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Local property companies continue GRESB outperformance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Nils Kok, GRESB's executive director. Institutional investors use GRESB's data to assess investments in commercial real estate. "We believe that there is sufficient data available to show that sustainability, and especially environmental matters are ...

Call for EUA inclusion in Emissions Reduction Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... Under the terms of the green paper, ERF contracts are to last no longer than five years. However, most commercial real estate energy efficiency projects can have a 15-20 year project life, meaning that there could be significant duration mismatch. "The ...

J.P. Morgan rates Australian REITs reporting, management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... GRESB provides the most practical approach to environmental and certain social factors specific to the commercial real estate sector. Social factors appear to be the most difficult to measure, and are relatively narrowly defined within the REIT sector ...

GRESB signs up new partner, members

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... London and Hong Kong. "The Townsend Group recognizes that environmental, social and governance issues in commercial real estate are gaining traction with institutional investors and property owners worldwide," said Jennifer Young, a principal at The ...

GHG efficiency projects increase cities' finances and health

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... cite a number of studies in the report that talk about how public transit is basically helping to raise commercial real estate prices in places that it touches. Similar studies that show the same thing on increasing walking and cycling and initiatives ...

EUAs finance $4.9m in Melbourne environmental retrofits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... assessment from their point of view and that's been a big challenge, given current conservatism in capital and commercial real estate markets." Bocskay said that given a background of tighter lending conditions, EUAs can be effective as a way of increasing ...

Presima joins Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... innovation." GRESB conducts a survey assessing the environmental and social performance of public and private commercial real estate investments. It is used by institutional investors to engage with fund managers and listed property companies and improve ...

Australian property funds top GRESB list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... Foundation's report, its second, analysed and confirmed responses by the 340 companies that collectively represent commercial real estate assets worth nearly AUS$900bn. GRESB will be used by institutional investors to engage with fund managers and listed ...

CBRE certified carbon neutral in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... neutral by Low Carbon Australia. CBRE joined the voluntary National Carbon Offset Standard and is the first commercial real estate services firm in Australia to be certified carbon neutral. "The reduction strategies we have put in place give us a great ...
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