[News] Investment Week publishes insights from Catalyst’s Roundtable
Investment Week has released its editorial coverage of Catalyst’s recent roundtable in London, where senior investors, developers and ESG leaders examined the pressures shaping strategies for 2025–2026.
The article captures perspectives on valuation, regulatory alignment, evidence requirements and the practical challenges investors and developers face when balancing performance, risk and decarbonisation.
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What the article covers
- How regulatory tightening is influencing investment decisions
- The challenge of evidencing progress and data quality for ESG reporting
- Investor perspectives on valuation uncertainty and retrofit viability
- Developer views on capital allocation, risk management and delivery pressures
- Areas of alignment — and divergence — across the market
- The growing importance of asset-level insights and real-world performance data
Why this matters for the market
The roundtable brought together leaders across investment, development and ESG, providing an unfiltered view of the realities shaping portfolios today.
Investment Week’s coverage reflects several themes we have seen across our own work with clients — including:
- Rising expectations for measurable, defensible ESG performance
- Increased scrutiny on decarbonisation pathways and evidence trails
- A sharper focus on value protection under regulatory and market pressure
Our role
Catalyst convened the session to enable open, practical dialogue between market participants who are experiencing similar constraints.
The discussion reinforced the importance of:
- High-quality data and evidence
- Integrated technical and ESG advisory
- A clear link between operational performance and investment strategy
