All ESG articles – Page 5
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Asset Manager News
Green Energy Fund KGAL ESPF 4 completes investment phase with EUR 1.3 billion. Successor ESPF 5 increases return forecast.
Independent investment and asset manager KGAL has invested a total of EUR 1.3 billion – of which EUR 750 million is equity – for its KGAL ESPF 4 fund.
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Investing in real estate impact
From climate change and geopolitical tensions to rising inequality and a shortage of affordable housing, society faces many challenges and investors are seeking ways to be part of the solution.
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Expert insights: car parks, the facilitators of the liveable city
There are several clear trends in the European mobility sector. We see a transition from fossil-fuelled vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs) and an increasing pressure on city infrastructure due to continuing urbanisation and the increasing number of cars.
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Decarbonising real estate: What will it take in challenging conditions?
Real estate asset owners are working towards ambitious net zero targets which call for all buildings to be carbon neutral by 2050. However, challenging economic conditions could slow progress. In this environment, increased integration between asset management and ESG teams is imperative.
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Thematic ESG research: impact of natural hazards on rents
Swiss Life Asset Managers presents its new publication “Thematic ESG Research” for the first time. The new research series sheds light on sustainability trends and addresses innovative ESG research issues.
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Smart ESG model portfolios
Create custom, ESG-integrated strategies using objective impact data and advanced quantitative frameworks
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Making Green, Greener. Smart ESG Optimiser Slashes Carbon, Water and Waste from Portfolios
Impact Cubed Smart ESG model portfolio enables significant improvement across 15 ESG factors, including carbon emissions, freshwater usage, and waste generation, alongside a substantial increase in revenues from environmentally beneficial activities.
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Enhancing value with asset management
Active asset management is a crucial component of executing successful value-add strategies.
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Forging sustainable investments in European leveraged finance and CLOs: Part 1
In the past two years, the proportion of European assets under management with an ESG overlay (as measured by funds that are categorised as Article 8 and 9 under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, or SFDR) has risen to nearly 60%.
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Ivanhoé Cambridge successfully issues its first sustainability bond, for C$300 million
As part of its sustainable finance program, Ivanhoé Cambridge announces the successful issuance of its first sustainability bond, rated AA (low) by DBRS1, in an amount of C$300 million.
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Sustainability and Impact – Implications for Real Estate Investing in Asia Pacific
The terms Sustainability & Impact (S&I) and ESG (“Environmental, Social and Governance”) are often used interchangeably and the considerations are similar.
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Smart sustainable building blueprint
To bring our tomorrow’s world vision to life, Nuveen Real Estate has developed a smart sustainable building blueprint (SSBB) for the different real estate sectors it invests in. Each sector-specific SSBB takes into account the three key drivers of change in tomorrow’s world: sustainability, technology and people.
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Protecting Real Estate From Climate Risks
AEW sets out concrete steps for meaningful climate-change adaptation
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Adapting to a volatile energy transition
It has happened again. Since 2002, the IEA has consistently been under-forecasting the pace of solar power adoption. In 2023, solar power capacity additions are – you guessed it – again beating its predictions: they are 24% higher than the IEA said just six months ago and double what it expected in 2020. We believe this illustrates that the adoption of sustainable technologies such as solar energy continues to accelerate.
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Impact Opportunities Equity Q2 2023
Like any new technology, AI will be a disruptor in the truest sense, bringing both positive and negative impacts for society and the global economy. In this report, the Impact Opportunities team explain why they believe healthcare is one area where AI will overwhelmingly be a force for good.
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SDG Engagement Equity Q2 2023 case study: Aalberts
In 2021, Dutch engineering group Aalberts set out a target that more than 70% of its revenue would be aligned with the SDGs by 2026. By end 2022 it had already hit 68%.
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Overlooked and underappreciated: The case for Korea
As contrarian investors, the Asia-ex Japan team seek unloved companies in unloved markets. James Cook, Investment Director of Emerging Markets, explains why Korea is one market that mustn’t be ignored.
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Real assets, real impact
For investors to have a real impact on climate change requires tangible, achievable paths to net zero carbon emissions. Igneo Infrastructure Partners’ Sophie Durham explains how this can be achieved through engagement and collaboration with portfolio companies.
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How focussing on long life infrastructure can help investors meet their goals
Infrastructure has long been known for producing solid, risk-adjusted yields over a significant timeframe.
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Tackling short-term challenges and the long-term goals of sustainable investing
Climate, geopolitics and macroeconomic factors combine to make instability a constant rather than a break from the norm – at least for a while. We believe sustainability remains the best long-term prism to understand crisis factors and anticipate a low-carbon, environmentally sustainable and inclusive economy. Challenges may be interconnected, but so are the solutions.