sustainable investing

The fund, which has a $1bn hard-cap, will focus on education, healthcare, energy access, clean energy and social inclusion.

The Swiss insurer’s investing plans include a return to one particular western European market after a 14-year absence.

Patrick Kanters, APG’s global head of real assets and the latest winner of PERE’s lifetime achievement award, sits down with Stuart Watson and Jonathan Brasse to reflect on his enduring passion for real estate

The pension system adopted the last of its eight-point framework for investment policies across asset classes, using similar language to the California Public Employees’ Retirement System.

The structure of the program is a major factor in its effectiveness and longevity, according to three institutional investors at the event.

How prepared is the real estate sector to cope with extreme weather events, asks Roxana Isaiu, director, ESG and real estate at GRESB

GRESB, the global benchmark for real assets, has launched an ESG evaluation for real estate funds and companies that are beginning to incorporate sustainability practices into their operations. The GRESB Real Estate Pre-Assessment is a standalone test for firms with new mandates that are immediately seeking strong ESG performance and those with existing real estate […]

In a world that often seeks instant results, the pathway to sustainable investing requires a longer-term outlook with careful analysis and a keen, well-trained eye to future demographic, social, technological and environmental trends. As the context in which all buildings exist inevitably evolves with time, a thorough analysis of future trends must inform our understanding […]

The day-to-day nature of hotel management gives the asset class greater potential for measuring sustainability initiatives than its peers, writes Ronald Stephen Barrott, chief executive and chairman of Pro-invest Group

In the face of massive property damages caused by not one, but two recent hurricanes, real estate owners need to make disaster preparedness a bigger part of the sustainability conversation.