Dream Impact Trust targets projects that create positive and lasting impacts on communities and the environment, while achieving market returns. The Trust provides investors with access to an exceptional portfolio of real estate development and income properties that would not be otherwise available in a public and fully transparent vehicle, managed by an experienced team with a successful track record in these areas.
Overview
Impact Investing is one of the fastest growing segments of the $3.2 trillion sustainable investing market.
Impact investing is the intention of creating measurable positive, social and environmental change in our communities and for our stakeholders, while generating attractive market returns. Integrating impact into our projects is financially attractive and actively contributes to our mission of making a meaningful positive and lasting impact within our communities.
Impact Investing Focus
The Trust is well positioned, with its existing assets and robust development pipeline, to deliver strong financial returns to its stakeholders, while having a meaningful, positive impact along three verticals: Environmental Sustainability and Resilience, Attainable and Affordable Housing, and Inclusive Communities. Our three impact verticals align with the universally recognized and accepted UN SDGs.
Environmental Sustainability and Resilience
Develop sustainable real estate that optimizes energy use, limits greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and reduces water and waste usage, while also creating resiliency against natural disasters and major climatic events.
Attainable and Affordable Housing
Invest in and develop mixed-income communities that are transit-oriented, located close to employment opportunities, and support an overall lower relative cost of living with a higher quality of life.
Inclusive
Communities
Intentionally design and build communities that are inclusive for everyone. This includes creating spaces that encourage mental and physical well-being, foster social connections, and support economic growth.
The Trust’s portfolio strategy will be anchored by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (“UN SDGs”) and it will report its impact performance against the leading standards as they evolve. Together, these verticals are aligned with 13 of the 17 UN SDGs, which have the support of 162 countries and territories.
Approach to Impact Management
Dream’s impact effort will be consistent with leading industry frameworks. We are committed to an impact management approach that incorporates guidelines from the world’s leading impact and sustainable accounting bodies. Our approach will be guided by
Intentionality
For every impact investment, Dream creates a business plan that identifies multiple impact pathways aligning with our three Impact Verticals, each of which is mapped to a SDG with a measurable outcome.
Measurement
Each impact pathway is scored in accordance with various impact dimensions in our Impact Scoring System, allowing Dream to measure and substantiate its impact efforts in a repeatable, systematic way, consistent with leading best practices and internationally recognized methodologies.
Verification
The system allows us to benchmark impact investments against each other and evaluate our impacts. The processes and our Impact Management System are verified by a recognized third-party firm at a regular cadence and the results publicly disclosed. Feedback is integrated back into the Impact Management System, where appropriate.