A leading multinational bank had committed to achieving corporate net zero across its global operations by 2030. Recognizing that its extensive real estate portfolio—comprising 1,200 sites—significantly contributed to its carbon footprint, the client saw the need for a step-by-step strategy to drive action. 
 
Despite already achieving a 50% emissions reduction since 2010 through an existing GHG reduction program, further progress was essential to meet its ambitious target. The challenge was to develop a comprehensive and actionable roadmap that integrated existing efforts and identified new, optimized decarbonization opportunities. This required balancing financial viability, technical feasibility, and real estate innovation to ensure a clear path to operational net zero by 2030. 

We partnered with the client to create a tailored and actionable corporate net-zero roadmap by combining our deep sustainability expertise with our digital solutions. This included modeling nearly 400 buildings—offices, retail outlets, data centers, and other critical facilities—covering approximately 70% of the client’s global real estate portfolio, then extrapolating results across 90 countries. 
 
The team began by reviewing and validating existing emissions data to establish a strong baseline for future reductions. Using our Cost Optimal Sustainable Investment Solution (COSIS), we analyzed key building characteristics such as size, location, heating systems, insulation levels, and window types to identify cost-effective carbon reduction measures. Simultaneously, our Enterprise Decision Analytics (EDA) digital solution processed and evaluated over 40,000 potential project combinations, optimizing for the lowest capital expenditure and highest technical feasibility to maximize GHG reductions.