The property investment industry is playing an ever more prominent role in people’s lives in many ways.
Property has always played an important part in investment portfolios, historically as a diversifier against equities and bonds, but in recent years its role as a provider of income in a low-interest-rate, low-bond-yield world has come to the fore. As a major consumer of energy and emitter of carbon dioxide, property has a prominent role to play in combating climate change.
Click to read more on how property funds play a crucial role in the ESG agenda...
With reduced access to mortgage finance and home ownership since the Global Financial Crisis, and with the consequent growth in long term renting and the expansion of the PRS sector in the UK, customers of property fund managers are no longer just companies. An increasing number are individuals and families living in their long term homes.
As technology changes the way that real estate is used, be it homeworking affecting the amount and layout of office space used, or on-line shopping radically changing the high street, the industry is instrumental in reshaping these parts of our built environment.
For these and other reasons investors are increasingly scrutinising the social and environmental impact of investments independently of their financial performance. Indeed this can be a deciding factor in an investment choice. AREF and its members have been actively involved in these issues for a long time.
ESG News:
Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)
ESG Ratings and Data Providers
FCA consultation on enhancing climate-related disclosures
ESG & Social Impact Investing Committee
The AREF ESG & Impact Investing Committee aims to work with AREF members to promote and raise awareness of ESG & impact investing best practice across the real estate fund management sector.
Past ESG Event Materials
Post-event materials - Wellness in the Living Space - 22nd September 2020
Slides from AREF IPF joint event on Social Impact Investing - November 2019
AREF/ IPF Social Impact Investing event: Full Video - October 2019
Slides from AREF FutureGen/BPF Futures event on Climate Change - 7 Nov.pdf
Enabling DC pensions schemes to invest in illiquid assets
GRESB
View how AREF Fund Members performed in the GRESB Real Estate Assessment in 2019 and 2020
Net Zero Carbon
Watch the 10 minute podcast. LISTEN to ESG experts, LEARN how you'll be affected, WHY you should care and importantly, HOW TO PREPARE!
TCFD (Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures)
Watch the 10 minute podcast. LISTEN to ESG experts, LEARN how you'll be affected, WHY you should care and importantly, HOW TO PREPARE!
SFDR & EU Taxonomy
Watch the 10 minute podcast. LISTEN to ESG experts, LEARN how you'll be affected, WHY you should care and importantly, HOW TO PREPARE!
MEEs & EPCs
Watch the 10 minute podcast. LISTEN to ESG experts, LEARN how you'll be affected, WHY you should care and importantly, HOW TO PREPARE!
The AREF ESG 5 Year Roadmap
Proudly sponsored by Sanne Group
In collaboration with Carbon Intelligence.
Related Links:
News Articles relating to ESG & Social Impact
Click to read news articles and resources relating to ESG
Past ESG Events
Click to view post-event materials from our past ESG events, organised by our ESG & Impact Investing Committee
ESG & Impact Investing Committee biographies
Our committee is made up of ESG industry experts, read full details here.
ESG & Impact Investing Committee - Committee Activity
Read what our ESG & II Committee have been working on recently.
Diversity & Inclusion
Diversity and inclusion is important to AREF and is one of our strategic priorities. Click to read more information on what we are doing.
For any queries relating to this, please do not hesitate to contact us by emailing info@aref.org.uk.