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Why sustainability matters in real estate

CHRIS NUNN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... and its biggest industry, representing 13% of Australian gross domestic product (Property Council of Australia), the real estate industry has a tremendous opportunity to lead the way on addressing key environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues ...

MSCI climate tool provides new data for private real estate assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
MSCI has launched a new product designed to provide investors with deeper climate risk data around private real estate assets. MSCI Real Estate Climate Value-at-Risk (VaR) provides a forward-looking and return-based valuation assessment to measure climate-related ...

MSCI launches Real Estate Climate Value-at-Risk solution for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
MSCI has launched a new product designed to assist real estate investors assess and manage their exposure to climate change. MSCI Real Estate Climate Value-at-Risk (VaR) provides a forward-looking and return-based valuation assessment to measure climate-related ...

Australian companies below global peers on reporting, targets: Refinitiv

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Waste and recycling activities are undertaken by almost 16% of companies in Australia, up slightly from 11% in 2014. Real estate, banking and investment services, and chemical companies are the sectors most likely to undertake these activities, the report ...

Four structural challenges for business to navigate post-lockdown: PGIM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... from "just in time" to "just in case" inventory approaches, the continued rise of weightless firms and a shift in real estate usage and footprints as major changes that will impact on businesses. Barbelling indicates two possible responses - an increase ...

Northern Trust launches ESG Analytics Summary for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... corporate fixed income, but in future, it could be extended to other asset classes. "If we're looking at private equity, real estate, we have a broad capability on those asset types," Boccassini said. "The challenge with a lot of the asset types is they're ...

ASEAN green bond issuance reaches US$7.8bn: Climate Bond Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... strongly in Southeast Asia, with US$2.9 billion issued, representing 22% of the total, largely related to Singapore's real estate sector. "It's heartening to see that green instruments are on the rise in Southeast Asia as it demonstrates that the region ...

Cromwell Property Group reports on sustainability progress for 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
Real estate investor and manager Cromwell Property Group reports that their sustainability strategy is focused on "improving performance through a structured, responsible and balanced pathway to sustained success," in their 2019 sustainability report. ...

PGIM charts rise of corporate "profit with purpose" mindset

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... Hyat said. "I do think the longer the horizon of the investment, particularly with regards to asset classes such as real estate and private assets, the more natural alignment there is with ESG goals, because over the long term there's no distinction ...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management developing ESG scoring framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... limitations of third-party ESG data providers" as limitations to overall ESG integration. JPMAM's infrastructure and real estate teams have already developed their proprietary ESG criteria for assessing the risks and opportunities in the assets they ...