Eric Jondeau

Eric Jondeau is Professor of Finance at the University of Lausanne, the founding Director of the Center for Risk Management at Lausanne (CRML), and the coordinator of the E4S platform Systemic Risks and Sustainability (SyRiS). Professor Jondeau's papers have been published in leading academic journals in finance and economics.

Expertise

Professor Jondeau is tackling the question of knowing how sustainable Swiss real estate actually is. To do so he evaluates various real estate vehicles—investment companies, funds, and foundations— according to the three ESG criteria. The performance of the surveyed vehicles is good overall with regard to energy, but less so when it comes to other environment related issues. Further measures reveal that social priorities are of less concern. Interestingly, ESG scores do not have any significant impact on the financial performance of portfolios, and foundations tend to have more advanced ESG practices than investment companies and funds.