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Real estate managers carry out decarbonisation strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... heating, air conditioning and ventilation, water heating, cooking, water use and treatment and waste treatment, inclusive of building amenities. Purchased carbon offsets are only used for the residual emissions that can't be avoided. Those emissions ...

Super, fund manager lends muscle to net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... risk, starting with a 2011 study that was updated in 2015 and 2019. However, recognising the risk of climate change and building to the ACT suite of tools took time, Willment noted. "ACT is working how decarbonisation is possible," said ‎Jillian Reid ...

Property developer sets more ambitious timeline to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... net zero and will focus on new innovations in that space as well, Hogan said. "We're looking at technology around building management systems and AI through building operations," she said. "It's a really exciting phase and we will also look to ...

CEFC finances Tesla megapack battery project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... the first project financing of a stand-alone grid connected battery in the Australian market. "We are thrilled to be building our second big battery in Australia," said Xavier Barbaro, Neoen chairman and CEO. "The Victorian Big Battery once again demonstrates ...

Using ESG, ethical screens in multi-asset strategy investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... team manages its portfolio. The multi-asset strategy portfolio currently has $220 million in assets under management. By building up a bottom-up multi-asset strategy based on internal team management, First Sentier says the resulting strategy is both ...

Australian businesses march on with ESG integration: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... and multi-stakeholder approach, 55% said this was being accomplished by tying ESG goals to their purpose, and 40% are building ESG goals into the transformation agenda. The report links a heightened sense of empathy with action, said Ephraim Patrick ...

Green economy a multi-trillion dollar opportunity: FTSE Russell

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... highest energy efficiency standards, if it's a large engineering contractor and they've done contracts, which ones are building water-based projects, etc."

Scentre Group to increase disclosure for cleaning contracts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... a voluntary initiative that was founded by AustralianSuper,the United Workers Union, and the Fair Work Ombudsman that building owners have signed on to allow CAF to develop relationships to conduct worker engagements with the cleaning and property workers ...

Aviva Investors puts companies on notice over climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... understanding of what best practice looks like, and that revolves around better diversity on boards, senior management, building the pipeline, looking at promotions, recruitment, basically taking all the lessons from what works with gender diversity ...

Sustainability important to future of SME sector: Australia Post

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... line of economic, social and environmental outcomes." The report focuses on three key themes: operating responsibly, building resilience and regeneration in a world impacted by COVID-19. "Firstly, all our customers large and small are facing declining ...