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CEFC to provide finance for Bank Australia green home loan program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... identified potential energy savings as high as 25%, according to report, Built to Perform: An Industry Led Pathway to a Zero Carbon Ready Building Code. "Cutting energy demand is a low-cost way to decarbonise the property sector and reduce stress on ...

IFC expands EDGE program to include BNP Paribas ClimateSeed program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... BNP Paribas' ClimateSeed carbon offset program. ClimateSeed is one of six accepted carbon offset programs in IFC's Zero Carbon Green Bujildings certificate under the IFC Edge program. To certify their buildings Zero Carbon, real estate developers first ...

Australian Ethical questions calls for limits on environmental activism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... companies - that are talking about expanding their fossil fuel activity, rather than talking about how to transition to a zero carbon emissions future," Palmer said. "Then you have people and organisations who are challenging companies on that. They're ...

Climate change impacts "top of mind" for investors: Nuveen Real Estate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... over the next 30 or so years, and how we're working that into the investment strategy, and what the impacts of a net zero carbon transition is likely to be, and how we're assuring how buildings are future-proof." Nuveen notes that the physical impacts ...

Global issuance of green bonds tops $100 billion to date in 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... the increasing confidence of their role as long term supporters of the leaders in this economy wide shift towards zero carbon." "With the EU Taxonomy's reach initially encompassing Manufacturing, Agriculture, Transport, Buildings, Electricity generation ...

Australia, EU Free Trade Agreement includes SDGs, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... with EU circular economy program, EU sustainable finance plan, and the various other momentum we're seeing around net zero carbon by 2050 or earlier. You're also starting to see some of that mirror in Australia as well. But it's business or finance led ...

Australia, New Zealand real estate tops GRESB benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... GRESB also found that more real estate companies and funds in Australia and NZ are setting internal targets for net zero carbon emissions. According to the 2018 results for the region, average like-for-like greenhouse gas emissions for the sector have ...

WorldGBC launches Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... property developers and the City of Sydney have joined the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) to launch the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment. The 38 signatories - 12 businesses, 22 cities and four states and regions 0 have agreed to targets ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... 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 noted. "Buildings account for nearly a quarter of Australia's ...

CEFC provides $90m in financing to Mirvac for residential clean energy initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... sustainability measures become the 'new normal' for Australian homes as part of our broader efforts to encourage net zero carbon buildings," said Chris Wade, CEFC property sector lead. "Smart building design, combined with solar and battery storage packages ...