Principal Financial Group Inc. announced that two of its European real estate core property strategies received five-star ratings from the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) for 2025, placing them in the top 20% of participants worldwide. This marks the tenth consecutive year Principal Asset Management has achieved top GRESB ratings. In 2025, GRESB assessed biodiversity performance for the first time, and Principal issued guidelines on biodiversity to align with this development. Principal submitted 14 strategies to GRESB, all of which achieved high scores in the Management component and received the Green Star rating. Additionally, the Principal Life Insurance Company General Account and the Principal U.S. Core Plus strategy ranked first and second, respectively, in the Development component among U.S. diversified core non-listed property strategies.