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At LaSalle, we focus on understanding ways sustainable actions taken today can drive performance, for a better tomorrow.
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- GRESB: Based on the 2023 Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), 20 of the firm’s funds and separate accounts, domiciled across Europe, North America, and the Asia Pacific region, have been recognized again for their ESG standards. Learn more about GRESB here.
- ENERGY STAR: LaSalle is a 2023 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year. Learn more about the awards here.
- New Private Markets Awards 2023: LaSalle has been recognized as Real Estate Firm of the Year (ESG) at the New Private Markets Awards 2023 in recognition of steps taken to embed sustainability across operations in Europe. Learn more about the awards here.
- WELL Health-Safety: LaSalle earned WELL Health-Safety Ratings for 199 office and multi-family properties in North America and Asia Pacific through the International WELL Building Institute following the successful completion of third-party documentation review by GBCI to confirm it has met the feature specific intents and requirements. Learn more about WELL Health-Safety Rating here.
Across our geographies and business lines, we’re committed to exploring solutions and uncovering opportunities where sustainability can drive investment performance. This includes looking for ways to protect and enhance asset and portfolio value through decarbonization efforts, meeting investors’ needs and prioritizing the future of our communities and our planet.
We’re dedicated to meeting our decarbonization commitments, ensuring we make meaningful progress toward our net zero targets, all in accordance with our fiduciary obligations.
We actively engage in industry collaborations and discussions to share best practices and drive transparency, so we can collectively work to make a more significant impact on global carbon emissions.
Learn about what we’re doing in the areas of:
Environmental initiatives
As fiduciaries, we understand environmental sustainability and creating a cleaner, healthier world can be a winning part of an investment strategy.
We are focused on:
- Climate risk
- Decarbonization
- Energy savings
Learn about our environmental initiatives
Social initiatives
Contributing to the strength of our communities is important to many of our investors, employees and stakeholders. That’s why we invest time and resources into giving back and celebrating our mutual success.
We are committed to:
- Driving a Culture of Care
- Partnering with strategic stakeholders to support our initiatives
- Prioritizing healthy and safe practices and the wellbeing of our stakeholders
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Strong governance
We drive ethical, compliant, forward-thinking, and transparent ESG policies across all business lines.
To drive strong governance, we:
- Report
- Disclose
- Monitor
- Update
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Environmental reporting
We strive to be an industry leader in responsible investment. As part of our commitment to ESG principles, we have partnered with leading global organizations to monitor and report on our progress. This allows us to learn, share our expertise, and improve our own ESG performance.
Climate Action Plan and NZC Commitments
LaSalle is a signatory to the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative and has committed to support the goal of reducing Scope 1 and 2 landlord-controlled operational carbon emissions in our portfolio of directly managed properties to net zero by 2050 or sooner, in line with international efforts to limit global warming.
Any sustainability commitments we make are subject to our fiduciary duty and as may be reflected in the clients’ governing documents or as may be required by applicable law, rule, or regulation.
Read our Climate Action Plan
PRI
LaSalle has been a signatory of the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment since 2009 and has made a commitment to report on the progress toward the six PRI principles. In its most recent Assessment Report in 2023, LaSalle achieved four stars in the categories pertaining to Policy Governance and Strategy, Direct – Listed Equity – Active Fundamental, and Confidence Building Measures, as well as achieving three stars for Direct Real Estate.
For more information about UN PRI and its ESG benchmarking and reporting for real estate, please visit unpri.org
GRESB assessments
GRESB (Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark) is an industry-driven organization committed to assessing the sustainability performance of real estate portfolios (public, private and direct) around the globe. In 2023, LaSalle submitted over US $43.5 billion in assets under management to GRESB. Assessment results for our open-end funds provide existing and potential investors with ESG performance information.
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)
In 2019, LaSalle signed on as a supporter to the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, signaling our intent to incorporate climate risk into our investment decisions and investor reporting.
In 2023 TCFD announced it will be disbanded and incorporated into IFRS S2 Climate-related Disclosures. Learn more about TCFD here.
ULI Greenprint Net Zero Carbon x 2050
LaSalle has aligned with ULI Greenprint Center for Building Performance goal to reduce landlord-controlled operational carbon emissions of LaSalle’s global portfolio of managed assets to which the framework is applicable to Net Zero Carbon (NZC) by 2050.
ULI Greenprint Center collaboration
LaSalle is a charter member of ULI Greenprint Center for Building Performance, one of the largest global collection of transparent, verifiable, comprehensive data about the environmental performance of buildings. It is a catalyst for change, taking meaningful, immediate and measurable actions to generate real estate solutions that improve the environment through energy efficiency while demonstrating the correlation with increased property values.
Meet the team
Julie Manning
Global Head of Climate and Carbon
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Elena Alschuler
Head of Sustainability, Americas
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Alex Edds
Head of Sustainability, Europe
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Tom Miller
Head of Development and Sustainability, Asia Pacific
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James Pallett
Director of ESG Investor Accounting and Finance
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Brett Ormrod
European Net Zero Carbon Lead
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Jian Gong
Senior Vice President, Sustainability
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Amy Jacks
Vice President, Global Sustainability
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Miriam Ruhl
Sustainability Manager, Continental Europe
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Violet Yang
ESG Manager, Asia Pacific
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Kathleen Jowett
Head of Sustainability, LaSalle Global Solutions
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Melody Zaghi
Vice President
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Yelena Diggs
Senior Product Manager, LaSalle Global Solutions
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Insights and case studies
Feb 27, 2024 European Net Zero Carbon annual progress report LaSalle Investment Management is a founding signatory of the Better Buildings Partnership’s (BBP) Climate Commitment, which acknowledges the transformation that is required across the real estate sector to deliver net zero buildings by 2050. The scope of the commitment makes it one of the most ambitious that property owners can adopt.
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Sep 11, 2023 ISA Focus: The value of green The transition to a lower-carbon built environment is reshaping the definition of quality real estate.
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May 09, 2023 The future is … European? Brian Klinksiek’s article appears in Issue 12 of Summit, the official publication of AFIRE, the association for international real estate investors focused on commercial property in the United States.
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Sustainability news
Mar 11, 2024 LaSalle appoints Bouygues for Bergère redevelopment The building is renowned for its striking façade and exceptional architectural features, such as the main atrium and the monumental staircase.
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Mar 05, 2024 LaSalle named Real Estate Firm of the Year (ESG) at the New Private Markets Awards The venture will recapitalise a €320 million seed portfolio of five grade-A fully let logistics assets and seek to acquire and develop additional assets.
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Jan 25, 2024 LaSalle appoints Multiplex to construct landmark London office development, One Exchange Square The state-of-the-art, 447,000 square foot office development is located at Broadgate Campus in the City of London.
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