Rising ESG from Far East – the Japanese giant starts committing on ESG real estate Friday, January 10th, 2020 Leading Japanese Institutional Investor Announcing ESG-Themed Real Estate Investment Products Earlier this week, Norinchukin and NZAM (Norinchukin Zenkyoren Asset Management) announced new development and investment of “ESG-themed J-REIT investment products”. Norinchukin has committed about 100 million USD (10 billion JPY) for the first investments to this program, and will offer this program to institutional and retail investors through both Norinchukin and NZAM platforms. In this program, Norinchukin will invest in J-REITs by utilizing the GRESB as indicators for ESG evaluation, targeting to promote green building concepts […]