Summary: One of the most important themes in global real estate investing of late has been the focus on sustainability — or environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. Although most managers have developed talking points about ESG factors in global real estate, few have attempted to develop a quantitative methodology to assess and rank companies according to their ESG behavior. Our guest, Jana Sehnalova, CEO and CIO of La Francaise Forum Securities, talks about a new index to measure ESG for global real estate securities. (07/2018)
