All ESG articles – Page 27
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White papersReal assets and net zero: Ambition vs action
How are investors’ commitments to net zero changing? What are the key advancements in ESG? And how is long-term appetite for real assets evolving?
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Asset Manager Newsa.s.r. to reward farmers for sustainable business operations
a.s.r. is going to reward farmers who are committed to sustainable business operations. Farmers who use agricultural land owned by a.s.r. can receive a discount of 5 to 10% on the rent if they manage their land sustainably.
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White papersGlobal real estate outlook - Finding value in a new era
Global economies are showing signs of recovery as people adapt to living alongside COVID-19, and attention is turning to what our post-pandemic world looks like. M&G’s latest Global Real Estate Outlook highlights the challenges and opportunities that real estate investors may need to consider.
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Asset Manager Newsa.s.r. again included in Dow Jones sustainability index
This year a.s.r. has once again been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, the index that monitors sustainability of companies worldwide. This was announced last Friday by S&P Global, the company that publishes the index. a.s.r. is now among the 10% most sustainable insurers worldwide.
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Asset Manager NewsKGAL wins the European Pensions “Infrastructure Manager of the Year” award
At the recent prestigious European Pensions Awards 2021 in London, leading independent investment and asset manager KGAL was honoured for its achievements in the field of renewable energies. The decisive factors for this accolade were KGAL’s expertise and commitment to its investors.
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Asset Manager NewsGLP Announces $1.75 Billion First Close of CLF III, the Third Vintage of its Flagship China Development Fund Series
More than $7 billion of discretionary development capital for logistics real estate development in China, more than any other private real estate manager
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Asset Manager NewsGLP Joins UN PRI to Promote Responsible Investment Practices
Today GLP announced it became a signatory to the United Nations- supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), demonstrating our ongoing commitment to environmental, social and governance (ESG) and further aligning our values to our investment partners.
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White papersRoadmap to Net Zero Carbon
Orchard Street Investment Management (OSIM) has committed by 2030 to achieve net zero carbon for our landlord emissions, refurbishments and corporate emissions, and by 2040 for our occupier emissions and fit-outs.
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Asset Manager NewsAnother grand year - 2021 GRESB Real Estate and Infrastructure Assessments
Following on from previous years, UBS Asset Management, Real Estate & Private Markets’s (REPM) sustainability efforts continue to be recognized by the industry, with strong results in the 2021 GRESB Real Estate and Infrastructure Assessments.
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Asset Manager NewsManchester’s Bauhaus becomes UK’s first refurbished building to be awarded WELL Gold status
Orchard Street Investment Management (‘Orchard Street’), the specialist commercial property investment manager, announces that its Bauhaus Office scheme, located between Manchester’s Spinngfields and St. John’s districts , has achieved a WELL Gold accreditation by sustainability and wellness certifier, the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI). The certification makes Bauhaus the only refurbished building in the UK to have received the accreditation, and just one of only three UK buildings in total, following its comprehensive upgrade by Orchard Street.
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Asset Manager NewsOrchard Street accelerates timeline to meet ESG targets with launch of ambitious net zero carbon pathway
Firm is targeting becoming a net zero carbon business by 2040, ten years earlier than planned, as responsible investment approach gains momentum
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White papersPlastics in a transitioning world: The context, shape and opportunities of the transition
We believe the context within which plastics are discussed is rapidly evolving, as the result of numerous mutually-reinforcing forces at play. Government policy specifically aimed at plastics is intensifying, at the same time as consumer opinion is continuing to shift.
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PodcastEuropean Real Estate: Finding & Creating Value Today (Podcast)
Portfolio manager, Rory Allan, joins Streaming Income to discuss the health of European real estate markets today, where the team is currently seeing—and creating—the most value, and how ESG considerations are continuing to change the investment landscape.
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White papersDisclosures, trade-offs and green premia: The future of sustainability in real assets
The path to a sustainable future for private markets is full of opportunity but also complexity, as Laurence Monnier and Ed Dixon explain.
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White papersTalking Points: ESG-driven investment strategies in infrastructure
ESG has moved from being a nice-to-have, to being an important part of infrastructure investing and can be used to drive action and outcomes.
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White papersFour Top of Mind ESG Challenges in the Quest for Net Zero
If this moment in time—when the world’s fixation on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues touches every facet of life—feels different, it’s because it is. For all the motivations that should have led to an urgent response on the climate crisis decades ago, one catalyst has energized public and private stakeholders into collective action: obsolescence.
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White papersA mountain to climb? The European Green Deal and alternative real estate investment
In the summer of 2021, Europe experienced a series of extreme-weather emergencies bringing the reality of climate risk to the continent’s doorstep.
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White papersOffice of the future is iconic, sustainable and well-connected
Working from home became widespread during the Covid-19 pandemic, but according to Bas Jochims, Director Dutch Office & Hotel Investments at Bouwinvest Real Estate Investors there will always be a need for offices that offer distinctive social meeting places with excellent credentials in terms of their sustainability, quality and location.
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White papersFrom real-world problems to real-asset solutions
How real-asset investors must decarbonise to future-proof portfolios.
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Asset Manager NewsAntirion and Generali: co-investment agreement about the Tour Saint-Gobain in Paris
Generali Real Estate S.p.A. and the independent asset management company Antirion announce the signature of a co-investment agreement whereby Antirion acquires 50% of the shares of the vehicle owner of the Tour Saint-Gobain in Paris La Défense.
