The 2025 release was hosted by GRESB in association with the development and reform commission of Chaoyang district, Beijing CBD Administrative Committee and Chaoyang District Commerce Bureau, drawing nearly 300 participants.

Mong-Trang Sarrazin, chief financial officer of GRESB, said the outstanding performance of China Central Place demonstrates the infinite possibilities that can be created when ESG is regarded as a value driver rather than just a compliance requirement.

Representatives from China Central Place say they employ full-dimension monitoring of key environmental metrics — such as energy-use efficiency, water-resource management and waste-cycle processes — and use 10 embedded core intelligent algorithms to achieve smart decision-making, unmanned operation and remote maintenance.

CCP has organized a variety of related activities — such as Earth Day and tree-planting events — with more than 80 percent of tenants participating.

As of last year, more than 2,200 real-estate companies, funds and developers had taken part in the GRESB Real Estate Assessment, covering $7 trillion in assets across more than 80 markets.

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