DWS poaches CBRE’s Njagulj to head real estate ESG
DWS has hired CBRE Investors’ ESG chief to pull together ESG for its €67bn (£48bn) real estate platform.
The €859bn asset manager has hired London-based Aleksandra Njagulj as head of ESG for real estate, tasked with enhancing its ESG integration across its global real estate portfolios.
Njagulj has a 20-year background in architectural design, design management and the sustainable built environment. Prior to her role at CBRE Investors, Njagulj was head of the sustainability, R&D and innovation department at Bouygues UK.
DWS has hired CBRE Investors’ ESG chief to pull together ESG for its €67bn (£48bn) real estate platform.
The €859bn asset manager has hired London-based Aleksandra Njagulj as head of ESG for real estate, tasked with enhancing its ESG integration across its global real estate portfolios.
Njagulj has a 20-year background in architectural design, design management and the sustainable built environment. Prior to her role at CBRE Investors, Njagulj was head of the sustainability, R&D and innovation department at Bouygues UK.
In 2021, Njagulj won the global Future Proof Real Estate Woman Award as a leader in applying digitalisation, technology, open innovation and sustainability to create a better built environment.
A qualified architect, Njagulj also holds a master’s degree in sustainability leadership from the University of Cambridge.
Clemens Schaefer, head of real estate for APAC and EMEA, said: “We are very excited to appoint Sasha to lead our ESG efforts, her extensive industry achievements will prove integral in the next stage of our ESG journey. She will assume responsibility for further evolving our ESG real estate strategy as a continuation of our goal to achieve best practice globally across our real estate assets and portfolios.”
Americas real estate head Todd Henderson added: “As a global real estate manager, we believe we have created a solid foundation in factoring ESG principles into our investment process in support of DWS’s firm-wide commitment. With the appointment of Sasha, we hope to further elevate our ESG execution capability.”
Currently, €16.6bn of DWS’s €67bn real estate platform is invested in green-label real estate, bearing certifications such as LEED, BREEAM, Energy Star. In addition, 15 of its real estate funds and €36bn have been badged with Green Stars by GRESB.
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