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SEMINARS & ARTICLES

2024

May 2024
  • ARTICLES

    Tomoko Takagi, Executive Officer, Partner and Saki Nagita, Senior Consultant wrote an article on “GRESB Assessment (ESG assessment for real estate and infrastructure)” in “Journal of Japan Solar Energy Society” Vol.50, No.3.

2023

December 2023
  • ARTICLES

    Tomoko Takagi, Executive Officer, Partner, wrote a report on “2023 GRESB Assessment Results in the Japanese Market: Responding to New Themes” in ARES Journal Vol. 76 with Hiroki Ishii.

November 2023
  • SEMINAR

    Tomoko Tsuruno, Senior Advisor, participated in the panel discussion “The future of ESG data amid a rapidly changing regulatory landscape” at “The Future of ESG Data Asia 2023” organized by Environmental Finance on November 14.

October 2023
  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder & CEO, moderated “What can we do to achieve net zero and climate resilience?” at PRI in Person 2023 official side event on “Net Zero and Climate Resilience in Real Estate” co-hosted by CSRD, GRESB and the Principles for Financial Action for the 21st Century – Environmental Real Estate Working Group.

May 2023
  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder & CEO, participated as a panelist at Responsible Investor’s RI Japan 2023 on “ESG Disclosure in the Financial Markets in Japan”.

  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder &CEO, participated in a panel on “Real estate investment – Understanding ESG capabilities & disclosures” at PRI Digital Forum: Principles to Practice 2023 hosted by PRI.

March 2023
  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder & CEO, made a speech on “Importance of Energy Data in ESG” at ULI Japan Proptech/ESG Forum organized by ULI Japan.

2022

December 2022
  • ARTICLES

    Tomoko Takagi, Executive Officer, Partner, wrote a report on “2022 GRESB Assessment Results in the Japanese Market: The Decarbonization Initiatives Based on Assessment Responses” in ARES Journal Vol. 70 with Hanae Maeda and Saki Nagita.

September 2022
  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder & CEO, moderated “The rising role of ESG and sustainability in real estate” at the PERE Global Investor Forum hosted by PEI Media.

June 2022
  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder & CEO, participated in a panel on “Seeking sustainability in the infrastructure portfolio” at Infrastructure Investor Japan Korea Week.

  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder & CEO, participated in a panel on “Call to action: ESG in private market” at PEI’s Responsible Investment Forum: Tokyo 2022.

  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder & CEO, made a speech at the second in a series of five PRI webinars, “Ask an ESG Practical Expert” on the topic “How will the Rules for ESG Information Disclosure change?”.

February 2022
  • ARTICLES

    Tomoko Takagi, Executive Officer, Partner, wrote a report on “2021 GRESB Assessment Results in the Japanese Market: The Response to Climate Change and Future Prospects” in ARES Journal Vol. 65 with Hanae Maeda and others.

2021

December 2021
  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder &CEO, participated in a panel on “Successfully implementing ESG strategies” at Infrastructure Investor Japan Korea.

  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder & CEO, moderated the panel discussion “ESG on real estate – Net zero and other issues” at ULI Japan Fall Conference 2021 “Leadership Required Today and Market Outlook”.

August 2021
  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder & CEO, participated in a panel on “Global Trends in ESG Information Disclosure” at PRI Japan advisory committee’s webinar “Domestic and International Trends in ESG Information Disclosure”.

February 2021
  • ARTICLES

    Tomoko Takagi, Executive Officer, Partner, wrote a report on “2020 GRESB Assessment Results in the Japanese Market: The Transformation in the 11th Year and Future Prospects” in ARES Journal Vol. 59 with Hanae Maeda and others.

  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder & CEO, moderated “PRI Infrastructure Workshop: Current Status and Challenges of Renewable Energy Investment for Decarbonization in 2050”, organized by PRI Japan Network Advisory Committee.

2020

October 2020
  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder & CEO, participated in “Panel: Climate investors turn up the heat” at PEI Responsible Investment Forum: Tokyo.

  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder & CEO, made a speech at the session “Making it all come together: Holistic Impact Analysis to get from SDG 1 to 17” at the virtual event, Global Roundtable for the United Nation Environment Programme Finance Initiative.

  • SEMINAR

    Tomoko Tsuruno, Senior Advisor, participated in the panel discussion “Deep dive: Corporate disclosure on sustainability risks: what do investors want to see from companies, and why? And what do asset owners/savers now want to see from their fund managers?” on the 29th at 14:00. She talked about the trend of sustainability information disclosure.

2019

December 2019
  • ARTICLES

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder&CEO, wrote a report on “2019 GRESB Assessment Results in the Japanese Market: The Climate Change Response Expected from GRESB Assessment Participants” in ARES Journal Vol. 52 with Tomoko Takagi and others.

November 2019
  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder & CEO, made a speech on “Trends in GRESB and ESG in the Global and Japanese Markets” at ULI Sustainable Development Council seminar.

October 2019
  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder & CEO, moderated a panel on “EU Sustainable Finance Action Plan: Vision and Prospects” at EU Japan sustainable finance policy seminar.

  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder & CEO, moderated a panel on “The growing role of ESG in the investment process” at PERE Investor Forum Tokyo 2019.

September 2019
  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder & CEO, moderated the panel “Staying ahead of the impact curve” at the PRI side event “RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT IN REAL ASSETS”.

July 2019
  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder &CEO, made a speech and moderated a panel titled “Positive Impact Investing Approach Based on Long-Term Trends in Real Estate Investment” at GREIC 2019 – Global Real Estate Investment Conference.

April 2019
  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder &CEO, made a speech and participated in a panel discussion on “ESG Investment in Real Asset” at RI Asia Japan 2019.

  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder &CEO, moderated a panel on “Responsible investment in infrastructure – where we are and associated challenges” at PRI’s Infrastructure Working Group.

February 2019
  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder &CEO, presented a webinar entitled “Third-party Opinion on Positive Impact Real Estate Investment” at the UNEP FI (United Nation Environment Programme Finance Initiative) Real Estate Working Group.

2018

December 2018
  • ARTICLES

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder&CEO, wrote a report on “2018 GRESB Assessment Results in the Japanese Market: ESG Practices and Information Disclosure Required by the Paris Agreement and SDGs” in ARES Journal Vol. 46 with Tomoko Takagi and others.

  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder &CEO, made a speech in a presentation titled “Development and issues in ESG Real Estate Investment in Japan- 2018 GRESB Results” at SMBC Nikko Japan Series “Property Conference Tokyo 2018”.

July 2018
  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder &CEO, made a keynote speech on “Real Estate ESG Investment to Promote the Paris Agreement and SDGs: Top-Level Firms Now and in the Future” at the Tokyo Cap-and-Trade Program “FY2018 Top-Level Firms Forum and Certificate Presentation Ceremony”.

June 2018
  • ARTICLES

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder &CEO, wrote the chapter “Current Status and ESG Challenges in ESG Investment in Real Estate – Trends Seen from GRESB Assessment” in “Real Estate Policy Research” (editor: Real Estate Policy Research Association, 5 volumes) published by TOYO KEIZAI INC.

2017

December 2017
  • ARTICLES

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder&CEO, wrote a report on “2017 GRESB Assessment Results in the Japanese Market: The Progress and Challenges of ESG Investment in Real Estate and Infrastructure” in ARES Journal Vol. 40 with Tomoko Takagi and others.

     

  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder &CEO, participated in a panel on “Positive Impact Financing in Real Estate” at Regional Roundtable for Sustainable Finance in Asia Pacific on the 25th Anniversary of the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative.

April 2017
  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder &CEO, participated as a panelist in a panel on “ESG Investment in Infrastructure” at the Infrastructure Investor Tokyo Summit.

2016

December 2016
  • ARTICLES

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder&CEO, wrote a report on “2016 GRESB Real Estate Assessment Results in the Japanese Market: As a Tool for ESG Information Disclosure Required by Real Estate Investors” in ARES Journal Vol. 34 with Tomoko Takagi.

June 2016
  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder &CEO, made a speech on “What is a green lease?” at the Symposium on Green Buildings: Energy Management for Green Lease hosted by Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo and backed by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
    LINK (Japanese only)

2015

December 2015
  • ARTICLES

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder&CEO, wrote a report on “2015 GRESB Survey Results in the Japanese Market: The Trends in ESG Investment and Sustainability Practices in the Real Estate Industry” in ARES Journal Vol. 28 with Tomoko Takagi.

November 2015
  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder &CEO, made a speech on “GRESB 2015 Survey Results in the Japanese Market” at the GRESB seminar hosted by DBJ and ARES.

April 2015
  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder &CEO, made a speech on “The Latest Sustainability Trend of GRESB and the Japanese Market” at the GRESB seminar hosted by ARES.
    LINK (Japanese only)

February 2015
  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder &CEO, made a speech on “GRESB” at the WGBC Asia Forum.

2014

December 2014
  • ARTICLES

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder&CEO, wrote a report on “2014 GRESB Survey Results in the Japanese Market: The Progress and Challenges in Sustainability Initiatives in the Real Estate Industry” in ARES Journal Vol. 22 with Tomoko Takagi.

April 2014
  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder &CEO, made a speech on “GRESB Survey and Japanese Market Trends” at “ARES Seminar on GRESB” hosted by Association for Real Estate Securitization (ARES).
    PDF (Japanese only)

2013

December 2013
  • ARTICLES

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder&CEO, wrote a report on “2013 GRESB Survey Results in the Japanese Market” in ARES Journal Vol. 16 with Tomoko Takagi.
    PDF (Japanese only)

October 2013
  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder &CEO, made a presentation on GRESB at “Sustainable Buildings to be appreciated in the real estate market”, a symposium held by Architectural Institute of Japan.
    PDF (Japanese only)

September 2013
  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder &CEO, made a presentation on “Indications from GRESB Survey results toward promoting green buildings” at the MLIT Green Building Committee.
    PDF (Japanese only)

April 2013
  • SEMINAR

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder &CEO, made a speech on “Overview of GRESB” at “GRESB Special Seminar” hosted by Association of Real Estate Securitization (ARES).
    PDF (Japanese only)

February 2013
  • ARTICLES

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder &CEO, wrote a report on “GRESB 2012 Survey” in ARES Journal Vol. 11 with Koyama.
    PDF (Japanese only)

2012

December 2012
  • OTHERS

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder &CEO, participated in a roundtable titled “The role of green buildings toward achieving sustainability” for “Appraisal & Finance” published by Jutaku- Shimpo- Sha, Inc.
    PDF (Japanese only)

July 2012

2010

November 2010
  • ARTICLES

    Ryuichi Horie, Co-Founder &CEO, wrote an article for “Economic Classroom” of Nikkei Newspaper on “Responsible Investment and Green Buildings” with Prof. Mizuguchi
    PDF (Japanese only)