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Dialling up ESG Integration with Aberdeen Standard Investments

June 2, 2019/in Insights /by Jon Lovell

Hillbreak has advised Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) on the development of an enhanced global Real Estate ESG Strategy. This builds on the respective strengths of the approaches to responsible property investment of the ASI heritage organisations, Aberdeen Asset Management and Standard Life Investments, and addresses evolving client expectations and long-term trends that are likely to […]

Streamlined Energy & Carbon Reporting (SECR) – a Hillbreak perspective

May 15, 2019/in Insights /by Lucy Matchett

The UK Climate Change Act 2008 was one of the earliest comprehensive framework laws on climate change globally, setting a goal of an 80% reduction in carbon emissions (from 1990 levels) by 2050. On the advice of the Committee of Climate Change (CCC), the UK government responded by putting in place successive, five-year carbon budgets […]

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

The masterplan – a national exemplar of a sustainable healthcare strategy

April 1, 2019/in Insights /by Jon Lovell

Hillbreak recently teamed up with our long-standing friends and collaborators, Creative Concern, to support and advise the University of Manchester NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) on the development of its new sustainability strategy, known as ‘The Masterplan’. The strategy follows sector guidance developed by the Sustainable Development Unit (SDU) and NHS Improvement, and incorporates the following four […]

GRESB: Responsibility Reboot

January 25, 2019/in Insights /by Jon Lovell

Like it or not, GRESB is the defacto index of choice for the majority of real estate investors looking for a convenient proxy measure for ESG across the funds and companies in which they invest. When Hillbreak engages with institutional investors around the world on behalf of its manager clients, it is the consistent point […]

The Diversity & Inclusion Experience: Equity > Equality

January 14, 2019/in Insights /by Helen Fisher

Another article about diversity? Hasn’t it all been said already?! We’ve shared our views on diversity in the real estate sector before, not so long ago. We highlighted the continued lack of diversity and some of the excellent initiatives that are catalysing progress – including Real Estate Balance, Freehold, and WomenTalkRE. And we committed to being more proactive in […]

Towards the Circular Economy through Urban Innovation

November 16, 2018/in Insights /by Lucy Matchett

In an article featured by PLACETECH, Lucy Matchett, Senior Consultant at Hillbreak, shares lessons from Amsterdam on ways in which innovative design and technology are being deployed to advance the circular economy. The Netherlands is renowned for innovation and creative responses to global megatrends. For example, and despite geographic constraints, The Netherlands has recently become […]

Perfect Storm for Managing Agents

November 2, 2018/in Insights /by Timia Berthomé

Consultants Howard Morgan & Jon Lovell offer a six-point solution to the problems of the property industry’s managing agents. Managing agents caught in the ever-increasing whirlwind of client demands and occupier expectations must embrace risk and innovation if they are to survive. This is the view of two independent experts, operating in complementary spheres of […]

The trouble with Science Based Targets

May 9, 2018/in Insights /by Jon Lovell

Background Formally-approved Science Based Targets (SBTs) are a scheme of the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), a venture of the UN Global Compact, CDP, World Resources Institute and WWF. They have been gaining much attention and some traction amongst corporates and institutional investors; at the time of writing, 105 companies have in place targets formally […]

Responsible Property Investing with M&G Real Estate

March 16, 2018/in Insights /by Jon Lovell

M&G Real Estate is the property investment unit of M&G Investments and has £29.5 billion of assets under management globally (as at 30th of September 2017). It has had an active Responsible Property Investment (RPI) programme for over a decade and is widely regarded by industry stakeholders, with whom it engages regularly on a range […]

Dialling up ESG Integration with Aberdeen Standard Investments

Streamlined Energy & Carbon Reporting (SECR) – a Hillbreak perspective

The masterplan – a national exemplar of a sustainable healthcare strategy

GRESB: Responsibility Reboot

The Diversity & Inclusion Experience: Equity > Equality

Towards the Circular Economy through Urban Innovation

Perfect Storm for Managing Agents

The trouble with Science Based Targets

Responsible Property Investing with M&G Real Estate

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