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PGIM Real Estate adds ESG lead for Europe and Asia Pacific
People - JANUARY 4, 2022

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PGIM Real Estate adds ESG lead for Europe and Asia Pacific

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PGIM Real Estate has further strengthened its commitment to environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing, with the addition of Julie Townsend as ESG lead for Europe and Asia Pacific, based in London and effective immediately. PGIM Real Estate is the real estate investment and financing business of PGIM, the US$1.5 trillion global investment management business of Prudential Financial, Inc.

Joining PGIM Real Estate’s global ESG team, Townsend will oversee ESG strategy and implementation across the European and Asia Pacific regions and is tasked with building upon the firm’s ambitious sustainability goals and targets. Previously, Townsend was at CBRE for 15 years, latterly as head of environmental consultancy.

Since signing the U.N. Principles for Responsible Investment in 2009 and joining the Global ESG Benchmark for Real Assets (GRESB) in 2013, PGIM Real Estate has continued to integrate ESG throughout its investment and asset management processes. In 2021,

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