NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- From installing beehives on rooftops to assessing projected sea level rises as part of its climate and resilience programs, Clarion Partners’ newly released annual report on its environmental, social and governance (ESG) platform details efforts to increase the focus on responsible investing while providing healthy, resilient, equitable and sustainable spaces for its tenants.
Clarion is a leading U.S. real estate investment manager as well as a specialist investment manager and subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN).
Over the past year, Clarion has implemented a multitude of new initiatives related to ESG investing and management of its 1,313 commercial properties – which cover 281 million leasable square feet – as well as efforts to increase diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) among its employees.
“Transparency and reporting are very important to us,” said David Gilbert, CEO of Clarion Partners. “As long-term real estate investors, we’re mindful of our commitment to accountability, transparency and integrity. We also aim to provide healthy and productive spaces, develop and operate assets in a manner consistent with our tradition of responsible corporate citizenship and manage buildings to maximize resource efficiency and environmental sustainability.”
Below are highlights from Clarion’s newly published ESG report, its sixth stand-alone annual version since 2015. To read the full report, click here.
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About Clarion Partners
For nearly four decades, Clarion Partners has managed real estate on behalf of many of the world’s largest and most well-known institutional investors. Headquartered in New York, Clarion Partners maintains strategically located offices across the United States and Europe. With over $59 billion in total real estate and debt assets under management, Clarion Partners offers a broad range of real estate strategies across the risk/return spectrum to its more than 500 institutional investors across the globe. More information about the firm is available at www.clarionpartners.com.
About Franklin Templeton
Franklin Resources, Inc. is a global investment management organization with subsidiaries operating as Franklin Templeton and serving clients in over 165 countries. Franklin Templeton’s mission is to help clients achieve better outcomes through investment management expertise, wealth management and technology solutions. Through its specialist investment managers, the company brings extensive capabilities in equity, fixed income, multi-asset solutions and alternatives. With offices in more than 30 countries and approximately 1,300 investment professionals, the California-based company has over 70 years of investment experience and more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management as of June 30, 2021. For more information, please visit franklintempleton.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
Forward-Looking Statements
Forward-looking statements involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors, that could cause actual results and outcomes to differ materially from any future results or outcomes expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
Franklin Distributors, LLC (“FD, LLC”), Member FINRA, SIPC. FD, LLC and Clarion Partners are Franklin Templeton affiliated companies.
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Source: Clarion Partners