Lower anticipated returns on real estate are the first trigger, reversing the prior decade’s substantial capital inflow pushed by compelling risk-adjusted returns. Pressure for greater disclosure from institutional buyers may be too robust for building owners to resist adapting ESG protocols, especially given the investors’ market size and the present capital demands. Even if investor demand more and more pushes the market to more sustainable buildings, some investors imagine that a downturn may slow ESG progress for some time. The industrial real estate sector has loads of motivation to behave on the large potential influence of unchecked local weather change. …