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Why climate risks should take centre stage in real estate strategies in Poland
Poland has jumped by as many as 49 places in the Climate Risk Index 2025, ranking countries most affected by climate change, which is yet another signal that these threats are no longer abstract, but are increasingly shaping the real estate sector.
Katarzyna Lipka • August 27, 2025
Cushman Wakefield continues to strengthen its Strategic Consulting ESG Advisory team
Julia Faltus-James, an accredited professional in WELL, ActiveScore and “Green Home” certifications, and Szymon Krawczyk, an energy transition expert, have joined the Strategic Consulting & ESG Advisory team of global real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield. This move reflects the firm’s response to the growing demand from real estate and construction companies for high-quality specialist services related to the sector’s sustainable transformation. Cushman & Wakefield provides comprehensive solutions tailored to the evolving ESG requirements, addressing the needs of diverse market players.
Katarzyna Lipka • December 10, 2024
How PRS brands build relationships with tenants
Experts from global real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield note in their report The Housing Sector at the Crossroads 2.0 that the residential sector in Poland is developing ESG strategies focused on environmental aspects. However, PRS and co-living investors are also undertaking community-oriented initiatives. Is the institutional rental market in Poland aiming to be a model of sustainable practices within the residential market?
Katarzyna Lipka • November 04, 2024
Michal Pierzchalski joins the Strategic Consulting ESG Advisory team of Cushman Wakefield
With new legislation and guidelines taking effect, companies increasingly require assistance with energy efficiency and carbon footprint analyses. To meet their expectations, Cushman & Wakefield is expanding its Strategic Consulting & ESG Advisory team with the appointment of Michał Pierzchalski, PhD in Architectural Engineering, as a Senior ESG Consultant with responsibility as part of ESG and sustainability services for WLC (Whole Life Carbon) analyses, LCA (Life Cycle Assessment), ESG reports and building energy efficiency advisory services.
Katarzyna Lipka • October 17, 2023
Cushman Wakefield expands its ESG services and team
Most property market players have either incorporated or are about to incorporate ESG into their business strategies and operations. Due to its complexity and the rapidly changing legislative landscape, demand for ESG advisory services continues to grow. Global real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield has been delivering sustainability services on the Polish market for many years. Today, as new requirements and benchmarks are being developed at both the EU and national levels, the company is reorganizing and expanding its service offering to assist clients in defining, achieving and reporting ESG objectives. Its ESG Hub of experts from various business lines will be led by Katarzyna Lipka, Head of Strategic Consulting and Research, in partnership with Ilona Otoka, Senior ESG Consultant. The ESG Hub will deliver and expand its services for Cushman & Wakefield’s clients in cooperation with the firm’s global network of ESG and sustainability specialists.
Katarzyna Lipka • February 20, 2023
Co-living reactivation in new realities
The pandemic has changed the way we live and work. We still do not know whether these changes will be temporary or permanent in nature and whether they will stay with us, even when the threat of the disease is behind us. The uncertainty of the new and unprecedented situation has impacted all real estate sectors to a lesser or greater extent. Sharing of space, which is one of the key principles underpinning co-living, appears to be the absolute opposite of pandemic isolation. Contrary to appearances, this type of accommodation where in addition to sharing space residents also share a set of interests and values may be an easier and more enjoyable way of staying in quarantine, especially for lonely people and those living far from their families. Małgorzata Dziubińska, Associate Director at Cushman & Wakefield, says about co-living in the new reality.
Katarzyna Lipka • June 22, 2020
