“Simplification” sounds promising—until you’re the one trying to implement it.
Last week at EPRA’s annual Sustainability Summit, Dr Taysom moderated a panel that cut through the noise around the European Union’s Omnibus Simplification Package and changes to the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulations. The timing couldn’t have been more relevant, landing the same day as major news from the European Commission.
The expert lineup included:
- Melville Rodrigues, Head of Advisory – Real Assets, APEX Group
- Christiane Conrads, Partner & Global Real Estate ESG Leader, PwC
- Robert Greenberg, Head of Sustainable Finance, Segro
- Amélie Woltrager, Senior Associate Investment Management, Arendt
So what did we learn?
The EU’s push to simplify sustainability rules raises an important question: simpler for whom? For Listed Real Estate navigating multiple frameworks, the answer isn’t straightforward.
The panel reached a clear consensus—alignment is the real prize. The challenge isn’t creating new frameworks; it’s making existing ones work together in practice. Quality reporting matters far beyond compliance checkboxes, but it all falls apart without integrated, reliable data infrastructure.
Here’s where it gets interesting: the true value lies in building transparency through a common financial language. When you combine EU regulations with industry standards like EPRA’s Best Practice Reporting, something powerful happens—data becomes genuinely comparable, clearer, and actually useful for decision-making.
The path forward isn’t about perfection—it’s about practical implementation that drives real outcomes.
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