At the beginning of the year Larry Fink sent out his annual letter to investors, a missive that departed from those of years past with a stark statement from the Blackrock CEO: “a company's ability to manage environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters demonstrates the leadership and good governance that is so essential to sustainable growth, which is why we are increasingly integrating these issues into our investment process.”
In their fifth annual US Green Building Adoption Index, CBRE and Maastricht University chose to highlight Fink's mission statement and it is little wonder why–it is difficult to find a more telling example of how important ESG has become to the investment community. The environment issue in particular has become a clarion call to lenders, which now realize that green bona fides correlate with stronger performance.
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Erika Morphy
Erika Morphy has been writing about commercial real estate at GlobeSt.com for more than ten years, covering the capital markets, the Mid-Atlantic region and national topics. She's a nerd so favorite examples of the former include accounting standards, Basel III and what Congress is brewing.
