All ESG articles
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White papersEasier financial conditions lift expectations of a recovery in commercial real estate
The outlook for the commercial real estate market has improved in 2024. Economic growth ticked up in early 2024 and although projections have been adjusted downwards during the second half of the year, the faster than expected reduction in inflation has had a positive effect on investor interest. Global central banks began to unwind their monetary policy tightening, beginning with the ECB in June, the Bank of England in August, and the US Federal Reserve in September.
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White papersCOP29: Show Me the Money!
Islands of agreement cannot disguise a rising sea of disappointment, piling pressure on COP30 to restore a spirit of multilateralism.
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White papersNot all net zero pathways are created equal: Pivotal questions for investors to ask
Improving real estate’s sustainability profile is pivotal to addressing climate change, as the sector contributes some 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
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White papersProving resilience and durability
As a top-performing asset class for about a century, farmland has proven time and again to have upside growth potential and to be resilient throughout various economic scenarios. It is an essential global property sector tied to food production. Jim McCandless and Daniel Murray, co-CIOs for farmland at UBS Asset Management, discuss why more investors are looking to add farmland into their investment portfolios.
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White papersEuropean life sciences real estate
It’s darkest before dawn in European real estate markets
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Asset Manager NewsHIH Invest Acquires Logistics Asset in Sittensen for Open-Ended Institutional Fund
Fully occupied core property with a total lettable area of nearly 24,000 square metres Property developed by Panattoni Completed in March 2023 Aimed for DGNB “Gold” certification
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White papersGenerating alpha returns in energy infrastructure
Actis invests globally in critical, sustainable infrastructure, not only because we view it as our mission to transform infrastructure for a better tomorrow but, above all, because we know that our investment approach, and experience investing in critical infrastructure in more than 35 countries over the last 20 years, delivers competitive, alpha returns.
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White papersFinding the right blend: Optimising asset allocation in liquidity pools
In the second part of our new article series on liquidity optimisation, Alastair Sewell investigates how investors can find the right mix of assets for their liquidity pools.
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White papersNotes from the Road: Summer 2024
When we ask about which of our research notes are read most, one of the consistently popular seems to be feedback from our trips to see clients around the world. Everyone, it seems, wants to know what everyone else is doing. So, we offer another such note here, reflecting on discussions with clients in the US Southwest and Northeast, around Europe and Zoom calls with people anywhere in the world.
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White papersInvesting in a digital tomorrow: Gaining technology-agnostic exposure to technology megatrends
Digital infrastructure such as data centers, fiber networks and mobile towers provide the backbone that supports many of the technological innovations that are happening. A few years ago, these investments only accounted for a small portion of the global infrastructure deal flow. They have now grown into one of the largest infrastructure sub-sectors, with over USD 600 billion of investments in the last 4 years
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PodcastRedevco published its 16th Responsible Investment Report
Our mission, to make cities more sustainable and liveable, not only requires us to massively reduce operational and embodied emissions within our assets, as we are working towards net zero carbon by 2040, but to also evaluate the social impact of everything we do.
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White papersAligning with global sustainability standards benefits investors
Reporting on climate risk has come a long way in recent years. Now, with the convergence of major standards, the promise of a global baseline for sustainability reporting is closer than ever.
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White papersRegenerative agriculture: definition, implementation, and impact
Feeding a growing population in a world of increasingly scarce natural resources will require sustainable solutions, which is where regenerative agriculture could play a critical role. For investors, building and sustainably managing a globally diversified portfolio of agricultural assets can generate competitive risk-adjusted returns while providing socioeconomic and environmental ...
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White papersFinancing the energy transition
Energy security and climate change are driving an unparalleled economic shift in the energy sector worldwide, and reshaping the investment landscape for green energy credit as a result.
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White papersQuantifying carbon and climate risk: IREI interview with Olivia Muir
While reducing carbon emissions is a crucial aspect of ESG, what are other important factors to consider for real estate investors?
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Research ReportClimate Report 2024 Investing In Climate-Proof Real Estate
The Earth is warming rapidly. We see the consequences in our daily news, with reports of record temperatures, melting ice caps and prolonged droughts interspersed with images of floods caused by torrential rain. These consequences include heat stress, food shortages and mass refugee movements. Action is needed if we are to reverse this trend. It’s time to act.
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White papersDecarbonization Metrics for Real Estate Investment: Goal Setting for a Portfolio in the Context of Absolute vs. Intensity Metrics
While there is not a one-size-fits-all approach to track progress toward reducing emissions, due to the complexities of real estate portfolios, we believe intensity-based metrics offer a more flexible and reliable method for tracking decarbonization progress than absolute targets for reasons discussed in this paper.
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White papersPlanting the seed of change: real estate’s role in the nature crisis
How can real estate reduce its negative impact on nature? We discuss our views.
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White papersNavigating the global ESG regulatory landscape
For years now, it has been apparent that leading property funds and developers have been significantly ahead of government when it comes to environmental sustainability. In short, regulation has failed to keep pace with advances at the upper echelons of the market.
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White papersThe solar coaster: The twists and turns of an evolving investment opportunity set
Significant growth in electrification is required in the United States to meet decarbonization goals. According to the Department of Energy, the capacity of the existing U.S. grid will need to increase 57% by 2035.
