All ESG articles – Page 3
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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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PodcastBoard Governance and Climate Change
In a discussion with Igneo’s Head of Responsible Investment for Europe, Sophie Durham, and Non-Executive Director Karina Litvack, they cover topics like the energy transition, climate change targets, greenwashing, and demonstrating progress
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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.
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White papersPATRIZIA’s ESG journey: navigating sustainability with impactful results
Embarking on an ambitious journey in 2022, PATRIZIA set sail towards a sustainable future, embracing a net- zero carbon strategy. As we navigated through 2023, the year marked the full-scale implementation of our commitment, a testament to our unwavering dedication to decarbonising corporate operations and assets under management by 2040.
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White papersNatural capital: Increasingly considered a key component of modern investment strategies
Investors are turning their attention to natural capital as the depletion and damage to global natural resources are fast translating to financial risks. Nature has subsidised our growth to its serious detriment, creating another existential threat, inextricably linked with climate change.
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White papersCOP28 Dubai’s mixed record and implications for global carbon markets
Key outcomes were agreed to at COP28 in Dubai, including near universal agreement to transition away from fossil fuels and accelerate the Paris Agreement goals, but countries failed to resolve the issues surrounding Article 6, which sets out the principles governing carbon markets.
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White papersSustainability at Hazelview - 2023 Sustainability Report
Our 2023 Sustainability Report (‘Sustainability Report’ or (this report) communicates our significant environmental, social, and governance (ESG) topics and summarizes our activities, performance and accomplishments for the year ending December 31, 2023, unless otherwise stated.
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White papersPrivate Equity Real Estate Investors - Overcoming the Challenge of Sustainability & ESG: Pro-invest Group’s ESG Journey
This case study was written by Claudia Zeisberger, Senior Affiliate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise and Academic Director of GPEl, and Alexandra von Stauffenberg, Associate Director of the Global Private Equity Initiative (GPEl), both at INSEAD. It is intended to be used as a basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of an administrative situation.
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White papersTackling embodied carbon emissions
The built environment is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, which has put the sector under pressure from regulators, investors and occupiers to improve its performance. To accelerate the transition, asset owners, amongst other strategies, are going to need to embrace retrofitting and adopting new technologies.
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PodcastPAT Cast #18: 2023 - Year in review
Taking stock of a challenging 2023, this special episode examines the many conversations we’ve had on the PAT Cast over the past year.
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White papersSustainable supply chain opportunities take center stage
Given the backdrop of the Inflation Reduction Act’s passage in 2022, 15 months later this historic legislation is supercharging a resurgence of US manufacturing, particularly by supporting supply chain industries that facilitate the decarbonization of power generation and the broader economy.
