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Sustainable Investment Forum North America 2022

Real Estate and Green Infrastructure Investing Panel

ICE’s John Sheffield, Senior Director and Product Architect, joins a panel at the Sustainable Investment Forum North America discuss key trends for sustainable real estate investing in the region.

Topics include:

  • What is a sustainable real estate strategy? Investing for impact on real estate- how to correlate profitability with sustainability infrastructure investing
  • Update on the policy framework in the US- existing and likely future trends and risk mitigation Impact investing- and a comparative analysis with the European market
  • Latest trends in European real estate- valued added investments for ESG and new opportunities
  • Driving returns- risk mitigation techniques to build sustainable portfolios- managing material ESG factors to create value opportunities for investors in green infrastructure projects
  • Are investors in private infrastructure assets better able to meet climate targets and achieve risk return objectives?
  • Green finance, climate risk, and social equity concerns in infrastructure investing
  • Current levels of green bond issuance in the region- how do different sates compare?
  • Sustainable Infrastructure Investing- how infrastructure investors are contributing to SDG outcomes Update on President Biden’s green infrastructure plan

Speakers:

  • John Sheffield, Senior Director & Product Architect ICE
  • Dan Winters, Head of Americas, Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB)
  • Anuj Mittal, Head of Europe Real Estate, Angelo Gordon
  • Susan Uthayakumar, MD, Chief Energy & Sustainability Officer, Prologis

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