Sustainability

The real estate industry has made significant progress in embedding sustainability into investment strategies. However, for investment managers, the challenge is now in execution. As ESG reporting requirements continue to expand, the complexity of delivering consistent, high-quality data is becoming increasingly difficult to manage. 

In April, decision makers and top players across the non-listed real estate industry gathered in Athens to attend the INREV Annual Conference. After two years of holding our flagship event virtually, it was wonderful to see everyone in person, providing the opportunity to catch up with friends, colleagues, and peers.

With the worst of the pandemic hopefully behind us, our theme for the conference purposefully reflected on the future and how the industry can now work together toward a sustainable recovery.

The non-listed real estate investment industry has seen a significant increase in the focus on ESG measures in recent years. This shift is driven by a growing awareness of real estate's impact on the environment and society, as well as legislative measures promoting sustainability and transparency. 
As a result, reporting on ESG performance has grown in importance – but not necessarily with the standardisation the industry needs for this process. Read on to learn more about a template that aims to make the ESG reporting process more efficient and effective. 

As real estate fund managers have become increasingly keen to provide suitable products to meet institutional investors’ demand for real estate impact investments, INREV’s ESG committee has taken steps to provide more clarity and consistency in this important area. 

With sustainability and climate resilience climbing ever higher on the real estate investor’s agenda, IQ magazine was delighted to have the chance to speak to the chair of INREV’s ESG Committee, Abigail Dean. Sustainability is also the main focus of her day job as Global Head of Strategic Insight at Nuveen Real Estate, which also has the overarching aim of future-proofing the business’s strategy in light of global megatrends.