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Presima joins Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
Presima, a global boutique investment manager that invests in listed real estate securities, has joined the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) as a member. Presima is based in Montreal, and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of nabInvest ...

Environmental Upgrade Agreements vehicle for green investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... also offer a new way for institutions to access investment vehicles that promote improved environmental outcomes on real estate in a risk-adjusted, diversified manner. EUAs are agreement between a building owner, local council and financier. Under the ...

Reports critique ASX companies' supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... public disclosures of upstream and downstream supply chains, at 33.5%, with telecommunications and IT at 26.6% and real estate and A-REIT at 17.2%. The healthcare sector scored the worst. The report noted that disclosures of social and environmental ...

Variability in level of ASX100 supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... public disclosures of upstream and downstream supply chains, at 33.5%, with telecommunications and IT at 26.6% and real estate and A-REIT at 17.2%. The healthcare sector scored the worst. Companies influence their supply chain both in terms of purchasing ...

GRI releases guidance for reporting on ecosystem services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... transparency around their relations with ecosystem services." See Also: GRI release reporting standards for construction and real estate

DEXUS profits up, water, energy and GHG intensity down

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... indicators. DEXUS' profit reflects the result of funds from operations (FFO) of AU$358m for the year and the revaluation of real estate, up AU$182m. The FFO of AU$358m is 7.4 cents per security and distributions paid were 5.2 cents per security for the ...

GRI release reporting standards for construction and real estate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has released standards specific to the construction and real estate sectors, demonstrating how companies can report carbon emissions, management and remediation of contaminated land, and sub-contracted labour issues ...

ESG analysis now part of mainstream investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... analysis of ESG factors in various ways and shapes is understood across asset classes such as listed equities and real estate, the push now is to extend that analysis into what Lunt called "the holy grail" - fixed income and cash. "There is a lot of ...

Investor Profile: Local Government Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... / valuers that these things actually have a link to profitability, which is why we've been involved in the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) research because there's no point in us trying to say to people that we do these things because ...

Australian property funds top GRESB list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
A Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) survey of environmental and social performance at 340 of the world's largest property companies has found that the companies on average have reduced their energy consumption in 2010 by almost 3% ...