To us, sustainability is a hallmark of good decision-making - a strategic part of our business model and a value driver that reduces risk. We pair economic success with ecological responsibility, creating assets built to last, that conserve resources, and that help shape more livable places.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals set the global compass for our ESG efforts, helping us make impact measurable and align our work with internationally recognized standards. Our goal is to bring ecological, social, and economic requirements together within one consistent framework - with particular focus on sustainable cities, clean energy, responsible production, and quality working conditions.
The breadth of our work and the complexity of our decisions call for a clear moral compass. Our Code of Conduct puts that compass into concrete terms - defining the principles and standards that guide our everyday actions and helping us make responsible choices even in a fast-moving, demanding market. At the same time, it sets the bar we hold ourselves to, one that reaches well beyond our own company's walls.
The “new-build at any cost” mindset has had its day. What matters now is working smartly with what already exists.
Authors
Erdal Bektas
Dr. Lukas Götzelmann
Prof. Dr. Alexander Gutzmer
Prof. Kerstin Hennig
What makes a property a living space that truly serves the needs of different generations? It's a question we put to the test every single day. Sustainability has gained extraordinary momentum in recent years, and it's putting the real estate industry to a serious test - simply thinking and talking about it isn't enough anymore. The industry has to act.
Just how central sustainability is at ehret+klein shows up, as you might expect, above all in our projects and in the way we work.
Looking forward - not just back - takes a statistically sound, neutral read on the current landscape, one that can inform real investment decisions. So we built a scoring model to assess towns and municipalities with more than 3,500 residents on their future potential, their specific “talents,” and how they measure up against Munich.
We gave the model a name that sticks: METROPOLIXX.
This location-attractiveness scoring model for investment decisions was developed jointly by ehret+klein and bulwiengesa AG.