An agency of the US government established in December 1970 and created to promote and protect human and environmental health by creating standards and laws that support this missi ...

The risk stemming from environmental conditions of a property or risks based on regulatory programs concerning a property or resource limitations.

A set of standards for a company’s or fund’s operations that socially conscious investors use to screen potential investments; environmental criteria consider how a com ...

A type of market index with individual components, or securities, weighted equally, regardless of capitalization.

A state of rest achieved by a balance of the forces that impel change; a market is said to be in equilibrium when the factors of production are used in the production of an array o ...

Vacancy unrelated to disequilibria in supply and demand, producing no upward or downward pressure on rents; a typical vacancy rate in a given market operating in equilibrium; also ...

Equity component of an overall direct capitalization rate; computed by dividing equity earnings by the market value of equity.

A type of accounting used for intercorporate investments; used when an investor holds significant influence over a investee but does not exercise full control over it, as in the re ...

The return on the portion of an investment financed by equity capital, taking into account periodic cash flow and the proceeds from resale.

Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, a US federal law that sets minimum standards for most voluntarily established retirement and health plans in private industry to pr ...