{"id":1004029144,"date":"2011-05-04T10:11:16","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T18:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004029144"},"modified":"2022-12-05T18:14:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T02:14:07","slug":"sustainability-holds-growing-role-in-capital-investments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/sustainability-holds-growing-role-in-capital-investments\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainability Holds Growing Role in Capital Investments"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Mark Peternell, Vice President of Sustainability, Regency Centers<\/p>\n

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Today, sustainability practices are becoming more common among retail REITs with many sharing similar tactics such as smart irrigation, exterior and common area lighting controls, innovative storm water management and LEED-certified developments. There are an assortment of tangible and intangible benefits that real estate owners and operators may capture as a result of these initiatives, ranging from operating expense reductions, faster entitlements, and possibly higher rental rates. However, there is a new trend that may be one of the biggest benefits of all \u2013 an increase in demand for sustainable and socially responsible investments. <\/p>\n

A growing number of private and public investors are reviewing sustainability metrics \u2013 also known as environmental, social and governance criteria — when making their investment decisions. While environmental performance is one of the primary ESG indicators, other factors include governance practices, labor standards and corporate philanthropy, just to name a few.<\/p>\n

Sustainable and socially responsible investing applies research on extra financial indicators of corporate competitiveness used to help measure investment risk and competitive advantage. Empirical results strongly suggest positive, statistically significant relationship between corporate sustainability performance and corporate financial performance.<\/p>\n

As a result, there has been an increase in the number of assessment tools to help quantify this intangible value. These tools originate from different sources including companies that sell investment decision support tools such as MSCI, sustainability advocacy groups and investment brokerage firms\u2019 own customized surveys. They typically combine qualitative and quantitative research to compare peer performance within an industry. There is less interest in tactics, but more emphasis on results measurement. These assessments utilize either publicly available information such as company websites, companies\u2019 voluntary completion of surveys or both. <\/p>\n

An early adopter of sustainability practices, Regency Centers has performed well in both national and regional sustainability indices such as the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and the Southeastern Corporate Sustainability Ranking. While it is difficult to quantify the direct impact of ESG performance on capital market decisions, it\u2019s clear that industry leaders will eliminate a potential road block for some investors, and may perhaps attract new sources of capital. The increase in investor demand for sustainable and socially responsible investment alternative is certainly pushing everyone to think harder about their sustainability practices in a more global context and how that performance is publicly presented.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Mark Peternell, Regency Centers<\/p>\n

A growing number of private and public investors are reviewing sustainability metrics — also known as environmental, social and governance criteria — when making their investment decisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1595,"featured_media":1004029145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37301],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004029144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSustainability Holds Growing Role in Capital Investments - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/sustainability-holds-growing-role-in-capital-investments\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sustainability Holds Growing Role in Capital Investments\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Mark Peternell, Regency Centers A growing number of private and public investors are reviewing sustainability metrics -- also known as environmental, social and governance criteria -- when making their investment decisions.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/sustainability-holds-growing-role-in-capital-investments\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-05-04T18:11:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-12-06T02:14:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2011\/05\/Mark-Peternell-headshot.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark Peternell\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/sustainability-holds-growing-role-in-capital-investments\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/sustainability-holds-growing-role-in-capital-investments\/\",\"name\":\"Sustainability Holds Growing Role in Capital Investments - 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