Lecture 19: Boston Properties: Measuring and Implementing Portfolio Sustainability [Zhengzhen Tan]
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Understand the capital market’s influence on the behavior of long-term core asset investors, owners and operators.
As sustainability becomes an integral part of company strategy, how to set up a framework to define, measure, report and manage sustainability performance.
Learn how to approach portfolio level sustainability challenges, such as net-zero carbon operation, ESG benchmark, green financing.
Guest speaker: Ben Myers, Vice President, Sustainability at Boston Properties
Readings
Boston Properties: Measuring and Implementing Portfolio Sustainability.
Lecture 20: Sustainability Data Strategy under New Regulation and Investor Mandate [Zhengzhen Tan, Juan Palacio]
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Understand the capital market’s influence on the behavior of long-term core asset investors, owners and
operators
Guest Speaker: Jonathan Flaherty, Global Head - Sustainability and Building Technology Innovation, Tishman Speyer
Readings
No readings assigned.
Lecture 21: Sustainable Real Estate in the Broader Capital Market [Siqi Zheng]
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Why do institutional investors care about ESG?
- Proposed SEC Climate Disclosure Rule
Recent Backlash against ESG
Global Sustainable Real Estate Investment
Readings
Krueger, P., Sautner, Z., and Starks, L. T. (2020). The Importance of Climate Risks for Institutional Investors. The Review of Financial Studies 33(3), 1067–1111.
