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Low Carbon Readiness Index measures motivation to reduce carbon

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... Living (CRCLCL), a national research and innovation hub that "seeks to enable a globally competitive low carbon built environment sector and is supported by the Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) programme" has published the LCRI, which is a "litmus ...

Constructing an impact portfolio as stand-alone strategy: Nuveen

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... billion, sustaining life as we know it on earth will require disruption to value chains in agriculture, the built environment and manufacturing processes. A third is that technology - particularly mobile technology - will disrupt in areas including the ...

Digitalization a megatrend with risks as well as opportunities: Morphosis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... recent share price performance off the back of revelations regarding users' data privacy as a risk that the built environment should consider. He noted that financial markets are uncertain when it comes to pricing the externality of privacy, which has ...

CEFC provides finance to boost energy rating for Melbourne hotel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... providing finance to drive Pro-invest group to achieve a 5-star energy rating under the National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS). As part of the CEFC finance, Pro-invest Group will "lift the design standard for the project, ensuring ...

Rising importance of sustainability in the commercial real estate industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... performance. The drivers The rise in importance of ESG disclosures is due to a number of reasons. First, the world's built environment, of which real estate is a notable component, is the largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, consuming a third ...

Cement companies need to "more than double" emissions reductions: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... industrial sector and is used in concrete, which after water is the most consumed product in the world," while the built environment "which includes offices and residential buildings, uses concrete extensively and accounts for over a third of global ...

Cbus Super makes first direct infrastructure investment into renewable energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... difference as an investor - investment back into the real economy, which has the double dividend, particularly in the built environment of where it stacks up on a risk adjusted basis, creates employment, and that's something that's particularly attractive ...

CEFC investing up to $100m in Lendlease-managed property fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... lifetime of the assets in the portfolio. The target of net zero is "well ahead" of the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council recommendation that buildings achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 to meet international obligations, the CEFC ...

NAB issues Australian residential mortgage-backed bond with green tranche

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... residential property sector accounts for nearly 12% of Australia's emissions, according to the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council. "We expect the success of this NAB transaction to spark further development in green residential home loan ...

CEFC invests $200m into QIC Shopping Centre Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... more than 1,750 shopping centres in Australia, and yet less than 10% of them have attained National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) ratings that measure how well they perform in terms of energy use," Learmonth said. "That represents ...