Property work stream
Background
The PRI Secretariat works with the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative Property Working Group, exploring how the Principles apply to property investment and management practices.
Publicly available resources
Building responsible property portfolios
This report is a review of current responsible property investing practices developed jointly by PRI and UNEP FI’s Property Working Group. By highlighting international best practice examples of leading PRI and UNEP FI signatories, the report provides guidance on how the PRI can be applied to property assets.
UNEP FI Reports
UNEP FI toolkits
What Do I Do Next? Toolkits are designed to assist Property Investors in becoming responsible begin by outlining the key initial steps for property fund and asset managers who wish to manage their funds and investments more responsibly and assist them to do so. The toolkits present the link between theoretical knowledge on responsible property investment and practical implementation in asset management.
Signatory-only resources
Webinars:
- Property investors’ perspective on climate change policy (November 2011)
- Implementing Responsible Property Investment Strategies (February 2011)
- The investors' perspective on the nature and need for sustainable property metrics (November 2010)
- Academic research on ESG and Real Estate (April 2010)
- Responsible property investing - committing and engaging (December 2009)
- Responsible property investment - Similar aims, different manifestations (September 2009)
- Sustainable Real Estate Portfolios (January 2009)
PRI in Person sessions:
- PRI in Person 2011: Assessing the impact of energy efficiency in property portfolios
- PRI in Person 2010: Responsible Property Investment- from policy to practice
- PRI in Person 2009: Responsible property ownership - the scope for tenant engagement
- PRI in Person 2008: Building responsible property portfolios
These resources are available for signatories on the PRI signatory extranet.
