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Finance eyes $500b green buildings opportunity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... operations, constitute 23% of total emissions. New mandatory emissions disclosures will be introduced for Australian real estate investors, occupiers, and managers from the start of the next financial year. In June, new sustainability standards were ...

Investors prepare for urgent action on nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... into the system with a positive impact." QIC launched its Natural Capital alternative asset class in 2022, within its real estate platform. The impacts of real estate, where material nature impacts need managing just as social needs, must be carefully ...

Farm to table reporting to increase ag investment certainty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... dependence on the sector means uniquely positioned to lead the charge on net zero. Andrew Tout head of agricultural real estate at Centuria Capital Limited previously told FS Sustainability that while farmland was considered an attractive investment ...

Investors call for multilateral financial architecture overhaul

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... sat engagement targets. More members set sub-portfolio targets in corporate debt, listed equity, and directly held real estate, growing from 41 members in 2022 to 67 in 2023. Members set sub-portfolio targets within the carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) ...

GRESB leader now 100% green loan financed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Frasers Property Group and Scentre Group have ranked among the top real estate firms in the world in the biggest year to date for the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) assessment. This year GRESB Real Estate Assessment participation ...

Student accommodation provider inks billion-dollar SLL

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... sophistication in the sustainability approach in PBSA and alternative investments, matching best practice in Australia's core real estate sectors of commercial office, retail and industrial, which is, in fact, global best practice." Scape has set a goal ...

Brookfield buys UK Banks Renewables

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... with approximately $850 billion of assets under management across renewable energy, infrastructure, private equity, real estate, and credit. Family firm the Banks Group sold its renewable energy division with 11 onshore wind farms across the UK, and ...

ART outlines road to net zero 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... interim target of a 43% reduction is measured against a FY2021 baseline and covers listed equities, infrastructure and real estate asset classes. ART has also set a target of engaging with 100% of 'priority companies' within their listed equities ...

UNSW launches Institute for Climate Risk and Response

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... class action and climate litigation. In addition, the ICRR will examine consumer perspectives on climate risks in real estate purchases to help inform best practice for communicating risk-related information to consumers. It will also establish educational ...

Finding opportunities in the energy transition: IML

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... companies like Contact to move away from fossil fuel-based generation." Another example Wood cited is investing in real estate trusts that are setting net zero targets, noting that Charter Hall Retail Trust has set a 2025 net zero target and are planning ...