Social Aspect of ESG Expected to Gain Attention in Response to Coronavirus

Nareit's REIT Report Podcast · Apr 22, 2020 · 3m

On the 50th annual Earth Day celebration, Nareit Senior Vice President for ESG Issues Fulya Kocak said the social aspect of ESG is likely to see greater focus as a result of the coronavirus crisis.

Speaking on the Nareit REIT Report podcast, Kocak said that while attention to social matters was already gaining a lot of interest before the crisis, “after we return to our new normal we are going to see more focus on health and wellness as well as flexibility and adaptation of the workforce to different ways of getting things done.”

Kocak also commented on the upcoming Nareit ESG annual report…