LCBI Logistics

The LCBI Logistics label

Real estate currently represents 40% of the European Carbon footprint. Logistics in particular stands as most dynamic sector within real estate, with 35% investments in 2024; this also comes with significant emissions. In 2022, logistics accounted for around 8% of global emissions.

A path towards decarbonization in the sector is imperative for the decades to come. Logistics players have for some time expressed a need for benchmarks and frameworks, yet for long, no carbon-focused certification schemes existed to enable sector wide transitions.

To solve that issue, the Low Carbon Building Initiative will develop a unique method and certification scheme, at European level, to measure and limit the carbon footprints of new logistics projects.

The LCBI methodology measures building footprints from construction to operation, until end of life. The measures gathered during the Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) are then compared to rigorous limit values, and labels granted according to performance achieved.

The LCBI Logistics label will be the first pan-European certification scheme upholding all principles necessary to foster decarbonation in logistics.

The Technical Committee

In March 2025, LCBI has launched a specific Technical Committee dedicated to LCBI Logistics, working to progressively construct, test and layout the LCBI Logistics methodology.

LCBI Logistics Technical Committee is co-lead by :

  • Elitoh by Egis
  • Artelia
  • Elan

And is composed with various technical experts from:

  • Bureau Veritas
  • One Click LCA
  • Baytree Logistics Properties by Axa
  • Virtuo
  • GSE Group
  • Lidl
  • APRC Group
  • AEW

The Timeline

  • March 2025: Collaborative work, regulatory benchmark and data collection has begun
  • Until mid-2026, LCBI for logistics will build its methodology by collecting data, exchanging with experts and realizing case studies
  • The certification scheme should be out by Q3 of 2026.

The LCBIs partnership with Afilog allows it to remain in contact with industry actors at each step of the initiative layout as to ensure that the methodology relevantly responds to the needs and goals of industry actors.

Our Logistics Sponsors

Baytree Logistics Properties by AXA

Baytree is a pan-European developer of industrial and logistics buildings and is committed to environmental restoration, regeneration and enhancement. Baytree’s goals are for commercially productive, socially beneficial and ecologically intelligent developments which stand the test of time.

Virtuo

Virtuo Industrial Property is an independent, mission-driven company specializing in industrial and logistics real estate. It offers an innovative and virtuous approach by promoting intentional logistics, in which environmental impact and local economic benefits are prioritized.  

It seeks to conciliate economic and environmental performance by guiding enterprises towards sustainable and value-creating activities. Its areas of expertise include the design, construction, and operation of logistics platforms, real estate consulting, and the management of investor and institutional relations.

GSE Group

Since its creation in 1976, GSE has specialized in commercial real estate. As a general contractor, GSE takes complete charge of construction projects, from land search and qualification to after-sales service, including technical studies, design and construction. GSE creates intelligent, sustainable buildings in the industrial, logistics and service sectors. GSE is also involved in the construction of data centers and aboveground parking lots, and has launched a business dedicated to building renovation.

GSE generated sales of 875.5 million euros in 2023/24 (year-end March 31). A “Mission Company” since 2023, the group has over 600 employees in six countries in Europe and China, including 14 locations in France. Since 2019, GSE has joined the GOLDBECK Group, the European market leader in turnkey construction with sales of over €6 billion, employing around 12,000 people at over 100 sites.

APRC Group

Créé en 2006, APRC Group compte plus de 110 collaboratrices et collaborateurs, et réalise un chiffre d’affaires de près de 200 M€. Il se positionne comme un incubateur de projets immobiliers responsables reposant sur la synergie des expertises de ses entités complémentaires :

  • APRC, contractant général, ingénieriste et constructeur clés en mains, ayant à son actif plusieurs millions de mètres carrés construits pour le compte d’investisseurs, exploitants logisticiens et utilisateurs de la grande distribution et industriels.
  • KSI, développeur de solutions immobilières au service de ses clients.

KSI, développeur de solutions immobilières au service de ses clients. APRC Group se déploie désormais à l’international avec notamment des équipes en Italie et en Espagne qui ont pour vocation d’apporter sur ces deux régions d’Europe le savoir-faire et l’expertise du groupe dans la mise en œuvre d’infrastructures immobilières partout où les acteurs économiques ont besoin de se positionner, en s’appuyant notamment sur son approche Supply Chain.

En 2023, avec sa filiale APRC, APRC Group est le premier contractant général à obtenir la triple certification ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001. En 2024, c’est KSI qui à son tour a été triplement certifiée.

Lidl

Lidl France, a major player in the mass retail sector, has 1,600 supermarkets and 46,000 employees. Owner of 80% of its real estate, Lidl has been modernizing its sales areas since 2012, while integrating the challenges of the ecological transition. Since 2020, the company has been actively committed to reducing the carbon footprint of its real estate, notably through the creation, in collaboration with ELAN, of a low-carbon label for industrial buildings. This label is in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreements, guiding real estate projects right from the design stage.

Lidl has also developed an innovative tool for defining precise carbon targets in line with climate neutrality objectives, and a multi-criteria decision-making methodology coupled with LCA, enabling the most responsible construction solutions to be chosen. At the same time, Lidl supports the local economy, with 73% of its assortment sourced from French suppliers. This approach embodies its model combining proximity, responsibility and sustainability, reinforcing its role as a leader committed to the ecological transition.

AEW

The AEW Group is one of the world’s leading real estate investment advisors and asset managers, with €77.4 billion in assets under management at September 30, 2024. The AEW Group employs more than 870 people, with offices in Boston, London, Paris and Singapore.

The AEW Group offers its customers a wide range of real estate investment products, including sector funds, mandates and listed real estate securities, across a broad spectrum of investment strategies. The AEW Group represents the real estate investment management platform of Natixis Investment Managers, one of the world’s leading asset managers.