ESG news – Page 34
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Investors 'don't see a business case' for renewables
UK government must cut discount rate on green tech by 2-3% in next decade, says Oxera.
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UK outlines zero-carbon plan, property industry consultation
Board including property representatives to hammer out agreement ahead of 'carbon plan'.
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PKA invests €33.5m in Africa as part of expansion into agriculture
Silverland fund, together with co-investor IFU, to focus on sub-Saharan Africa.
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AP2 joins TIAA-CREF to invest in grain production real estate
Deal will see AP2 invest €177m in newly formed company that will acquire agricultural assets.
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Earthquake impact on Tokyo real estate to be short term, says JLL
Aftermath will not discourage global real estate investors from investing in Tokyo, says Jones Lang LaSalle.
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96% of institutional investors fear rising rates, survey says
One in four regards increasing interest rates as the biggest risk over the next 12 months.
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APG, PGGM, ATP join on real estate sustainability benchmark
Members aim to assess sustainability of real estate funds, with global backing.
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Green Rating Alliance launches environmental property tool
Institutional investors in Europe unveil association, benchmarking platform.
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Premium for green buildings 'not common sense' for most companies
Buck Consultants argues sustainable issues play 'minor role' in new office site selection.
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ESG focus shifting to 'other asset classes' – AXA IM
Innovation to evolve around alternatives such as real estate, says new hire Matt Christensen.
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German scheme invests €25m in Italian solar power
Asset manager leading deal estimates 15% annual return over 20-year investment horizon.
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Investors keen to go green, but lack evaluation criteria
Three-quarters of investors in Germany, France and UK question clarity of evaluation criteria.
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Real estate risk profile 'more important' than geography
Geography will cease to be the main factor of real estate funds in the future, an online audience was told during IP Real Estate's latest webcast.
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Lend Lease provides PGGM with direct infrastructure exposure
EUROPE – Dutch pension fund asset manager PGGM has committed £220m (€262m) in capital to become the principal investor in a joint venture with Lend Lease targeting social infrastructure in the UK.
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PKA acquires €79m office, retail project in Copenhagen
DENMARK – Denmark's PKA has bought an office and retail construction project in the country's capital for DKK588m (€79m), with provisional leases already secured for around a quarter of units.
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Real estate industry must raise professional standards, says PGGM
EUROPE – Real estate needs to raise its level of professional standards – including performance measurement – to those of other asset classes, according to Guido Verhoef, head of private real estate at PGGM.
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Real estate industry 'lags rest of business' on customer service
GLOBAL – The real estate industry still has "a long way to go" to catch up the rest of business in its approach to customers, according to Howard Morgan, managing director of real estate customer service consultants RealService.
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Merseyside pension scheme tenders for property asset manager
UK – The £4.2bn Merseyside Pension Fund (MPF) is tendering the position of property asset manager for its UK-based direct real estate investments.
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Norway Global excludes companies for breaching Geneva Convention
EUROPE – The NOK2.8trn (€352bn) Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) is planning to exclude two Israeli companies and one Malaysian company, worth a combined NOK15m, from its investment universe.
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Luxembourg Fund Partners to launch high-tech fund for CEE region
EUROPE – Luxembourg Fund Partners is set to launch a fund focusing on high-tech real estate in central and eastern Europe (CEE).
