FGH Bank, part of the Rabobank Group, has become the latest organisation to join the International Sustainability Alliance (ISA) as a founding member.

FGH Bank, part of the Rabobank Group, has become the latest organisation to join the International Sustainability Alliance (ISA) as a founding member.

Established in 1890, FGH specialises in financing commercial real estate and has extensive experience in the Dutch real estate market as well as being active in Germany and Belgium. At the end of 2009, the bank had a balance sheet total of EUR 18 bn.

ISA is a global network of corporate occupiers, property investors, developers and owners, dedicated to achieving a more sustainable built environment through better measurement and understanding of the sustainable performance of existing buildings. Its main goal is to create a database of existing commercial buildings’ environmental characteristics, enabling members to formulate sustainable strategies for their real estate. ISA was set up at the beginning of this year by BRE Global, part of the BRE Trust, a charitable UK research institute.

Commenting on FGH Bank's membership, Peter Keur, FGH chairman said: 'The International Sustainability Alliance is the perfect platform to achieve our objective of creating more internal and external awareness of sustainable commercial real estate. The ISA database will help FGH Bank benchmark the environmental performance of our own buildings and, if desired by our clients, the buildings we finance. It will be a strategic assessment tool.'

The closing date for organisations to join as founding members was 30 November.