Real Estate Insights: The “S” in ESG: unlocking financial performance through human capital and real estate integration

Abstract

PurposeThis study aims to provide a different view of existing statistics and apply them to a current topic.Design/methodology/approachThis study puts previous literature together in a way that supports a real estate-focused viewpoint.FindingsThe build environment can help or hinder diversity in the workplace.Research limitations/implicationsLimitations of this study are that it is so macro that there is no direct study involved. The implications are that if companies want to achieve good “S” in ESG scores, they need to think about their real estate in different ways.Practical implicationsThe implications are that if companies want to achieve good “S” in ESG scores, they need to think about their real estate in different ways.Social implicationsPeople should understand that there are inherent barriers to success built into the system, and value their employer's efforts to ameliorate them accordingly.Originality/valueTo my knowledge, no one has approached this issue in this way before. The focus is typically micro, and while there is a lot of research out there focusing on the micro effects or impacts, they are without understanding how the built environment impacts these outcomes.