What measures has your company taken to embed sustainability practices into its core business operations, and how does the role of the general counsel contribute to driving and ensuring sustainable practices within the company?  

Peninsula has created an impact programme, with team members and external consultants specially assigned to this task. In addition to closely monitoring financial KPIs, we are in the process of implementing a Social Return on Investment (SROI) measurement on our projects. Our impact programme enables us to effectively measure and manage ESG standards in all our projects. By implementing robust monitoring and management systems, we ensure that our investments are in line with sustainable and responsible practices.  

For new real estate investments, our due diligence process includes an ESG checklist; we conduct environmental and social impact assessments; and self-environmental assessments to verify the impact of our carbon footprint to enable us to define a containment reduction strategy. As part of the above process, the legal team must review, advise, and balance the financial commitments made to investors with their ESG principles, the monitoring statements and assurances provided, the SROI report, among other things.  

Do you use any ‘legal tech’ products, and if so, for which areas of your work do you find them most useful?  

We use Lemontech for invoicing; Global Relay for compliance and discovery; Brevity for organising and sharing corporate and fund documents.