Union Investment gears up for sustainability conference and Property Oscars

The 3rd Sustainable Investment Conference at the EXPO REAL commercial property show in Munich this year will focus on sustainability management for complex property portfolios. The event, which is being organised by German open-ended fund manager Union Investment, will explore how green stakeholders, users and service providers can be successfully integrated into sustainability programmes.

The two panel sessions will include representatives from Caisse des Dépôts, CBRE, Hammerson, Hermes Real Estate, Land Securities, Sonae Sierra and publisher Spiegel Verlag. The conference opens with a keynote address entitled 'Beyond sustainability - the new concept of quality' by Prof. Michael Braungart from Erasmus University, Rotterdam.

The 3rd Sustainable Investment Conference will take place on 9 October 2012 from 10.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. as part of the Planning & Partnerships Forum in Hall A2. On the same day, Union Investment will announce the winner of the third edition of the Prime Property Awards which recognises investors who have implemented European real estate projects that combine commercial success with ecological and sociocultural sustainability in exemplary fashion.

The winner will be drawn from 31 real estate projects from 12 countries in a battle for what has been dubbed the Property Oscars. The award carries prize money of EUR 30,000. In total, 160 property projects from 19 European countries were submitted for the Prime Property Awards.

The Prime Property Awards are held every two years to acknowledge the real estate investment projects that best combine commercial success with socio-cultural and ecological sustainability.