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MSCI: Asia Pacific, EU green building market show potential

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... area could be missing potential business opportunities and may be giving up ground to competitors. For the US market, sustainable features in properties offer significant pricing differentiation over conventional property." The report cites diversified ...

Minerals Council of Australia implementing water accounting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... their water use and management in a way that is tailored to the minerals industry. Developed in conjunction with the Sustainable Minerals Institute of the University of Queensland, the MCA Water Accounting Framework is intended to aid the industry in ...

DEXUS building awarded international prize for innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... donating the â,¬50,000 prize money towards the formation of the '1 Bligh Master of Architecture Final Year Prize for Sustainable Commercial Architecture', a student scholarship program that promotes sustainable commercial high-rise design at the University ...

LGS generating energy savings certificates from retrofits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... expected to run until the 2020 close of the ESS scheme. Meliezer said that LGS has a long-term view of how to achieve sustainable ends for its properties. "Companies like LGS are doing these projects and see the certificates as the cream on top," he ...

Sustainable development and Australia in the Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... Australia should navigate the opportunities and challenges of the rising wealth and development of the Asian region. Sustainable development is an implicit and explicit theme throughout the paper, which analyses how Australia should respond to economic ...

Responsible investment in The Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... industries, said Hugh Dougherty, head of manager research for Towers Watson in Australia and a member of the Global Sustainable Investments team. "The difficulty institutions have in Australia is where we're all exposed to rising carbon prices in the ...

CDP: increased water risk awareness, lagging board response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... framework for water reporting and accounting, which is being developed by the Minerals Council for Australia and the Sustainable Minerals Institute. "They are considering the framework's international applicability and alignment as well as developing ...

Local Government Super wins property sustainability award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... other accolades for Carnegie Morgan Hill House - the Property Council of Australia national gave it an award for Best Sustainable Development - Existing Buildings in May. LGS also received two 2012 NSW Government Green Globes. See Also: Local Government ...

Melbourne's Vega Press declared carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... the National Carbon Offset Standard. Vega Press won the Victorian Premier's Sustainability Award in 2010, won the Sustainable Business Award as part of the City of Monash's World Environment Day celebrations and received the Monash Business Award in ...

SEFA: developing sustainable loan portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
Social Enterprise Finance Australia (SEFA), an AU$20m fund lending to social enterprises, is working to build a sustainable loan portfolio while also working to contribute to the development of the social financing sector in Australia, fund officials ...