SBTi validates Apsys climate targets to 2035
Apsys announces that the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has validated the greenhouse gas emission reduction targets set by the Group for its own development and commercial property management activities in France and Poland, which account for more than 80% of its revenue.
This step confirms that Apsys’s decarbonisation pathway is aligned with the science-based framework for limiting global warming to +1.5°C, in accordance with the standard developed specifically for the real estate sector – the SBTi Buildings Sector Science-Based Target-Setting Criteria.
This is a significant milestone in Apsys’s climate strategy: the company joins the still very small group of real estate companies whose decarbonisation pathways have been validated under the new SBTi Buildings standard. As a private, unlisted family-owned company, Apsys is demonstrating its readiness to voluntarily make some of the most ambitious climate commitments in the industry, in line with its long-term vision as an asset owner.
Apsys’s ambitions translate into reduction targets for 2035, set against a 2022 baseline:
– 80.9% in “In-use Operational” emissions, related to the operation of its own assets (in kg CO₂/m²);
– 66.3% in “Upfront Embodied” emissions, related to the delivery of construction projects (in kg CO₂/m²).
Apsys has also committed to no longer installing new fossil fuel-based heating systems across its entire property portfolio.
A pathway supporting the transition
In the face of the climate crisis, Apsys has for several years been working to measure, understand and reduce its carbon footprint. Aligned with a +1.5°C warming scenario, the decarbonisation pathway for its own development and property management activities covers all three scopes: direct emissions, indirect energy-related emissions and indirect value chain emissions linked to the energy used to operate the properties and to the delivery of construction projects. Its validation by SBTi confirms that it meets the scientific requirements for limiting global warming.
This validation is another step in Apsys’s climate strategy. Achieving the targets will rely primarily on continuing the measures already under way to improve the energy efficiency of assets, increase the use of renewable energy, reduce the carbon footprint of development projects and fully integrate climate considerations into investment and management decisions. Beyond reducing emissions, this approach aims to increase the energy efficiency and resilience of the properties and to meet the expectations of local communities, users and investors.
A long-term perspective
As an independent family-owned company, Apsys has been developing a long-term vision of the real estate market for thirty years. The validation of climate targets for its own development and commercial property management activities demonstrates the Group’s determination to anticipate the changes taking place in the real estate sector and to base its decarbonisation process on recognised scientific frameworks over the long term.
Apsys will monitor its climate indicators and report regularly on its progress to its stakeholders.
Maurice Bansay, Founder and President of Apsys
“As an independent family-owned company, we have always taken a long-term approach, mindful of the impact of our decisions on future generations. Today, real estate performance can no longer be separated from environmental responsibility. That is why we decided to base our climate targets on credible scientific foundations – an ambitious approach that drives us to continue our efforts to build a more energy-efficient and resilient portfolio that is a lasting source of value for local communities, users and investors.”
Ghislaine Rabec, CSR Director, Apsys Group
“This validation confirms the alignment of the decarbonisation pathway set by Apsys for its own development and commercial property management activities. The targets are now clearly defined: an 81% reduction in carbon emissions from operating properties and a 66% reduction in carbon emissions from development activities by 2035 (compared with 2022). Our priority now is to translate this pathway into measurable results through concrete action.”
Apsys Poland has been operating on the market since 1996 as an investor, developer and manager of commercial real estate, and also provides advisory services and expert support in the field of urban space solutions.
For 30 years, the company has been delivering projects that help shape modern urban spaces, drawing on its extensive market experience at every stage of a project’s creation and operation – from concept and financing, through delivery, to active management and growing the value of the property. The Apsys portfolio includes retail properties, mixed-use projects, residential developments and regeneration projects, in which quality, functionality, accessibility and long-term value for the surrounding area are of key importance. All projects are developed with care for users’ everyday experience, social relationships and their harmonious integration into the urban fabric.
Apsys’s flagship projects in Poland include Manufaktura in Łódź, Posnania in Poznań and the regenerated Hala Targowa Enjoy, opened in summer 2026, which combines local retail, food and culture in the historic setting of the 130-year-old market hall in Gdańsk.
The company’s portfolio also includes Food Fyrtel, Apsys’s own food hall concept, and Apsys’s first residential project, Solea – Mieszkania przy Wyścigach, in Warsaw.
The company is currently developing the residential projects Nowa Stawowa and Ogrody Staromiejskie in Wrocław. It is also a co-investor in Wilanów Park in Warsaw.
Apsys Polska manages over 700,000 sq m of leasable area in retail properties located in more than a dozen cities across the country, remaining one of the largest players on the Polish real estate market.
In 2026, Apsys celebrates its 30th anniversary – a milestone that underlines the company’s long-term approach and its ambition to create places that genuinely change cities.
