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Nov 10, 2022
Summary: In the ninth episode of
Season 10 of the Propcast, host Louisa Dickins is joined by
Eric Duchon, Global Head of ESG for Blackstone Real Estate and
John Fitzpatrick, Chief
Technology Officer of Alternative Asset Management Technology
at Blackstone, the world’s largest alternative asset
manager. John featured previously in
Season 2 of The Propcast.
Eric and John share where
Blackstone is on ESG and why they are seen as one of the leaders in
this space. They talk about what Blackstone is focusing on as a
business when it comes down to strategy, investment and innovation
across their diverse and global portfolio.
In this episode you will hear
how Blackstone ensures attractive returns for their investors
whilst making a positive impact on the communities in which they
invest.
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Key Insights From This Episode:
About Our Guests:
Eric Duchon:
Eric Duchon is Global Head of
ESG for Blackstone Real Estate. As part of the Real Estate Asset
Management team, he partners with the firm’s central ESG team and
Portfolio Operations to initiate, manage, implement and report ESG
initiatives across the global Real Estate portfolio.
Prior to joining Blackstone in
November 2020, Mr. Duchon was at LaSalle Investment Management
where he was a Managing Director and Global Head of Sustainability.
Prior to LaSalle, Mr. Duchon spent over 9 years at Cushman &
Wakefield as the Director of Sustainability Strategies.
Mr. Duchon received a BBA from
Emory University – Goizueta Business School and a Masters in Real
Estate Development Degree from New York University Schack Institute
of Real Estate.
John Fitzpatrick:
John Fitzpatrick is Chief
Technology Officer of Alternative Asset Management Technology at
Blackstone. He handles all aspects of technology across
Blackstone’s Real Estate and Private Equity businesses and assists
our portfolio companies with managing their technology programs and
strategy. He is also involved in the firm’s balance sheet
investments in targeted, early stage, technology-related
opportunities.
Prior to his current role, Mr.
Fitzpatrick oversaw various initiatives across the entire
Technology and Innovations group. Before joining Blackstone in
2011, Mr. Fitzpatrick worked at Capital IQ, a division of Standard
& Poor’s, for seven years where he was most recently the Head of
Product.
He received a BS in Finance from
St. John’s University and currently serves on the Blackstone
Charitable Foundation’s Leadership Council.
About Blackstone:
Blackstone is the world’s
largest alternative asset manager. We seek to create positive
economic impact and long-term value for our investors, the
companies we invest in, and the communities in which we work. We do
this by using extraordinary people and flexible capital to help
companies solve problems. Our $941 billion in assets under
management include investment vehicles focused on private equity,
real estate, public debt and equity, infrastructure, life sciences,
growth equity, opportunistic, non-investment grade credit, real
assets and secondary funds, all on a global basis. Further
information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow @blackstone
on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram.
About Our Host
Louisa Dickins
Louisa is the co-founder of LMRE, which has rapidly
become the market leading global PropTech recruitment platform and
search consultancy with operations across North America, United
Kingdom, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
To promote the industry she is
so passionate about, Louisa set up the Global podcast
‘The Propcast’ where she
hosts and invites guests from the built environment space to join
her in conversation about innovation.
About LMRE
LMRE is globally recognised for leading the way in
Real Estate Tech & Innovation talent management.
From the outset our vision was
to become a global provider of the very best strategic talent to
the most innovative organisations in PropTech, ConTech, Smart
Buildings, ESG, Sustainability and Strategic Consulting.
At LMRE we are fully committed
at all times to exceed the expectations of our candidates and
clients by providing the very best advice and by unlocking
exclusive opportunities across our global network in the UK,
Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific.
Timestamps:
[2:06] Eric: What is your role
at Blackstone?
[4:44] John: What are your
responsibilities in your role at Blackstone and how have they
changed?
[5:35] Eric: What does ESG mean
to Blackstone and how has it changed since you joined in
2020?
[7:40] John: How does your team
assist with the ESG part of Blackstone?
[9:05] John: Are there any more
climate focused ESG investments across your portfolio that you
could share with us?
[9:42] Eric: How do these
investments assist with your portfolios?
[13:31] John: How do you tackle
the technology gaps in businesses across your portfolio?
[17:11] Eric: What are the
main barriers when it comes down to reducing carbon across your
portfolios?
[20:45] John: Is there anything
you would like to mention that you have seen in terms of
barriers?
[23:00] Eric: What is the
balance between automation and optimisation, and reducing carbon
footprint?
L – Touch on
the main lessons you have learnt throughout your career within
this space?
Eric: You need to stay nimble in
everything that you do, different things come at you everyday and
you need to be able to take them in your stride.
M – Please give
a mention to anyone / product / service.
John: Jonathan Gray, President at Blackstone, he is committed to ESG
and doing it the right way.
R – What has
been the most rewarding aspect of working in ESG?
Eric: Whether you’re reducing
carbon emissions, whether you’re ensuring that folks from
under-resourced communities are getting better opportunities
working with our portfolio companies. That to me is what drove me
into the space connecting the passion to drive change.
E – What are
you excited about in the future of the ESG
space?
John: The innovation that is
coming down the pipe, some of the best and brightest minds are in
this space that are really passionate about this topic so the
landscape in a few years time is going to look vastly
different.
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