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ASX50 companies slow to adopt integrated reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... sustainability factors. Within Australia, they look at environmental factors, but most of that is focused on long term property valuation. Those aspects have been taking on board by the financial community, but they need to look broader, particularly ...

Institutional investors put climate change into risk budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... intensity." The fund also analysed the impact of climate change-related policies and environmental impacts for their top 20 property assets. "Our top 20 property assets are all in Australia and are a mix of commercial and retail properties, with a range ...

Superannuation to heed call for greater disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... in high growth or value stocks and within that, 2% are in financial services, 3% in mining, and the rest is in listed property. That is valuable disclosure, and particularly if you're developing your own portfolio, you get an idea of where the assets ...

Westfield GHG emissions decrease, energy efficiency increase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
Westfield Group, the integrated retail property group, has reported lower direct and indirect GHG emissions in 2010, attributed to decreases in waste sent to landfill and to offsets from purchased electricity emissions balancing increases in direct ...

Highlights of a year in The Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... processes, and how ESG analysis can provide meaningful additional factors for risk mitigation and return generation Australian property funds top GRESB list Investor Profile: Colonial First State Global Asset Management Integrating ESG to enhance quantitative-style ...

NAB funds Melbourne building environmental upgrade agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... investors. NAB, Low Carbon Australia and Eureka Funds Management developed the EUA finance product. Andrew Balzan, head of property finance for NAB previously told The Sustainability Report that the bank will be funding individual projects from $250,000 ...

Presima joins Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... private commercial real estate investments. It is used by institutional investors to engage with fund managers and listed property companies and improve the sustainability of the global property sector. Earlier this year, the GRESB Foundation released ...

Environmental Upgrade Agreements vehicle for green investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... the EUA finance product. NAB will be funding individual projects from $250,000 up to $10m, said Andrew Balzan, head of property finance for the bank. NAB has been involved with EUAs in a number of ways," Balzan said. "NAB has worked with local councils ...

Low Carbon Australia partners with Macquarie Equipment Finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... their energy performance and achieve carbon reductions." See Also: Environmental Upgrade Agreement to retrofit Melbourne property

Mirvac identifies 22 material sustainability issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
Mirvac Group, the property development, investment, and management company, has identified 22 sustainability related issues that are material to the group and its stakeholders. The issue, which range from business conduct to supply chain, was the basis ...