Greening Real Estate Portfolio: Where Do We Start?
Every real estate asset owner, investor and stakeholder has a fiduciary duty to understand and actively manage environmental, social and governance risks as a routine component of their business thinking. Failure to actively address these risks will not only hinder global efforts to address climate change, but will also hurt long-term returns and undermine economic sustainability. This discussion will look into strategies for greening real estate portfolios, such as using renewable energy sources, implementing green building practices, and investing in green infrastructure.
Speakers:
Patrick Schmucki
Director, Co-Lead FS Climate & Sustainability - KPMG AG
Alexandros Gratsias
CFA, Head Sustainable Real Estate Investments - Bank J. Safra SarasinAlexandros Gratsias is Head of the Sustainable Real Estate Investments at the Bank J. Safra Sarasin. He is a member of the investment committee and responsible for the sustainability strategy for the Swiss and the European real estate strategies. He previously worked in a structural engineering company specializing in development of real estate and infrastructure projects. Mr. Gratsias holds a Master degree in engineering, an MBA degree from the University of St. Gallen and a CFA charterholder.
Olivier Seux
Head of Real Estate - Mirabaud Asset ManagementOlivier Seux is Head of Real Estate Investments for Mirabaud Asset Management. Mr. Seux began his career as an Analyst at PROPARCO, a private equity fund. Thereafter, he worked as Long-Term Treasurer at the Agence Française de Développement Banking Group. In 2000, he joined the LVMH holding company as Group Head of Funding before later joining L Capital private equity fund. In 2007, Mr. Seux joined Nexity real estate group as Head of Investor Relations before transferring to Nexity Immobilier d’Entreprise. There, he launched a real estate fund focused on restructurings and medium-term land opportunities in Grand Paris. Mr. Seux graduated from Paris Assas University with a Master’s degree in Business Law and is a Laureate Honors MBA holder of the Paris Institute of Political Studies.
Eric Jondeau
Professor of finance - University of LausanneEric Jondeau is professor of Finance at the Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC) of the University of Lausanne, and Swiss Finance Institute faculty member. He is the Director of the Center for Risk Management – Lausanne (http://www.crml.ch) since 2012. He is also coordinator of the Systemic Risks and Sustainability platform (https://syris.ch). Before joining HEC Lausanne in 2004, he worked in the French banking industry and at Banque de France from 1995 to 2004.
Adrian Schatzmann
CEO - Asset Management Association Switzerland (AMAS)Adrian Schatzmann is the CEO of Asset Management Association Switzerland since January 2021. Additionally, he founded in 2016 Clear Minds Investment AG, a financial advisor company, and assumes today the role of Managing Partner. He also sits since 2016 on the Board of Directors as Managing Director at Straub-Egloff Immobilien AG. From 2017 to 2020, Adrian assumed two other roles, one at DIventures Management GmbH as Member of the Investment Committee and the other at SwissBanking as Strategic Advisor. Prior to this, Adrian spent 6 years at SBC Brinson and 15 years within UBS Wealth Management.
