Sustainability, Certified.
Value, Unlocked.
Sustainalytica is a specialist advisory dedicated to BREEAM certification and green building strategy, with a focus on operational buildings—the everyday spaces where sustainability can have the most meaningful impact.
Our approach combines architectural understanding and technical rigour, translating complex standards into practical, grounded guidance. We explore the fundamentals of each building, supporting decisions that balance environmental, financial and human outcomes.
Working across Europe, we bring academic depth and hands-on experience to every engagement. For investors, asset managers and occupiers seeking a considered, context-rich perspective, Sustainalytica offers something different: outcomes that endure.
See the Evidence.
_Shape the Future.
Discover how BREEAM certification drives rental premiums, strengthens resilience and enhances portfolio performance — explore our latest Insights.
Our Differentiators
"Sustainalytica was founded on the premise that BREEAM guidance should carry fundamental benefit – strategically deploying finite material and financial resources for maximum impact – driving to create successful, more inclusive urban spaces."
Peter Howle | Founder & CEO
1_ Unrivalled Experience
Our executives have previously led some of the industry's largest and highest rated BREEAM engagements worldwide.
2_ Licensed Expertise
100% of our consultants are BRE-qualified Licensed Assessors, ensuring assessments meet the highest technical standards.
3_ Market-Leading Timelines
We operate on some of the fastest timelines in the industry, without compromising rigour or integrity.
4_ Value-Driven Pricing
We commit to delivering premium services at competitive rates, ensuring certification remains accessible without dilution of quality.
5_ Agile Mobilisation
Our experts can initiate projects within one week of instruction, enabling clients to move at market speed.
Green Building Certifications
BREEAM sits at the heart of our practice, reflecting its position as the most widely adopted certification standard across Europe. Our advisory spans the full certification lifecycle; from early-stage review and evidence strategy, through detailed technical assessment and submission, to long-term portfolio integration across operational assets.
While anchored in BREEAM, we also support clients in navigating complementary certifications where appropriate, ensuring assets remain aligned with GRESB performance expectations and broader ESG frameworks — without losing sight of the building itself.
Data-Backed Sustainability Strategies
Our approach integrates rigorous technical assessment with deep contextual analysis, ensuring sustainability is both credible in detail and coherent at portfolio scale.
By translating certification metrics into clear, decision-ready intelligence, we equip clients with insight that informs asset stewardship, portfolio optimisation and consistent ESG reporting, rooted in the realities of how buildings perform in use.
Investment-Focused Advisory
We specialise in working with investors and occupiers, acting as a bridge between detailed design team knowledge and capital allocation decisions.
Our role is to embed sustainability within fund strategies, asset repositioning plans and long-term ownership models, ensuring certification contributes meaningfully to competitive positioning at both asset and portfolio level.
Architectural and Technical Integration
Founded by Architect Peter Howle, Sustainalytica is built on deep expertise in building performance, planning and design, combined with senior leadership experience in sustainability advisory.
This grounding enables us to anticipate risk, identify opportunity and deliver outcomes that extend beyond compliance, creating lasting environmental and financial value while respecting the integrity of the built environment.
From Foundations to Future
Sustainalytica’s story is inseparable from the evolution of sustainable real estate. From the UN’s Our Common Future report to the creation and growth of BREEAM, each milestone reflects the increasing importance of certified performance in investment decision-making.
Sustainalytica was founded at the moment BREEAM became the clear market standard, responding to investor demand for rigorous, fast, and strategic certification support. Our trajectory mirrors the wider market’s: grounded in sustainability, driven by evidence and focused on unlocking long-term value.
Evolution of BREEAM
Our Insights
Independent analysis of green building certifications, market trends, and investor strategy.
Our Capabilities
From single-asset assessments to portfolio-wide strategies, our services are designed not only to secure BREEAM certification, but also to maximise the strategic relevance of sustainable initiatives. We provide clients with tailored frameworks that account for the specific pressures of regulatory change, tenant expectations and capital market scrutiny.
Whether improving the performance of a single building or delivering coordinated certification across a multi-jurisdictional portfolio, Sustainalytica ensures certification becomes a credible and communicable demonstration of responsible stewardship, helping owners, occupiers and stakeholders understand and engage with the tangible benefits of sustainable action.
Welcome from our Founder
“At Sustainalytica, we set out to redefine what clients can expect from a sustainability advisory. Our model combines the analytical rigour of a top-tier strategy firm with proven technical expertise in creating resilient, enjoyable urban spaces.
What makes us different is not only the speed and scale at which we deliver, but the fundamentally personal nature of our service. We invest in process to ensure every engagement is structured and transparent, providing a trusted partner to interpret complexity, communicate benefit clearly and advance sustainable action with confidence.”
Peter Howle | Chief Executive Officer
Transform Certification into Advantage
Sustainalytica supports investors and asset managers in moving beyond compliance towards a more considered and responsible approach to building performance. We provide clear, structured guidance that responds to regulatory change, operational realities and stakeholder expectations.
Contact our team to discuss how certification can be applied thoughtfully within your assets and portfolios.
