M&G Real Estate – part of M&G’s £76.7 bn private assets and alternatives division – has appointed Laura Jockers as its global head of ESG to lead a larger, dedicated team with a shift in emphasis from Responsible Property Investment to ESG.
She reports to Jose Pellicer, head of Investment Strategy and Research at M&G Real Estate.
In her new role, Jockers will work with M&G Real Estate’s global teams to drive the implementation of its ESG strategy, enhance the existing work being done by M&G’s funds on net zero pathways and ensure the business improves its GRESB targets.
M&G Real Estate is 80% of the way towards its 2025 target to acquire green certification for half of its global real estate portfolio by value.
With 15 years’ experience working within sustainability teams for property companies, she joins from The Howard de Walden Estate where as head of Sustainability she set ESG strategy for its 92-acre portfolio. Prior to this she was a sustainability consultant at JLL where she supported a wide range of real estate clients with their sustainability agendas.
