ESG Transformation in the Real Estate Industry and Urban Environmental Sustainability: Strategic Re-engineering from Green Buildings to Social Co-benefits

Haowen Zhang

doi:10.47297/wspdecWSP2515-797305.20250910

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ESG Transformation in the Real Estate Industry and Urban Environmental Sustainability: Strategic Re-engineering from Green Buildings to Social Co-benefits

Volume 9, Issue 10

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ESG Transformation in the Real Estate Industry and Urban Environmental Sustainability: Strategic Re-engineering from Green Buildings to Social Co-benefits
ESG Transformation in the Real Estate Industry and Urban Environmental Sustainability: Strategic Re-engineering from Green Buildings to Social Co-benefits
Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
Vol. 9, Issue 10, Pages: 26-30(2025)
Published：30 October 2025
DOI：10.47297/wspdecWSP2515-797305.20250910
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Zhang Haowen.ESG Transformation in the Real Estate Industry and Urban Environmental Sustainability: Strategic Re-engineering from Green Buildings to Social Co-benefits[J].Development Economics of China,2025,09(10):26-30.
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Zhang Haowen.ESG Transformation in the Real Estate Industry and Urban Environmental Sustainability: Strategic Re-engineering from Green Buildings to Social Co-benefits[J].Development Economics of China,2025,09(10):26-30. DOI： 10.47297/wspdecWSP2515-797305.20250910.

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Abstract

Against the backdrop of global climate change response and the advancement of urban sustainable development

the real estate sector

as a key high-energy-consumption and high-emission industry

has a profound impact on urban system resilience

resource efficiency

and social equity through its environmental

social

and governance (ESG) transformation. From a policy-driven transformation perspective

this paper selects typical real estate enterprises from China

Japan

and Singapore (Vanke

Mitsubishi Estate

and CapitaLand) for comparative case studies and mechanism analysis. It explores how these companies translate corporate ESG practices—through green building

carbon emission reduction

community engagement

and governance structure innovation—into improved environmental performance and social well-being at the urban level. The study finds that although the implementation pathways differ among the three companies

they all reflect a transmission logic of "environmental intervention as the starting point

social benefits as spillovers

and governance systems as support

" and demonstrate synergistic effects of "technology–governance–finance" under policy guidance. This research deepens the understanding of the mechanisms behind real estate ESG transformation from an urban sustainability perspective and provides cross-scale references for related policy design and corporate practice.

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