Creating value through sustainability
On Day 3 of the PERE Europe Summit 2022, the PERE ESG & Impact Forum will explore how real estate investors are going beyond commitments to deliver real world sustainability outcomes through real estate.
Join the Forum to discover strategies that protect and create value through ESG at an asset and portfolio level with industry leading experts.
Discussions will enable those in the early stages of ESG adoption to deliver value and drive results in ESG. Key topics include:
- Dissecting the overview of regulatory developments and implications for real estate
- How lenders are incentivising ESG and impact outcomes with their borrowers
- Structuring and launching a real estate impact fund
- How to execute a credible net-zero commitment
- And much more……
Gain strategic insights
Learn investor perspectives on real estate sustainability and plan ahead for your portfolio.
Take control of ESG outcomes
Explore net-zero real estate strategies and leverage ESG to create value across real estate assets.
Expand your European network
Connect with investors, fund and asset managers, and strategic partners trailblazing responsible and impact investing in private real estate.
2022 speakers include
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What our attendees say
Megan Walters
Global Head of Research, Allianz Real Estate
The panels’ content was excellent and the keynote and conference moderation was wonderfully executed.
Paul Tebbit
Managing Director, BlackRock
A great chance to connect with industry peers and share our collective thoughts on the fundamental changes taking place in how we use and invest in real estate.
Adam Challis
Executive Director, Research and Strategy, EMEA, JLL
PERE brings together relevant content and the active market participants to ensure the day is full of genuine insights.
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The Forum is part of the Europe Summit, our flagship gathering in the region. Attendees are exclusively decision-makers at the leading private real estate investors, fund and asset managers, and developers across the globe. Sponsorship gives you:
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Download the agenda to see how real estate investors are going beyond commitments to deliver real world sustainability outcomes through real estate. These topics will shape the discussions at the PERE ESG & Impact Forum 2022.
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Agenda
PERE ESG & Impact Forum 2022 - Thursday 16th
PERE ESG & Impact Forum
08:00 - 09:00
Registration and networking
09:00 - 09:05
Welcome & chair’s opening remarks
Louise Ellison
09:05 - 09:45
Fund investors’ perspectives on real estate sustainability
Toby Mitchenall,
Tim Barlow,
Pooja Patel,
Anna Shiel,
Derk Welling
- What information demands are fund investors making on their real estate fund mangers when it comes to sustainability?
- Does investors’ drive to clean their portfolios mean inefficient and currently unsustainable assets are jettisoned rather than ‘greened’?
- How high is sustainability on the agenda for different types of institutional investors?
Moderated by Toby Mitchenall, Senior Editor, ESG and Sustainability, New Private Markets
09:45 - 10:30
Leveraging ESG for value creation in real estate
Basil Demeroutis,
Caroline Hill,
Aleksandra Njagulj,
Jose Pellicer
- How can the influence of ESG in investment decision-making and asset management be maximised?
- What are the risks of ignoring a robust ESG effort?
- What examples do we have where ESG performance lead to higher valuation or yields?
- How are funds going about engaging tenets on sustainability and just how crucial is this as an aspect of ESG performance?
- How can funds plan a cost-efficient transition at the portfolio-level?
Moderated by Basil Demeroutis, Managing Partner, FORE Partnership
10:30 - 11:00
Overview of regulatory developments and the implications for real estate
Anna Olink,
Vivienne King,
Ruth Knox
- How can you create value out of SFDR and EU taxonomy as an investor?
- What are the most notable upcoming regulations across key jurisdictions such as the FCA and EU?
- Discover where the key legal risks are when making impact claims and how efforts to stamp-out impact washing will evolve
Moderated by Anna Olink, Business Development Director, EMEA, GRESB
11:00 - 11:30
Networking break
PERE ESG & Impact Forum
11:30 - 12:15
Real estate impact investments: an overview of opportunities, funds and innovations
Vlad Masinsky ,
Simon Chisholm,
Charlie Jacques,
Maggie Loo,
Whitney Lutgen
- How much appetite is there from impact allocators for real estate orientated product?
- What are the main considerations when launching an impact offering or product?
- To what extent should ‘impact investment’ thinking be integrated into mainstream investments?
- To what extent are returns concessionary?
Moderated by Vlad Masinsky, Head of Strategic Partnerships, Sharry
Charlie Jacques
Head of Sustainability and Impact Investment, Real Estate, Schroders Capital
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12:15 - 13:00
Creating an affordable housing investment strategy
Ding Li,
Shamez Alibhai ,
Peter Denton,
Catherine Raynsford ,
Adam Shah
- What are the best examples of affordable housing models around the world that have taken off?
- How crucial is collaboration with local and national government– and what the lessons learnt in engaging public institutions and bodies?
- How is ‘affordability’ calculated?
- How do investors that are looking to maximise returns balancing this with the need for ‘affordable’, below-market-rate rents?
Moderated by Ding Li, Senior Strategy Consultant & Business Unit Lead, Longevity Partners
13:00 - 14:00
Networking lunch
PERE ESG & Impact Forum
14:00 - 14:45
Applying wellness as a value add to real estate assets
Tzvete Doncheva ,
Adrian Ion,
Daniel Hajjar,
Shiraz Jiwa
- What does the concept of ‘wellness’ in a real estate context?
- How is wellness calculated and to what extent does it add a premium to rents and tenet satisfaction?
- What example exist of buildings that have high ‘wellness’ ratings?
- How can the concept best be applied in different sectors?
Moderated by Tzvete Doncheva, International Investor Relations Lead, PropTech1
14:45 - 15:30
Going beyond a commitment: what does a net-zero real estate strategy mean in practice?
Chandra Eastwell,
Abigail Dean,
Hala El Akl,
Alexandra Ingram
- How are managers measuring the carbon footprint from your existing portfolio?
- What are the main barriers being encountered on the net-zero pathway?
- How to reduce your energy usage in buildings via technology solutions?
- What are the leading frameworks which funds can use to build a climate strategy around?
Moderated by Chandra Eastwell, Associate Director – Sustainability, Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets
Hala El Akl
Vice President of Sustainable Investing and Operations, Oxford Properties Group
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15:30 - 16:00
Networking break
PERE ESG & Impact Forum
16:00 - 16:45
To rebuild or upgrade: calculating embodied carbon in real estate assets
Snehal Shah,
Basil Demeroutis,
Martin Gettings,
Dr Dorte Rich Joergensen
- To what extent should buildings be upgraded rather than built from scratch – what the carbon cost of new buildings relative to building upgrades?
- What are the extra capex requirements in making buildings green?
- What policies and practices can be applied to minimise ‘embodied carbon’ during construction?
- How are investors attempting to increase the sustainability of existing stock?
Moderated by Snehal Shah, Reporter, New Private Markets
16:45 - 17:00
Closing remarks
Louise Ellison
17:00 - 17:00
End of conference
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