fors.earth and Alpha IC - "block and tackle instead of bottleneck" for worthwhile sustainability issues in the real estate industry
The real estate industry is a leader in a way no industry wants to be a leader. It is responsible for almost 40 percent of global CO2 emissions and for about half of the raw materials extracted. And responsibility obliges. The public knows that too. And so the pressure is increasing, both from the regulatory side and from the investor and consumer side, to act sustainably and transparently. Against this background, many companies often think of sustainability first and foremost as "only" climate protection. But sustainability is much more. In particular, it is also about resource protection, people and social issues. This requires strategic thinking and operational action.
Alpha IC - one of the most distinguished consultancies for real estate management - and fors.earth - a leading strategy consultancy for sustainability - want more. They are starting a cooperation and joining forces to show that sustainability consulting can be done differently. Namely, effectively and at the same time economically, if a truly holistic consulting approach is chosen.
"Block and tackle instead of bottleneck" - added value for clients in the real estate industry thanks to cooperation between the Munich-based strategy consultancy for sustainability, fors.earth, and the real estate consulting company Alpha IC from Bamberg. From left to right: Frank Sprenger, Managing Director fors.earth, Sebastian Hölzlein, Managing Director Alpha IC, Dr. Alexis Katechakis, Managing Director fors.earth and Richard Weller, Managing Director Alpha IC (* 3 "G" photo shoot)
On the consultancy market, real estate companies can usually choose between pure real estate management or pure sustainability consultancies. This "bottleneck" in consulting leads to important information being lost on the way from strategic conception at management level to operational implementation on the property and vice versa. "Thanks to our integral approach, we can potentiate the positive effects for our clients like a block and tacle because we guide the entire process," is how Frank Sprenger (Founder, Managing Director fors.earth) and Sebastian Hölzlein (Founder, Managing Director Alpha IC) sum up their joint philosophy. The partnership between fors.earth and Alpha IC is based on a common comprehensive understanding of sustainability.
"It is not just a question of "less is more", for example with respect to emissions," explains Dr Alexis Katechakis (Founder, Managing Director fors.earth). "There are so many ways for a real estate company to make a positive contribution in line with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Our experience from advising companies, such as the GBG group of companies in Mannheim, shows that intrinsic motivation on the part of the company spurs the ideas and initiatives to concrete implementation. We are then the block and tackle that helps the companies to systematically raise topics that lead to action - e.g. climate-resilient and health-promoting neighbourhoods - and to profit from them economically." "Systematically highlighting these people- and environment-oriented issues not only looks good in sustainability reports, but also increases employee satisfaction and identification. And a team that identifies with its tasks demonstrably generates a greater impact," adds Richard Weller (Managing Director Alpha IC).
As a leading strategy consultancy for sustainability, fors.earth GmbH, with offices in Munich and Stegen am Ammersee, brings its expertise in management consultancy to the partnership. Its clients include the GBG Unternehmensgruppe Mannheim, Swiss Pearl, Evonik, Volkswagen, Kaufland, MVV Energie and the DJH. www.fors.earth.de
Alpha IC GmbH is one of the most distinguished consulting firms for real estate management in Germany. Whether ESG consulting, green building certifications or organisational and digitalisation projects, Alpha IC contributes its property-related practical experience from a total of nine strongly networked service fields to the cooperation. https://www.alpha-ic.com/leistungen
What both companies have in common is their focus on a holistic understanding of sustainability.
Your contact for holistic sustainability consulting:
Dr Alexis Katechakis, alexis.katechakis@fors.earth, +49 151 191 84 526
Richard Weller, r.weller@alpha-ic.com, +49 151 422 294 22
