FIBRAs Mexico sustainable building certification, Digi Mart USA News (Mexico City): Mexico City, November 4, 2026.- Amid a global and national context in which climate change is accelerating its effects, with an average warming in Mexico already reaching 1.9°C and physical risk projections demanding an immediate response from productive sectors, the Real Estate Investment Trust (FIBRA) industry in Mexico has raised its governance and financial sustainability standards.
During the specialized webinar “Climate Risk and Resilience in Decision-Making: FIBRAs United Toward a Sustainable World,” organized by the Mexican Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (AMEFIBRA), it was disclosed that 42% of the sector’s Gross Leasable Area (GLA), which totals close to 14 million square meters across more than 2,000 properties, already holds international sustainable building certifications such as LEED or EDGE.
Opening the event, Jorge Ávalos Carpinteyro, president of AMEFIBRA and CEO of Fibra Mty, said the sector’s evolution reflects a deep conviction among operators and executives to safeguard portfolios over the long term.
The data presented in the report show a 36% growth in the generation and use of renewable energy, as well as a 10% reduction in water consumption across the sector. In addition, 40% of the FIBRAs used sustainable financing instruments during the last cycle, for an amount close to 61,000 million pesos, demonstrating that the ecological transition optimizes costs and provides certainty before capital markets.
The urgency of this transformation was backed by Dr. Francisco Estrada, research coordinator on climate change at UNAM, who warned during his presentation that cumulative economic losses from climate change in the country during the current six-year presidential term could equal 25% of gross domestic product (GDP), directly affecting major urban centers and industrial corridors.
Given this outlook of more frequent extreme events and heat stress, the researcher stressed that physical risk management and the adaptation of real estate infrastructure are already decisive for macroeconomic stability.
To meet these challenges, institutional oversight by corporate governance bodies plays a fundamental role. In this regard, Marimar Torreblanca, CEO of Miranda ESG, emphasized that integrating ESG strategy into boards of directors has ceased to be a secondary compliance exercise and has become a guiding axis of risk oversight, ensuring that climate materiality translates into effective financial and operational decisions.
For her part, Josefina Moisés, general director of AMEFIBRA, highlighted the accessibility and dynamism of these investment vehicles for the general public and institutional investors.
With a tax framework that requires distribution of at least 95% of taxable income to holders of Real Estate Trust Certificates (CBFIs), FIBRAs reaffirm their position as Mexico’s most transparent and liquid vehicle for addressing 21st-century climate challenges, laying the groundwork for a low-emission, highly resilient economy.
