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Sustainable Melbourne Fund invests in Swanston St retrofit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Sustainable Melbourne Fund has invested in a AU$440,000 environmental retrofit of a commercial building held by an owners corporation. Scott Bocskay The SMF investment will fund the installation of an energy efficient chiller unit at 55 Swanston Street ...

ANZ a leader in financial inclusion, with scope to expand

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... around financial literacy. There is scope for expansion of MoneyMinded, through negotiations with existing partners, building new coalitions to deliver the service. Similarly, the bank's MoneyBusiness program was well regarded by stakeholders. In 2010 ...

Equinix Sydney facility receives LEED certification

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... provider of global data centre services, has been awarded the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating system gold certification for the first phase instruction of its facility in Mascot, Sydney. LEED is maintained by ...

Women On Boards and Abacus to develop women leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... Petschler said. According to Women on Boards' 2012 Boardroom Diversity Index (BDI), percentage of women on credit unions and building society boards has increased slightly since 2011, up from 18.4 to 21.2%

Sustainability reports a driver of action and engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... achieve various targets. That whole process of getting people engaged is a really important part of the change towards building sustainability performance. It also gives us something to talk to key stakeholders about. When you set out some numbers and ...

Low Carbon Australia joins Climate Bond Standard group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... with representatives from the International Energy Agency, the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, US Green Building Council, the Office of the State Treasurer of California and others. The Climate Bond Standard announced that the working ...

City of Melbourne EUAs extended to include property trusts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... that portfolio conservatively leveraged with, say $50m, the previous wording would need to consider all that debt on the building seeking to enter an EUA. That is, a building worth $10m with $50m of debt would be obviously overleveraged. The wording ...

IIGCC urges greater energy efficiency for EU property sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... to aid in refurbishing existing built stock and to exploit opportunities for sustainability improvements throughout a building's lifecycle, according to a paper published by the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC). IIGCC represent ...

Low Carbon Australia financing for local council upgrades

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... towards $207,880 in upgrades at the Great Lakes Aquatic and Leisure Centre and the Great Lakes council administration building in NSW. "These upgrades should reduce the electricity costs of the two buildings by 12%, or approximately $30,000 per year ...

Mercer: green bonds deserve investment consideration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Excellence found that there is USD$174bn worth of climate-themed bonds outstanding today, covering sectors including energy, building and industry, climate finance, water, waste and pollution controls, agriculture and forestry. Green bonds are tied to ...