Investors discuss ESG

While COVID-19 has forced ESG considerations up the agenda, it has also introduced more complexity in the approach. In a recently held virtual roundtable with institutional investors, consultants and investment managers by Institutional Real Estate, Inc., participants discussed how asset owners should appeal to a society that increasingly values the benefits of sustainability, as well as the current implications for ESG investing in real estate globally. The in-depth discussions were moderated by Reno Sio, managing director, Asia Pacific, at IREI.

Key takeaways include the following:

Look to industry-adopted frameworks to help develop your organization’s ESG path. This can help you work toward developing a transition plan across your investment strategies. Investors and managers should consider how to truly imbed sustainability across their investment processes — so that it’s not a silo issue — so that everything from the time an asset is acquire