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A group of 16 investors representing $19 trillion have launched a round of coordinated engagements to strengthen dialogue on ESG performance and GRESB participation with real estate companies across 12 key markets in the Asia Pacific region. The work is undertaken in close collaboration with GRESB, a global ESG benchmark for real estate portfolios.
This year’s initiative — focused on markets such as Australia, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Japan — is supported by established investors including B&I Capital, Bouwinvest, CenterSquare, Heitman, JP Morgan Asset Management and Schroders.
Real estate companies in Asia Pacific tend to score highly in the GRESB Benchmark, often leading the world in aggregate, but tend to submit data later in their ESG journey than companies in other regions, which has led to underrepresentation in total numbers.
In addition to providing ESG data directly to investors, real estate companies that participate in GRESB oft
