Institutional investors are increasingly recognizing the potential for ESG factors to affect the valuation and financial performance of their portfolios. The recent boom can be viewed as both an economic and ethical opportunity to draw together expertise across a wide range of real asset investments. Regulation (such as the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation – SFDR, 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate change and third party industry benchmarks such as TCFD and GRESB), investors, stakeholders and social pressures are increasingly holding businesses accountable for sustainable practices.
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