Evelyn Lee
Sustainability and DE&I have taken a back seat to more urgent macro issues. Will organisations be able to get back on track?
Women are no longer confined to support roles in the industry. But they are still to find an equal footing with men.
Some managers fear private real estate is losing sight of ESG requirements as more immediate issues move to the top of the priority list.
The private markets division of asset manager Schroders plans to make repurposing town centres a key component of its investment strategy.
The new hire will lead the firm’s investments in the space, including an expansion from the UK to continental Europe later this year.
A core set of KPIs, selected by associations NCREIF and PREA from hundreds of metrics, is intended to address the ‘Wild Wild West’ of ESG reporting.
The global real estate investor prioritises diverse succession planning and is adding more women to its senior leadership.
With property costs mounting in many of the world’s environmentally vulnerable markets, climate change is increasingly becoming an issue that the industry is being called to address now.