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AXA Investment Managers is the largest real estate investor in Europe and one of the ten largest worldwide. AXA Switzerland invests about 15 percent of its customers’ premiums in Swiss real estate. This generates sustainable returns for us over the long term and provides security for the funds our customers invest with us.
AXA Switzerland’s real estate portfolio is managed by AXA Investment Managers Real Assets Switzerland (AXA IM). For years, AXA IM real estate experts have been analyzing its portfolio based on ESG criteria in order to continually improve the sustainability of its real estate holdings. Constructing sustainable buildings that work well both for their occupants and for the environment is very important to AXA Switzerland.
As with sustainable investments, AXA IM also pursues a uniform approach in constructing and managing sustainable real estate properties. This is why ESG criteria (environmental, social, governance) are systematically incorporated into decisions along the entire lifecycle of its properties. In all three ESG segments, AXA IM makes sure to regularly adapt the current conditions to these criteria.
The sustainability strategy for real estate is based on the AXA Group’s overarching global sustainability strategy and the three-pillar principle:
The first two pillars prioritize increasing energy efficiency and reducing the environmental footprint of the real estate portfolio as a whole. Our energy consumption and emissions targets are aligned with the 1.5 degree goal of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). So AXA IM is striving to achieve net zero carbon emissions in all the real estate portfolios it manages by 2050.
Every year, AXA IM renovates a number of its buildings. The focus is on increasing the energy efficiency of properties and cutting their carbon emissions. In new-build and renovation projects, preference is given to natural and low-energy materials. By promoting renewable energies and abandoning fossil-fuel heating, we are significantly reducing the carbon emissions of our real estate.
In addition to energy aspects, AXA IM also incorporates biodiversity criteria and social factors into its real estate development and management. Trends and developments in society are also taken into account. As an example, AXA IM greens flat roofs in order to create a corridor of habitats for wild animals and insects. Another of AXA IM’s goals is to enable its tenants to enjoy elderly friendly and barrier-free living. And it is equipping some of the parking lots at its properties with electric charging stations.
AXA IM constructs environmentally friendly low-energy buildings to promote this type of architecture and also takes care to create both living and working spaces for the various segments of the population. It is constantly developing new projects and renovating buildings in its portfolio.
Two apartment complexes in Telli Aarau owned by the AXA Investment Foundation underwent an energy renovation without the residents having to move out. Both housing blocks, which comprise 581 apartments, were given new elevators and stairwells as well as a completely new facade and larger balconies. The spacious outdoor area in Telli was also renovated based on numerous inputs from the residents.
The world-famous architect Santiago Calatrava is creating a masterpiece of modern architecture for the AXA Investment Foundation at Stadelhofen railway station. The building, which adjoins the station that he designed, has an ornate facade and is proportioned to blend into the neighborhood. Under the building, a three-story bike station is being built on behalf of the City of Zurich.
The AXA Switzerland's real estate fund AXA Real Estate Fund Switzerland features a large percentage of attractive Swiss residential properties. The portfolio is actively managed and broadly diversified in terms of location, use and tenant structure. The fund aims to deliver performance that is both stable and continuous and is open exclusively to certain qualified, tax-exempt investors in Switzerland.
AXA Investment Managers Switzerland Ltd leases apartments as well as office and retail space.
AXA Investment Managers is interested in properties and projects throughout Switzerland. We focus on the following investments:
Residential property (multi-family homes starting at approx. CHF 10 million)
Office and commercial buildings (starting at approx. CHF 10 million)
Hotels (starting at approx. CHF 20 million)
Project developments and building land (starting at approx. CHF 10 million)
If you are interested in selling your property to AXA, then please contact our real estate experts at AXA Investment Managers.
AXA Investment Managers
Swiss real estate
Phone: +41 58 360 79 32
Email: Immobilien@axa-im.com
