Alternatives investment giant Blackstone said on Thursday it has acquired Desotec, a leading European environmental services company based in Roeselare, Belgium, from private equity firm EQT.
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UK REIT British Land has delivered its first ever net zero carbon building, after successfully completing the offset of residual embodied carbon at 100 Liverpool Street in London.
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Investors are increasingly integrating social and governance measures into their ESG practices which up to recently have tended to focus mostly on environmental issues, experts agreed during PropertyEU's recent ESG Roundtable 2021.
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The EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) came into force on 10 March, requiring real estate fund managers to implement transparency and reporting about the impact their investments have on the environment.
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A new venture capital fund, 2150, has been launched to invest €200 mln ($240 mln) in start-up companies developing sustainable technologies to target the carbon footprint of cities and their buildings.
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International energy specialist Westbridge Advisory has optimised the energy procurement for the Benelux portfolio of real estate investment manager Union Investment.
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There is no time to lose in the drive to combat global warming and the real estate industry has a role to play by stepping up its efforts to reduce carbon emissions, a leading climate scientist told ULI Europe’s virtual annual conference last week.
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Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) Real Assets has published its strategy to deliver net zero carbon across its 76 million ft2 (7 million m2) UK real estate portfolio by 2050.
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International real estate firm Hines has secured with ING in Germany the first green loan facility for the Hines Pan-European Core Fund (HECF).
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Swedish property company has achieved a domestic first by switching all the firm's loan agreements to green financing.
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Sirius Capital Partners, through its Sirius Fund IV, has signed an agreement to acquire seven assets, consisting of 261 rental apartments, from Finnish construction company Hartela.
