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CDP: increased water risk awareness, lagging board response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... invest in supply chain resilience. "The initiative is a $3.25 million commitment to sustainable farming projects and building leadership capacity in agriculture, improving water use and supporting the development of a water footprint tool for the horticulture ...

Local Government Super wins property sustainability award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... owners and managers retrofit their buildings in the future," said LGS CEO Peter Lambert in a media statement. "These building upgrades significantly reduce energy consumption across our property portfolio, lowering running costs and improving the investment ...

SEFA: developing sustainable loan portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... that the work they are doing to build the pipeline of potential future projects is part of the capacity- and network-building process, Rickards noted. SEFA is targeting market-like returns, Rickards said. "What we're about here is about releasing additional ...

Low Carbon Australia finances second Wagga Wagga project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
Low Carbon Australia will finance a second energy upgrade project with the city of Wagga Wagga in New South Wales- the installation of a cogeneration unit at the city's aquatic centre. The AU$780,000 upgrade project at the Wagga Wagga Oasis Aquatic ...

Q&A with Meg McDonald, CEO Low Carbon Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... changeable through time - witness the shift in feed-in tariff arrangements for solar power, the insulation program, the Green Building Fund, and other grant programs which are intermittent, and which have rounds which open and shut. This has contributed ...

Stockland publishes integrated 2012 annual review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... greenhouse gas emission intensity by 2014, and will construct all new retirement living homes with a 5% improvement on building code energy efficiency performance requirements. "The risks associated with our changing climate affect the way our organisation ...

NAB funds second Environmental Upgrade Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... Melbourne Fund The agreement will result in financing for the AU$720,000 upgrade to heating, cooling and lighting and a new building management system for the 15-storey commercial office block at 470 Collins Street in the Melbourne CBD. The upgrade is ...

Local Government Super recognised at Green Globe Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... members." The fund was the joint winner of the energy award for refurbishing 76 Berry Street, North Sydney, a commercial building in the fund's property portfolio. The building was retrofitted and renovated to meet NABERS 6-star energy certification ...

Australian property continues to lead GRESB performers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... decreased by 6%, a reduction of 432,000 metric tons of CO2, which is equivalent to removing 85,000 cars from the road. Green building certification is also on the rise, with 51% of respondents including green building certificates in their portfolio ...

Solaris Investment Management augments distribution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... in a media statement. "Solaris' strategy for the institutional market is not so much one of 'distribution' but rather building on existing relationships and finding opportunities to benefit our clients. This is reflective of our core values and effectively ...