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Improving the energy performance of logistics real estate: landlords and tenants share responsibility
Afilog, Union TLF, France Supply Chain and Club Demeter, representatives of owners and operators of logistics real estate, signed a charter of common principles at the International Transport and Logistics Real Estate Exhibition (SITL) from March 19 to 21, 2024, with the aim of organizing and sharing responsibility for the energy performance of buildings, as provided for in the tertiary sector decree.
Set by the law for the evolution of housing, development and digital (ELAN), the "tertiary decree", promulgated in July 2019, requires owners and tenants of tertiary buildings to improve the energy performance of the building in order to reduce energy consumption by 60% by 2050 compared with 2010.
However, the decree does not specify the division of responsibilities between the lessor and the operator for this energy performance work. This lack of precision adds to the complexity of lease negotiations between an owner seeking to increase the value of his property, and a tenant wishing to control costs.
At first glance, the tertiary sector decree seems to stipulate that the parties share the costs of energy performance, but an analysis of the text reveals more of a sharing of benefits, since the obligation to renovate only applies to work where the savings exceed the costs. What's more, there are no directives specifying how the gains are to be shared between the parties.
Common principles to ensure fair implementation
To help build peaceful relations between landlords and tenants, a group led by Afilog, and joined by the trade federation Union TLF and the associations France Supply Chain and Club Demeter, has defined a body of common principles to define a balanced and equitable distribution of responsibilities and benefits between the parties.
These principles, based on cooperation between the lessor and the operator, cover four key points:
We must act: Faced with the urgency of climate change, owners and tenants of logistics real estate, like all players in the economy, must take action to reduce the energy consumption of buildings and cut greenhouse gas emissions.
The owner drives the action : the owner is naturally the overall driver of continuous improvement in building performance.
The action is financed by energy savings : the tenant pays the landlord the amount equivalent to the savings generated by the renovation work.
An appropriate management system is needed to oversee all phases of the energy renovation project (preliminary audits, contracts, renovation work, measurement of energy savings).
The Charter of Common Principles was presented and signed by Claude Samson, President of Afilog, Yannick Buisson, President of the Supply Chain Council of Union TLF, Yann de Feraudy, President of France Suppy Chain.
and Julien Darthout, Club Demeter's general delegate, at the Salon international du transport et de l'immobilier logistique.
A progress report is scheduled in two years' time to analyze the relevance of these common principles in the implementation of the "tertiary decree" in the logistics sector.
The signing of this charter for a fair and balanced application of the tertiary decree in logistics real estate is the culmination of a discussion lasting over 18 months between our four organizations. It's not often that players representing divergent interests spontaneously get round the table to find balanced solutions. This is the case today, and we are very proud of this body of shared principles, which reveals the maturity of our sector, which knows how to invent missing provisions and make relations between landlords and tenants more fluid.
enthuses Claude Samson, President of Afilog.
Union TLF wanted to take part in the project led by Afilog with France Supply Chain and Club Demeter to show our collective determination to face up to the challenges of improving the energy performance of buildings. The implementation of the tertiary sector decree has raised many questions. The clarification provided today by our charter of common principles is a constructive and balanced response that ensures the reduction of our carbon footprint and the economic sustainability of our sector.
explains Yannick Buisson, Chairman of Union TLF's Supply Chain Council .
We wanted to support Afilog's initiative to ensure that the position of building users was heard: the legislator must take their point of view into account, as they are the major players in the market and in decarbonization. Real estate investors, who are often the building owners, need to open a dialogue with occupants to ensure that technical adaptations to buildings are distributed fairly. Finally, this charter is part of a long-term vision for logistics real estate.
Yann de Feraudy, President of France Supply Chain.
About France Supply Chain
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About Afilog
Afilog is a trade association representing all logistics and industrial real estate players in France and Europe (Germany, Netherlands, Poland, etc.), and works to integrate logistics into regional development, reindustrialization and decarbonization policies. Our 130 members1 play a key role in the functioning of the real economy, in the service of France's competitiveness and economic sovereignty.
About Union TLF
Union des entreprises de Transport et de Logistique (Union TLF) is the professional organization representing all trades in the transport and logistics chain. Union TLF's member companies are involved in all aspects of goods flow organization: road haulage, parcel delivery, logistics, urban delivery and light transport, multimodal (rail, river), industrial vehicle rental, sea and air transport, and customs representation with TLF Overseas. Union TLF's members represent nearly a third of the industry's employees (32.47%), i.e. over 200,000 employees.
About Club Demeter
Since 2022, Club Demeter Logistique Responsable has been a reference and exchange platform for organizing experiments dedicated to the supply chain and the control of social and environmental impacts. Club Demeter brings together leading companies from industry, distribution, logistics services and the public sector. Its scope of action extends to all logistics and transport operations in France, and covers all induced aspects of impact management. Its priority objectives are to promote, test and implement concrete, measurable and respectful actions in the three areas of sustainable development: economic, social and environmental. In 20 years, over 100 projects have been carried out collectively within the association.
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