New Sustainalytics Report Reveals the ESG Investment Impacts for the Real Estate Sector
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Despite Progress on Green Building Initiatives, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and
Business Ethics Are Holding Back Meaningful Progress for the Real Estate
Industry
TORONTO, Oct. 27, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sustainalytics, a leading provider of
ESG and corporate governance ratings and research, today released a new sector
report titled, "Real Estate - Two Steps Forward, One Step Back." The report
examines key market trends impacting the industry and the ESG investment
considerations for 286 public and private real estate companies. The report
shows that energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, product sustainability
and business ethics are the most material ESG issues for the real estate sector.
While investments in global real estate have surged in recent years, the
industry is one of the largest consumers of energy and sources of C02 globally,
with buildings accounting for 40 percent of global primary energy consumption
and 30 percent of C02emissions. Based on the report findings, only 68 companies
out of Sustainalytics' coverage universe of 286 companies have implemented
comprehensive and targeted GHG reduction programs.
The green building movement has gained considerable momentum over the past few
years, with the global share of project activity increasing from approximately
40 percent in 2012 to an estimated 60 percent in 2015, according to industry
data. However, despite the appeal of green building, only 49 percent of
companies in Sustainalytics' universe disclose a program to target green
building investment.
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) have provided investors with access to the
commercial real estate market, but their governance structures could lead to
sub-optimal outcomes for shareholders. In the spotlight section of the report,
Sustainalytics offers investors information on how they can potentially minimize
their exposure to corporate governance risks in real estate.
"While the real estate industry has made progress in recent years to improve its
ESG performance, many companies have been slow to embrace cost-effective and
progressive approaches to managing ESG issues," said Sustainalytics' Managing
Director of Thematic Research, Hendrik Garz. "Investors should look at how the
real estate companies in their portfolios are handling key issues such as
business ethics and energy use and GHG emissions."
On Thursday, October 29 at 10:00 a.m. EDT/3:00 p.m. CET, Sustainalytics will
host a webinar to present the findings from its new report. To register for the
webinar, please click here. To download an executive summary of the report,
please click here.
About Sustainalytics
Headquartered in Amsterdam, Sustainalytics is an independent ESG and corporate
governance research, ratings and analysis firm supporting investors around the
world with the development and implementation of responsible investment
strategies. With 13 offices globally, Sustainalytics partners with institutional
investors who integrate environmental, social and governance information and
assessments into their investment processes. Today, the firm has 230 staff
members, including more than 120 analysts with varied multidisciplinary
expertise across more than 40 sectors. For the past three years, Sustainalytics
has been named the best independent responsible investment research firm in
Extel's IRRI survey of institutional investors. For more information,
visit www.sustainalytics.com.
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