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Expo Real: Hotel finance under ESG - Not yet perfect, but the right way

Expo Real 2023 Muenchen, Finance Panel, Group on Stage
New contacts, new collaborations after the discussion on ESG financing: (from left) moderator Andreas Ewald from Engel & Völkers, Jean-Jacques Morin from Accor, Ufi Ibrahim from EEA, Roland Paar from Soravia and Manuel Ehlers from Triodos. / © William Veder HI

Mandatory ESG criteria are set to shape hotel finance in the future. However: No one knows exactly which sustainability standards have to be met, nor which certificates make sense. Calls for clarification from the EU are increasing. An Expo Real discussion at the hotel conference hit the nail on the head. 

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Beatrix Boutonnet

Beatrix Boutonnet

is a Hotel manager, graduate in business administration (FH) and as a business journalist our real estate and fund specialist. Apart from that, she loves cooking and everything French and Japanese.

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