GTIS Brazil Funds Once Again Rank as Most Sustainable Private Equity Real Estate Funds in South America

NEW YORK, 9 Dec 2021 / PRNewswire / – GTIS Partners (“GTIS”), a real estate investment firm that operates more than $ 4 billion of Gross Assets, announced today that GTIS Brazil Real Estate Fund I has been named the Most Sustainable Private Equity Real Estate Investment Fund 2021 South America through the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (“GRESB”). This is the seventh year in a row that the fund has taken the top spot. GTIS Brazil Real Estate Funds III and II took second and third place, respectively, and rounded off the top three.

The 2021 GRESB survey had the largest total turnout ever, with 1,520 real estate companies filing worldwide, up 24% from 2020. This is the highest percentage increase GRESB has seen since 2012 and the highest increase in the total number of submissions ever achieved. From 2021, GRESB will now cover $ 5.7 trillion from AUM (from $ 4.8 trillion in 2020) and almost 117,000 individual assets.

As one of the largest foreign real estate investors in Brazil, GTIS has more than $ 2.4 billion from equity to his Brazil Platform. The company has actively invested in Brazil Real estate since 2005 and participates in the GRESB survey for its Brazil Fund since 2012, making it one of the first institutional investors in Brazil recognize the importance of sustainability and governance.

“We are very proud to have once again been recognized as a leader in ESG by GRESB. GTIS has made great strides in expanding our existing ESG platform, which in our opinion translates into our top rankings and the constant improvement of our Scores reflects. “Called Josh Pristaw, Partner, Head of Capital Markets and Co-Head of Brazil at GTIS.

“While reporting and transparency are important parts of the ESG process, implementation is necessary to drive change. 2021 was a busy year at the forefront of ESG implementation at GTIS, with several important initiatives launched and implemented. We look forward to building on our already existing strong results for the future, “added Robert Sun, Vice President, Corporate Strategy at GTIS.

In 2021, GTIS migrated several of its office and hotel facilities to Brazil from regulated energy to cheaper renewable energies on the open market. In this way, GTIS not only achieved cost savings, but also reduced the overall environmental impact of its funds by securing clean energy. By October 2021, the transition to renewable energies has already passed R $ 4.6 million when saving.

GTIS continues to explore options for installing solar panels at its US and US locations Brazil. away December 2021, Solar roof on the roof was installed at DCC, one of the industrial sites of GTIS in Brazil Cajamar market and is being explored across several of its US properties. Additionally, the GTIS pipeline of utility renewable energy businesses is in Brazil grew significantly in 2021 and reached 8.1 gigawatts.

Via GTIS partners
GTIS Partners is a leading real estate investment and development company based in new York with offices in São Paulo, San Francisco, The angel, Atlanta, Paris and Munich. The company was founded in 2005 by Tom Shapiro and is administered by the President Tom Shapiro and partner Amy Boyle, Thomas Feldstein, Josh Pristaw, João Teixeira and Rob Vahradian. The company manages over $ 4 billion in gross wealth and operates in a variety of real estate sectors including single and multi-family homes, office, industrial / logistics and hospitality, as well as renewable energy infrastructure and investment in opportunity zones. The company invests in various points of the capital structure, including loans, share capital and structured equity. In the US, GTIS has invested in over 130 assets in 40 unique markets, including growth areas such as Phoenix, Dallas, Houston, Denver, Atlanta, Tampa and Charlotte. In Brazil, GTIS is one of the largest private equity firms in real assets and has interests in office, residential, logistics, hospitality and renewable energy investments. The marquee facilities in São Paulo include the Infinity office building and the Palácio Tangará, a five-star resort-style hotel. More information is available at www.gtispartners.com.

More information is available at www.gtispartners.com.

About GRESB
GRESB is a task-oriented and investor-led organization that provides the capital markets with standardized and validated environmental, social and governance data (ESG). Founded in 2009, GRESB has grown to become the leading ESG benchmark for real estate and infrastructure investments around the world. The real estate benchmark 2020 includes more than 1,200 real estate companies, real estate investment trusts (REITs), funds and developers. Our infrastructure coverage includes over 540 infrastructure funds and assets. Taken together, GRESB represents the United States $ 5.3 trillion in real value. Reported ESG data is used by more than 100 institutional and financial investors to monitor investments across all portfolios and understand the opportunities, risks and decisions that need to be made as the industry moves towards a more sustainable future.

More information is available at www.GRESB.com.

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