All ESG articles – Page 34
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2018 ESG Annual Report
Since 2008, PGIM Real Estate has published an annual sustainability report to summarize the progress and commitments made within our environmental, social and governance (ESG) objectives. The 2018 ESG Report was prepared by the PGIM Real Estate’s Sustainability and ESG teams with support from our corporate sustainability and ESG management consultant who we have engaged to enhance our environmental targets and goals, pursue new health and well-being certifications, and expand our tracking systems for governance and social metrics for all of our global regions.
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Real Estate House View - Switzerland
Steady performance despite economic cooling: low interest rate environment keeps investors ’ demand up in real estate and supports overall values.
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Hines Earns Energy Star Partner Of The Year – Sustained Excellence Award
Hines, the international real estate firm, is proud to announce that it received the 2020 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Sustained Excellence Award for continued leadership and superior contributions to ENERGY STAR. This is the 16th time Hines has been recognized by the EPA and the 13th time Hines has received the Sustained Excellence Award.
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Real Assets House View
No one ever said predicting the future was easy, but this report represents our best collective judgement on the current and future investment themes we believe will shape the real assets market.
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Asset Manager News
PATRIZIA opts to go green in France
As part of its sustainability drive, PATRIZIA AG has switched over to renewable energy sources in France.
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GTIS Partners Maintains Top Spots in GRESB Sustainability Ranking
GTIS Partners LP (“GTIS”), a real estate private equity firm headquartered in New York City, with offices in São Paulo, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Atlanta, Paris and Munich, today announced that the GTIS Brazil Real Estate Fund (“GTIS Brazil Real Estate Fund I”) has been recognized as 2019’s most sustainable private equity real estate investment fund in South America by the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (“GRESB”). This is the fifth consecutive year the fund has taken the top ranking.
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European real estate with a higher aim: social infrastructure
Sustainability and social issues are an increasing priority for investors and public institutions alike. Within real estate these topics are particularly salient, running through the design and development of cities and how they can foster more inclusive, safer and greener communities. Identifying ‘social infrastructure’ as an asset class can contribute to these aims. By bringing impact-focused private capital to the social infrastructure space, the community and environmental performance of real estate assets can be markedly improved.
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Hines And Cresset-Diversified Announce Start Of Construction On The Mercantile
Hines, the international real estate firm, along with investment partner Cresset-Diversified QOZ Fund, today announced the start of construction on The Mercantile—a city-defining mixed-use redevelopment to be located in downtown Omaha on land recently acquired from Conagra Brands.
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T3 Rino Celebrates Groundbreaking In Denver
McCaffery, Ivanhoé Cambridge and Hines celebrated the groundbreaking of T3 RiNo, which is being developed into a six-story, 240,000-square-foot T3 (Timber, Transit and Technology) office building, and will be one of the most environmentally friendly and sustainable developments in Denver.
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Unlevered Infrastructure Equity: Delivering in CDI
Cashflow-driven investing (CDI) generates predictable, attractive cash flows to meet liabilities when they fall due. Although a wide range of reliable, income generating assets can be included within a CDI strategy, discussions about which alternative asset classes to include are often limited to private debt, particularly infrastructure and real estate financing.
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A to Z of Responsible Investing across real assets
From affordable housing to zero deforestation, our A to Z of responsible investing practices can help create enduring benefits for clients and communities.
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Managing & Pricing Climate Risk February 2020
As real estate assets face significant climate change related risks, investors are shifting their focus to avoid obsolescence risk.
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Hines And Acciona Close Agreement To Secure A 31,000-Sqm Multifamily Residential Scheme In Madrid
Hines, the international real estate firm, has signed a forward purchase agreement for a 31,000-square-meter multifamily rental residential scheme in Madrid, on behalf of the flagship Hines European Value Fund 2 (HEVF 2).
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Secure income and green infrastructure: an unlikely marriage?
How to source stable, long-term cashflows with a strong ESG focus
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Social Infrastructure in Europe: from Alignment to Contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a powerful organizational and communications tool for institutional investors and asset managers as they are universally accepted across multiple facets of society.
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Building a sustainable real estate portfolio
Buildings account for 36 per cent of global energy use through their construction and operation. They are also responsible for nearly 40 per cent of energy-related carbon dioxide emissions1
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From trend to norm - Real estate investment and sustainability
As lawmakers, investors and tenants continue to raise the bar in terms of their expectations, integrated sustainability strategies have become an essential part of real estate investment management and a key to maintaining the value of these investments.
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Hines—In Partnership With USAA Real Estate And Philena Properties—To Build West Edge, A Mixed-Use Project In Los Angeles
Hines, the international real estate firm, along with investor USAA Real Estate and Philena Properties announced construction of West Edge, a transformative, transit-oriented, mixed-use development situated within the creative heart of West Los Angeles. Featuring eight stories of creative office space, 600 luxury rental apartments, a full-service natural grocer, eight restaurants, in addition to cafes, boutique retail, and studio fitness options, West Edge will contribute to the vibrant local community and transform the West LA neighborhood.
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Greystar acquires MB275 in The Hague developed by UrbanTTP
Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC (“Greystar”), the global leader in rental housing, on behalf of its affiliates, today announces the acquisition of MB275 through one of its managed funds. MB275 is based in The Hague and is sold by UrbanTTP BV, a developer specialised in the development of rental apartment buildings and hotels in the Netherlands.
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CORESTATE expands its institutional housing funds: New building project “Quartier Kreuzstraße” purchased in Leipzig-Mitte
Institutional fund with at least 4% yield distribution/year Three revitalization properties and two new buildings in a popular central location in Leipzig Energy-efficient building meets high KfW criteria and corresponds to CORESTATE’s ESG strategy Total investment volume of over EUR 57 million Undiminished demand for residential investments among institutional ...