Sustainable Investing

COP26: ‘Do nothing about decarbonization and you destroy value’

A warning by Aberdeen Standard Investment’s real assets boss Neil Slater was among the headline statements made by private real estate executives on a commercial real estate panel at the two-week climate change conference in Glasgow.

PERE’s ESG award categories will promote businesses with a plan

With COP26 in full swing, the newly launched 2021 PERE Global Awards will include ESG categories for the first time, recognizing groups doing their part to fight climate change.

Japan’s Dai-ichi Life commits $440m to ESG fund

The new vehicle, formed with Japanese manager Samurai Capital, will focus on real estate assets with a social impact without having a lower return target.

PODCAST: What ever happened to opportunity zones?

They were billed as the next big thing in real estate fundraising and impact investing. Author David Wessel explains what really happened.

Macquarie Asset Management on why ESG must be the first item on the checklist

Sustainability is now high on investors’ and managers’ agendas, with both having an increased desire to allocate capital to resilient, affordable housing, say Macquarie Asset Management’s Erin Ledger-Beaupre and Dana Gibson.

Asia compensation study underscores pay inequality

The ANREV and Aurex Group Asian compensation survey published this week offers a glimpse of the stark difference between male and female compensation levels in private real estate.

Real estate faces ‘acceleration of obsolescence’

Institutional investors are grappling with the question of what to do with existing assets amid greater ESG scrutiny during the pandemic.

Who’s afraid of greenwashing?

S&P Global Ratings claims the fear may be greater than the reality, but there are plenty of examples out there to make investors feel uneasy.

ESG adoption in Asia is predictably starting with the region’s heavyweights

Anyone monitoring sentiment among Asia’s most prominent institutional investors would not have failed to notice an upswing in recent weeks in positive commentary toward making ESG-compliant investments. On Monday, GIC’s CIO for fixed-income, Liew Tzu Mi, underscored the Singapore state investment firm’s intention to prioritize investments that either adhere to, or are subject to plans […]

It is time for real estate managers to stop greenwashing

Net zero commitments are not enough to prove that the industry is making significant progress toward significantly reducing carbon emissions.