The Charities Property Fund (CPF) has been awarded the Outstanding Fund Achievement Award at the 2025 Association of Real Estate Funds (AREF) Annual Awards Dinner.
The award recognises CPF’s exceptional leadership in sustainable investment, social impact, investor relations, transparency and industry collaboration. It celebrates CPF’s outstanding achievement in aligning financial performance with environmental and social responsibility, setting a benchmark for the future of ethical property investment.
In the Fund’s submission for the award, numerous ground up examples of the Fund’s ESG actions were capably demonstrated including, but not limited to:
- tenant collaboration in Basingstoke resulting in the installation of 765 solar panels and a 6,000 litre hydrotreated vegetable oil
tank - enabling the tenant to reduce fleet emissions by 90%;
- net zero enabled refurbishments of Maidenhead (office) and Milton Keynes (industrial);
- the acquisition of the SSH portfolio - providing adapted homes for individuals with learning disabilities, physical impairments, and mental health needs.
CPF took the win from a competitive shortlist including:
- Knight Frank Investment Management – KFIM Long Income PUT
- Columbia Threadneedle Investments – Threadneedle Property Unit Trust
- UBS – Triton Fund
- Aberdeen Investments – Standard Life Pooled Property Pension Fund
This will be the very last time this award is presented following the amalgamation of AREF, BPF (British Property Federation) and IPF (Investment Property Forum) to form RE:UK (Real Estate: UK).
