial spirit and edge.” In building a better tomorrow, corporate social responsibility (CSR) is integral to JLL, who have created
shared value by forging charitable partnerships and contributing to meaningful causes. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, for instance, JLL supported – and continues to support – the communities it serves, with a particular focus on helping the most vulnerable. “We also have a committee that picks a diverse multitude of charities every year to support through fundraising events and donation campaigns, and we partake in yearly beach cleans through the Clean Coasts initiative.”
ETHICAL LEADER Ethics are held in high regard by JLL, and the accolades that the company receives every year are a testament to that. Indeed, it has been recognised as one of the world’s most ethical companies by Ethisphere for 14 consecutive years. “No matter which end of the table you are sitting at, ethics are a highly
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Burlington Engineering are a leading Mechanical & Electrical building services provider working with clients in the provision of engineering solutions to all key business sectors. We support our numerous customers with innovative problem solving skills matched with 40 years of experience. Operating through our projects and service divisions, our highly trained staff cover the following areas: • • • •
Mechanical / electrical building services Environmental controls Energy and sustainability services LEED and WELL services
We offer full technical support and turnkey solutions to our wide client base and look forward to continued growth in 2022 and beyond.
Burlington Engineering Limited | Units 17/17A, Port Tunnel Business Park, Clonshaugh, Dublin 17, D17NY07, Ireland Phone: 00-353-1- 8712468 | Email: info@burlingtonengineering.ie | Website: www.burlingtonengineering.ie
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JLL valued trait in a multi-stakeholder industry such as real estate, and even more so given the global sustainability push where transparency in governance is key,” Nassar emphasises.
EME OUTLOOK: ARE THERE ANY OTHER KEY INVESTMENTS YOU ARE WORKING ON? Rami Nassar, Sustainability Director: “As part of the JLL commitment to sustainability and technology, I’m lucky to be part of an integral project to develop a net zero carbon facilitation platform. “This will enable clients to clearly see their options and the path to take in order to meet their emissions targets, one step at a time. “I believe the platform will enable much better communication and coordination between the technical and financial elements of the net zero journey, and is essential to its success. “I can’t wait to be able to showcase this tool to our clients and see the impact it will have on facilitating decision making to drive the built environment closer to net zero.”
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“We not only thrive for excellence in serving our clients, but we always act in their best interests, and they know they can trust us for that.” To further enhance, streamline and add value to its services, JLL has always embraced and developed its own technologies, supported startups, and partnered with industry pioneers. “Investing in technology is key in any industry these days as the world becomes more digital around us, and that transformation is even more prominent in the building sector,” says Nassar. “It’s never just one thing that makes a company a leader in its field, but a culmination of attributes, be it dedication to quality service, putting clients’ interests first, or leading by example.”
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS As much as JLL values green certifications, the company can still offer attractive, high-performance
spaces, even if the building is not certified. Nassar highlights a fit-out project carried out by JLL for a major global financial institution who, despite having green aspirations, settled on a new office location in an older building without any green certifications. “After the entire project team was selected and ready to start, the client asked us if we could get Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification for their office,” shares Nassar. “With no impact on the project timeline and minimal-to-no impact on construction costs, we were able to deliver LEED-ID+C v4 certification for our client’s office. “We know that green certifications are not the only way to be sustainable, and in this case a seemingly older, uncertified building was no reason to not have an efficient office fit-out,” he adds.
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On another project, JLL was able to show how many sustainability improvement opportunities remained uncaptured in assets. A net zero prediction analysis also highlighted what investments were needed to ensure an asset meets emission requirements in the future, and doesn’t become obsolete. Fed into JLL’s valuation exercise, this eye-opening information informs clients on how much more there is to know about an asset, and how crucial it is to properly evaluate the risks and benefits before investing.
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“I BELIEVE THIS IS THE MOST PIVOTAL AND EXCITING TIME TO BE WORKING IN THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY” – RAMI NASSAR, HEAD OF SUSTAINABILITY, JLL IRELAND When it comes to delivering sustainable solutions to clients, JLL relies on its partners, reaching out to specialist, expert service providers as and when required. “Take building maintenance or cleaning services as an example. You can develop all the green policies you want for your building operation, but if your teams, partners and suppliers
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can’t deliver on those requirements, these policies are just poetry,” Nassar explains. “Sometimes the suppliers lead us, sometimes we lead them, and at other times we move forwards together.” At all times, however, they are central to JLL’s overall value offering, as the company makes haste with ambitious growth plans and targets in which sustainability is a key component.
JLL Tel: +353 1 673 1600 www.jll.ie
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JLL Styne House, Hatch Street Upper, Saint Kevin’s, Dublin, D02 DY27, Ireland Tel: +353 1 673 1600 www.jll.ie
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