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Sustainable Development Goals present "enormous opportunity" for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... their revenue from activities related to the SDGs, compared to the MSCI World Index's 6.2% as of October 2016. Green building, major disease treatments and nutrition are the main areas of involvement for Australian companies, MSCI said. CSL and Mirvac ...

CEFC makes two investments totalling $230 million

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... Bourke Street property is only the fourth in Australia to achieve the 6 Green Star performance rating from the Green Building Council of Australia, CEFC noted. Carbon emissions from buildings account for 23% of total carbon emissions, noted Rory Lonergan ...

MSCI benchmarks Australian companies against SDG revenue generation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... as the guideline to somehow quantity these services," said Morgan Ellis, senior associate, ESG Research, MSCI. Green building, major disease treatments and nutrition are the main areas of involvement for Australian companies, MSCI said. CSL and Mirvac ...

GRESB appoints Sander Paul van Tongeren as managing director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... to position GRESB as a unique global information platform for real assets and define the financial value of the green building movement and industry." Prior to joining GRESB, van Tongeren worked at APG Asset Management as head of sustainability real ...

Stockland reports on integrated sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... electricity usage by 30% per square metre in retail centres since FY06, saving $30 million. Green Star is verified by the Green Building Council of Australia. Aligning the company's business strategy to long-term sustainability objectives is consistent ...

Artesian Venture Partners launches $20m Clean Energy Seed Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... energy storage, biofuels, alternative energy generation (solar, wave, geothermal, wind), metering and control, green building and biomaterials, transport technologies, water and waste." The Clean Energy Seed Fund will invest in clean energy startups ...

Climate Bond Initiative releases climate performance data for buildings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... investment decisions." The process will provide sufficient information for investors to know that they will finance green building projects that will meet global climate change targets, said Jorge Chapa, the Green Building Council of Australia's executive ...

TH Real Estate hires Abigail Dean as head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... the Better Buildings Partnership and sits on a number of their work groups. She has also taken part in the World Green Building Council's Better Place for People campaign by taking part in the Health, Wellbeing and Productivity in Retail working group. ...

CEFC reports $837m in commitments for 2015-2016

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... million to Australia's third largest wind farm at Ararat in Victoria, AU$68 million towards the construction of a green building in Geelong, to stretch the design of the $120m 14-level commercial office tower to a market leading 5.5 star standard under ...

Australia/NZ property companies, funds outperform: GRESB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... energy-efficient and/or environmentally responsible specifications for tenant works, and information sharing relevant to green building certificates. Overall trends in the global data show that sustainability goals and ESG disclosure are mainstream to ...