Maston Investment Management Hosts ESG Trend Lecture for Real Estate Fund Managers

Maston Investment Management conducted an ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) trend lecture for real estate fund managers.

On the 8th, Maston Investment Management announced that it held a special lecture for alternative investment fund managers under the theme "Recent Trends in ESG Investment and What Real Estate Fund Managers Should Do."

Professor Min Seong-hoon from the Department of Architecture, Urban, and Real Estate at Suwon University, author of "The Future of Investment ESG," served as the speaker. Professor Min is the chairman of the ESG Committee at Maston Investment Management. He is an expert in alternative investments primarily researching responsible real estate investment at the university. Notably, he himself comes from a fund manager background. Before entering academia, he worked at Meritz Securities, Hi Investment & Securities, served as director at Alpha Asset Management, and was head of the investment division at Nomura Real Estate Asset Management. He is recognized for his comprehensive understanding of practical fieldwork and research expertise.

In his lecture, Professor Min introduced trends such as the preference for green buildings, sustainable finance trends, responses to ESG issues in the US and Europe, and trends related to ESG disclosure and evaluation. He presented six response activities for real estate fund managers: ▲ Establishing formal regulations, ▲ Setting up dedicated organizations, ▲ Joining international organizations, ▲ Applying ESG in the investment process, ▲ Disclosing ESG activities, and ▲ Building internal consensus and fulfilling social responsibility.

Formal regulations refer to ESG policies and ESG investment guidelines, while dedicated organizations mean ESG teams, consultative bodies, or committees. Examples of international organizations include the UN Global Compact (UNGC) and the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ). Application in the investment process includes checklists, investment review, and monitoring. ESG activity disclosure can be conducted through various ESG reports, and building internal consensus and fulfilling social responsibility require systematic education and training, social service, and research.

Meanwhile, Maston Investment Management is the only domestic asset management company recognized by the UN Global Compact (UNGC) as an excellent case in sustainable finance. A total of 12 companies, including financial holding companies, banks, capital firms, securities, card companies, and public institutions, were selected as excellent cases, with Maston Investment Management being the sole asset management company.

Maston Investment Management has been promoting ESG internalization and SV (Social Value) creation activities in various forms, such as registering a patent for a high-efficiency refrigeration system (reducing greenhouse gases and electricity costs), publishing ESG reports, obtaining eco-friendly building certifications like LEED, introducing green lease agreements, and hosting sustainable finance talks.

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