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Assessing the environmental risks of property investment portfolios

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Series: Journal of Property Finance ; 5(4) 1994, 68-83(8)Publication details: 1994Subject(s): Summary: Outlines areas of risk to returns in property investment posed by environmental issues, but concentrates on liabilities arising from the potential of occupiers to cause pollution. Offers a range of information sources and analytical tools as an aid to the assessment of such risks. Draws attention to registers of contaminated land, the planning system, British Standards, government guidance and legal precedents, and describes models such as `system-based environmental risk rating`.

Outlines areas of risk to returns in property investment posed by environmental issues, but concentrates on liabilities arising from the potential of occupiers to cause pollution. Offers a range of information sources and analytical tools as an aid to the assessment of such risks. Draws attention to registers of contaminated land, the planning system, British Standards, government guidance and legal precedents, and describes models such as `system-based environmental risk rating`.