Key Takeaways from the 2022 NY State Association for Affordable Housing (NYSAFAH) Conference The New York State Association for Affordable Housing (NYSAFAH) Conference was held on May 18 and 19 in New York City, and was attended by LIHTC developers, lenders, government agencies, non-profit housing organizations, and vendors and professionals who provide services to those […]
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Published April 18, 2022 Partner Energy President, Tony Liou, was recently interviewed by WealthManagement.com to provide his insights on how the new SEC proposed rules for climate-related risks disclosures would impact the commercial real estate industry. “That demand for data from an investor’s standpoint has been there for years now, and it has really hit […]
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Published April 6, 2022 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently proposed new rules that would require public companies to disclose certain climate-related risks. Partner Energy President, Tony Liou, was interviewed by The Registry on how these rules would impact the commercial real estate industry. Click here to read the article.
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by Tony Liou, Partner Energy President With the new SEC rules, climate-risk assessments and property resilience would become standard practice in CRE. On March 21, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finally released its proposed rules to require publicly traded companies to disclose their climate-related risks to investors. The rules include not only reporting of material […]
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by Tony Liou, Partner Energy President The numerous ESG reporting frameworks can be cause for confusion, but they all start with data collection. With the rise of investor interest in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), companies are beginning to focus more attention on their ESG performance and reporting. But with all the various frameworks and […]
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Strategies & Tools for Achieving Decarbonization Goals Watch the live webinar recording here. There has been increasing pressure from investors, state and local regulations, and SEC’s climate change disclosure rules for companies to disclose and reduce GHG emissions and achieve decarbonization targets within the next few years. But what are realistic goals, and how do […]
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Published November 30, 2021 Despite potential challenges for the affordable housing market, momentum is gaining for more opportunities in this space in 2022. The recent Affordable Housing Finance (AHF) LIVE Conference offered a glimpse into what we can expect in 2022 for the affordable housing sector. Taking place in-person this year in Chicago, the conference […]
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Published November 16, 2021 In the latest GlobeSt feature article by Paul Bergeron, Partner Energy President, Tony Liou, gives his insight into how the commercial real estate industry is at the beginning stage of incorporating ESG data into underwriting. “The major push currently is trying to understand how to collect relevant data; we are beginning […]
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By Dorit Ziv, Partner Energy, and Justin Lia and Gary Cohn, Partner Engineering and Science Hurricanes on the East Coast. Wildfires in the West. Record temperatures and consecutive storm events throughout the country. Extreme weather events each year result in billions of dollars of damage and even deaths. The Federal Reserve Board of Governors noted […]
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By Tony Liou, Partner Energy President Steps to reaching your net zero goals and avoiding “stranded assets” With the increased focus on ESG+R and climate change, more corporations and investors are making public commitments to carbon neutrality. The Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative that launched in December 2020 now has 128 signatories–overseeing $43 trillion in assets–committed to […]