Market Sentiment, Appetite and Behaviour

Investor approaches to greening real assets span a wide spectrum—from doing the bare minimum to comply with regulation, to deep retrofits designed to meaningfully reduce climate impact. This session explores what truly matters to investors across this range of ambition and how differing priorities shape capital allocation, asset design, and operational decisions. We examine how owners, developers, lenders, and asset managers weigh cost, risk, return, and reputation when assessing sustainability strategies, and how these considerations translate into real-world outcomes for the built environment.  

The discussion will also tackle: 

•  Has political fatigue dampened sustainability momentum or simply reshaped it?  
• The sentiment divide differences across Europe, UK and US capital?  
•  How occupier demand, leasing behaviour, and willingness to pay influence investment decisions and long-term asset value? 

Chairperson

Adrian Boyce, Group Director - OD Group

Speakers

Chris Hunt, Co-Founder & Director - V7

Mike Youngson, Director of Capital Projects UK and Europe - TPG Angelo Gordon