SPAC focuses on a variety of environmentally and economically sustainable development policies that encourage high performance, energy-efficient green buildings, and progressive land use, such as brownfields redevelopment and transit-oriented development. The committee is also leading The Roundtable’s response efforts to government-mandated emissions disclosures

The Research Committee identifies industry trends and tracks economic conditions to provide data that supports The Real Estate Roundtable's national policy agenda.​ They meet concurrently with the RECPAC.

RECPAC analyzes national public policies that affect the real estate capital and credit markets. This committee also develops policy recommendations that encourage disciplined lending, foster sensible borrowing, and result in adequate liquidity and realistic asset valuations for the industry.​ RECPAC consists of principal members from a broad spectrum of real estate investment, ownership, and financial services companies.

The Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) enhances the real estate industry’s ability to meet its current and future security-related challenges by analyzing developments in the industry's approach to emergency preparedness on physical threats such as terrorism, crime and climate change and on an increasing variety of cyber threats.

The Roundtable’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion initiative aims to advance racial equity in the real estate industry by:

• Expanding opportunities for historically under-represented groups to participate in the industry, 
• Developing an anti-discrimination, pro-inclusion federal policy agenda within The Roundtable’s traditional spheres of influence as an advocate on tax, capital markets, ESG, housing, infrastructure, and immigration matters;
• Forging alliances between The Roundtable and civil rights and minority business organizations; and
• Increasing diversity among Roundtable membership, directors, contractors, and staff.

Supplier Diversity Initiative

• The Real Estate Roundtable, along with other national trade organizations, created the Commercial Real Estate Diverse Supplier (“CREDS”) Consortium with the goal of increasing supplier diversity in the real estate industry.