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Bowen announces sectoral net zero strategy approaches

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... ambitions. Bowen announced that federal cabinet will develop plans specific to electricity and energy, industry, the built environment, agriculture and land, transport and resources. The plans will be a joint effort between Bowen's department and ...

ISPT names first chief sustainability officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... has over 20 years' experience delivering green building performance and sustainability solutions within the built environment and has previously worked at Cushman and Wakefield and Places Victoria among other roles. He is a non-executive director on ...

Government advisors call for investment in circular economy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... strengths what are those resources," such as water, Mclean said. Morris pointed to the "huge" progression in the built environment as a leader. Sydney's Quay Quarter Tower, developed by global investment manager AMP Capital, has won several awards for ...

New nature-based team for AECOM ANZ

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... and infrastructure to our changing climate," he said. "We acknowledge the intrinsic relationship between the built environment and natural systems and look forward to bringing our specialists together with First Nations expertise to help safeguard our ...

CEFC invests $75m in Queensland recycling facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... demonstrates how to unlock the untapped value of what is considered 'waste' to deliver a more sustainable low-emissions built environment."

Cbus adopts EU climate reporting standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... part of the third iteration of their Climate Change Roadmap, Cbus will launch a push on embodied carbon in the built environment sector. Embodied carbon means CO2 emissions created during the manufacture of building materials such as cement and steel ...

COP27 preview: loss and damage, action on commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... degradation and equity, bringing in that interconnected agenda, and bringing in companies in areas including the built environment, food and beverage and agriculture, and mobility, as well as other sectors that WBCSD works on. "The third part is about ...

Biodiversity loss a material financial risk: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... larger piece. "There might be other pollutants, there might be pesticides/herbicides, and the growth of the built environment, which are not necessarily climate related, but have the ability to impact severely on biodiversity." "The first step from an ...

CEFC invests in specialist disability accommodation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... professionals, so residents are appropriately matched with accommodation that suits their needs and preferences. The built environment accounts for about a quarter of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions. With more than half the buildings built today ...

Real estate managers carry out decarbonisation strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... City and Los Angeles to follow as construction begins. "Lendlease and Aware Super share a philosophy that the built environment has immense capacity, and an obligation, for doing good," said Denis Hickey, Lendlease Americas CEO. "When we formed our partnership ...