Sander Paul van Tongeren

GRESB BV is a Dutch ESG benchmarking company that evaluates real estate and infrastructure investments worldwide. The company is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and has subsidiaries in France and Canada. The company assesses and benchmarks the ESG performance of real estate assets annually, covering USD 7.2 trillion of AUM across 75 countries. GRESB provides actionable insights to its members, partners, and investors, aiding over 170 institutional investors and more than 2,000 fund managers, companies, and asset operators to make informed decisions based on ESG data. GRESB was founded in 2009 by Sander Paul van Tongeren, and the CEO is Sebastien Roussotte. GRESB was acquired by GRESB/Private Group/ from Green Building Certification Institute, Inc. on November 16, 2020.

APG Asset Management NV (APG) is a pension fund management firm headquartered in Heerlen, Netherlands. The firm is a subsidiary of APG Group NV, itself a subsidiary of Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP in The Netherlands. Formerly known as APG Investments, the firm changed their name to APG Asset Management in 2009. APG provides collective pension schemes for participants in the education, government, construction, cleaning and glass cleaning, housing associations, energy and utility companies, sheltered employment, medical specialists and practices of architects.