Nils Kok, the executive director of the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark in the Netherlands, discusses how to find the value in green buildings – both from an economic and social perspective.
More about Nils:
Dr. Nils Kok currently holds a position as an associate professor in Finance and Real Estate at Maastricht University, the Netherlands, and a visiting scholar at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. Nils is the recipient of a prestigious three-year grant from the Dutch National Science Foundation for his work on the intersection of sustainability and finance in the real estate sector. He also received awards from the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment, Investment & Pensions Europe, the European Social Investment Forum, and the Aareal Bank/European Business School for his research.
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