NAREIM Sustainability Meeting

May 4, 2021

During the NAREIM Sustainability Meeting, members discussed climate risk and ESG benchmarking. Please see below for the presentations from the meeting.

Climate-risk data. What's out there? How are we using it?

Deep dive discussion among peers and experts to understand the landscape of available climate-related risk data and its quality. We ask, what’s out there – is it worth checking out? And once you pick your provider, what then? Through case study review of providers, and closed-door whole room conversation among members, we highlight how firms are using climate-risk data, what stage of the process they are at, and the compromises you have to make with all data.

• Presentations from:

• Ken O'Brien and Elizabeth Francis, MSCI Real Estate. Click here

• Rohan Hamden, XDI Cross Dependency Initiative. Click here

• Etienne Cadestin, Longevity Partners. Click here

ESG benchmarking — of your teams, process and operations

NAREIM members conduct live polling and breakout group discussion to understand how peers are executing on ESG strategies within their organizations — and what the teams, resources, process and policies look like to create the best environment for ESG to be a success for the firm, irrespective of size, scale or maturity.

• Presentations from:

• Mona Benisi, Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investments. Click here

• Anne Peck, AEW Capital. Click here

• Hannah Tillman, Berkshire Residential. Click here

Member polling

Understanding how peers are shaping strategies around climate risk and ESG resourcing, targets and goals.

• Slido.com poll results - climate risk and ESG benchmarking poll results

Attendee list

Please see the final attendee list here.