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Norton Rose Fulbright partners to form new energy sector advisory business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... changing their focus," said Simon Currie. "New players are entering the sector as it converges with other sectors such as real estate, transport, infrastructure and agriculture. With the help of Norton Rose Fulbright's high quality global and Australian ...

Sustainalytics outlines ten key global ESG risks for 2018

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... Sustainaltyics analysed the "intensifying physical impacts of climate change pose major questions for the world's $217 trillion real estate industry," and found that most firms are poorly prepared. "We highlight in the repot that compared to others ...

High to severe ESG incidents affect market capitalisation: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... amount of the next most exposed industry (food products). The riskiest industry is automobiles and the least risky is real estate, the report found. The U.S. has the highest country incident risk, accounting for 40 percent of all incidents. The relative ...

CEFC invests $200m into QIC Shopping Centre Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will invest $200 million into QIC's Global Real Estate flagship Shopping Centre Fund (QSCF) with the goal of improving energy performance across the QSCF shopping centre portfolio. Ian Learmonth, CEO, Clean ...

IGCC annual conference discusses managing climate change risk, solutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... to "more homogenous and systematic disclosures." Cheang also highlighted the GRESB ratings for infrastructure and real estate as an important benchmark. UniSuper supports GRESB, and said that UniSuper has been "pleasantly surprised" by the progress made ...

Considering the first 20 years of the Global Reporting Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... an upswing in demand for GRI-based reporting of sustainability metrics from new sectors, such as construction and real estate. In 2015, the GRI's Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) announced that the voluntary G4 guidelines would transition ...

Strong uptick in participation in second GRESB Infrastructure Assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... there is still room for improvement, especially when compared with the higher levels of public disclosures made by the real estate sector." GRESB noted that only 58% of participants undertake any form of impact assessment, which they said is "low considering ...

IGCC survey finds institutional investors seeking to increase low-carbon investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... Road to Return analysed where investors are currently active across major markets and asset classes and found that real estate and fixed income predominated. Real estate - and particularly commercial building space - was popular. There is more than 21 ...

Australia/NZ continue to top the ranks in GRESB 2017 real estate review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... a row, Australia/New Zealand property companies and real state funds outperformed other regions in the 2017 GRESB Real Estate Assessment. (graphic courtesy of GRESB) This year, a new record of 850 property companies and real estate funds completed the ...

CEFC lends $32m for construction of green student accommodation project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... student accommodation provider Atira Student Living, and it is a joint venture investment between Blue Sky Private Real Estate (BSPRE) and Goldman Sachs. BSPRE is developing the project, which is expected to open in February 2018, the CEFC said. "We ...