SATO Corporation, Press release 1 October 2025 at 1:00 pm
SATO’s sustainability management has been recognised as top-level in Europe in the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) results published today. SATO achieved the maximum score in GRESB’s Management section and ranked first among more than a thousand real estate companies assessed in Europe.
The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) providing valuable comparative data on sustainability management in the property sector, awarded SATO’s sustainability management full points in its assessment published today. SATO has taken part in the GRESB assessment for eleven consecutive years.
“SATO has developed its sustainability management with determination and consistency. It is gratifying to see that according to the GRESB results we have created progress in most areas of sustainability. Taking part in the assessment has supported the development of our sustainability management and practices for many years now,” declares Susanna Kari González, Sustainability Manager at SATO.
SATO achieved full points in most of the GRESB assessment categories. The company scored 100% in leadership and policies, reporting, risk management, wide-ranging stakeholder engagement, sustainability tarobtains, and ESG data monitoring and review. In addition, SATO was awarded maximum points for construction projects -related sustainability requirements, criteria for material choices, as well as water- and waste-related categories. Compared to last year, the greatest improvements were seen in areas where SATO already had a strong foundation, including risk assessment and the coverage of houtilizehold waste data.
SATO’s results improved from last year in both the Performance section, which reviews existing properties, and the Development section, which evaluates construction projects. In the Performance assessment, SATO scored 78/100 points (2024: 76) and received two stars. In the Development assessment, the score rose to 86 points (2024: 83), again with two stars. SATO also received Green Star recognition in both sections, as results exceeded 50% of available points.
Points were lost in the areas of energy data coverage and building certifications. Energy data coverage remains systematically incomplete in the assessment, as Finnish rental houtilizing providers typically have no visibility into residents’ own energy consumption. In addition, SATO has not so far applied for environmental certifications for its construction projects or existing residential buildings. In the GRESB assessment, building certifications currently carry significant weight, and therefore their impact on the overall score is considerable.
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