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City of Sydney signs first environmental upgrade agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... other EUA deals in several ways - previous EUAs have been used to finance retrofits and upgrades of existing commercial properties, while this is a new development, and a development that is building residential units as well as commercial and retail ...

GRESB hires head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... estate sector." In the 2012 survey, 450 property companies and funds submitted information to GRESB with data on 36,000 properties representing US$1.32tr in global assets under management. Australia represented 9% of the total database, but generated ...

Future Fund excludes tobacco producers from portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Future Fund. "The board noted tobacco's very particular characteristics including its damaging health effects, addictive properties and that there is no safe level of consumption," said David Gonski, board chairman, in a statement. "In doing so the board ...

Local Government Super sells upgraded property

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has sold one of the properties in its portfolio for AU$42m. LGS sold SKM House in St Leonards to Altis Property Partners Group. The property had been retrofitted to 6-star NABERS rating and received a $439,000 grant from ...

Charter Hall publishes first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... social and governance issues in their businesses objectives in its first sustainability report. Charter Hall manages 184 properties for wholesale, institutional and retail clients, with an AU$9.6bn predominately Australian property portfolio across the ...

MSCI: Asia Pacific, EU green building market show potential

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... the research, by Mario Lopezâ€Alcala, senior analyst, MSCI ESG Research. "Companies with higher proportions of properties with green building characteristics may experience an increase in their market share or in their returns, as government and ...

LGS generating energy savings certificates from retrofits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... Government Super (LGS) is generating revenue through the creation of energy savings certificates based on retrofits of properties in its direct real estate portfolio. Local Government Super property, 76 Berry Street, North Sydney LGS is generating energy ...

RepuTex-ESG offering free ESG data on Asian companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... ESG performance of Hong Kong and mainland China stocks. "Local corporate controversies, such as Foxconn, Sun Hung Kai Properties, HSBC and Boshiwa have led to increased interest in the impact of environment, social and governance factors on financial ...

Local Government Super wins property sustainability award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... been given an award by the Australian Property Institute (API) for the sustainability features of one of its Sydney properties. LGS office property, 120 Sussex St Sydney API gave LGS the Environmental Award for the Carnegie Morgan Hill House at 120 Sussex ...

Stockland publishes integrated 2012 annual review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... Diversified property group Stockland reported continued reductions in greenhouse gas intensity in its office and retail properties, an 84% employee engagement score and a figure of AU$2.9m social return on investment for a typical Stockland retirement ...