24 January 2012 – More than half of the 12 superannuation funds surveyed in a report by actuarial firm Mercer have included climate change risks into investment decisions. The funds surveyed including AustralianSuper and VicSuper had combined assets... 
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By Tina Perinotto 21 December 2011 – Forget the feel good factors in energy efficiency or climate change. At the end of the day, according to green enthusiast Harry Chua, it’s the beautiful set of numbers on the bottom line that make the recent... 
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By Tina Perinotto 19 December 2011 – National Australia Bank and Low Carbon Australia on Monday announced they had signed the first privately funded environmental upgrade agreement through the Melbourne 1200 buildings program. In a second announcement... 
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22 December 2011 – Melbourne property investor Will Deague says that when his family investment company Asia Pacific Property Group decided to embark on a major energy efficiency upgrade of a major asset in South Melbourne, it hadn’t heard about... 
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14 December 2011 – Sustainable Melbourne Fund has launched a web-based animation and case study video to explain how to source loans of up to $500,000 through its $6.4 million sustainable investment program. Read More > >  
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By Tina Perinotto 30 November 2011 ­­– The PCA/IPD Green Property Investment Index released today shows again that green buildings are better for the bottom line. The latest figures focus on capital values. Read More > >  
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Mac banking on EUAs, the Spring Crush and mega trends 26 October 2011 – According to the grapevine Macquarie Bank is the latest financier to be lured to the potentially lucrative world of Environmental Upgrade Agreements. Read More > >  
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By Tina Perinotto 25 October 2011 – Engineering and design consultancy WSP Lincolne Scott has this week been rebranded to WSP, as the company embarks on a strategy to capitalise on emerging opportunities, especially in the energy efficiency and retrofit... 
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By Tina Perinotto 19 October 2011 – Green building technologies will be a key driver in a near doubling of the sustainability investment market to $3.1 billion by 2014,  according to a new report from UK based Verdantix. The report forecasts that... 
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By Leon Gettler 17 October 2011 ­– Special Report: The carbon tax is a game changer for the way the property industry will present its financial reports. But then, property is already moving in that space. Australia’s per capita carbon emissions... 
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By Tina Perinotto 13 October 2011  – Melbourne has claimed victory in the  race worldwide to sign the first Environmental Upgrade Agreement. Read More > >  
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By Tina Perinotto 21 September 2011 – It’s got Richard Branson and his Carbon War Room and potentially billions of dollars of investment in the United States. Australia is also in on the act and Melbourne and Sydney are vying to be the first... 
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By Tina Perinotto 14 September 2011 ­– If there were any green building deniers still out there in property world, Monday’s release of the latest research by the Australian Property Institute and the Property Funds Association of Australia... 
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1 September 2011 – The final round of Green Building Fund grants, Round 7, was announced today (Wednesday) and all the big property names were there. They included ISPT, DEXUS, GE Real Estate Investments, Westfield, Abacus Funds Management, Stockland,... 
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By Lyn Drummond 2 June 2011 – FAVOURITES: According to Deb Noller of Switch Automation wealthy owners of eastern suburbs  energy prices are starting to bite hard, even in the wealthy eastern suburbs of Sydney. Read More > >  
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By Tina Perinotto 4 December 2011 – Berkeley and Maastricht universities’ academic Nils Kok arrived in Australia last week to confirm what every sane investor knew all along, that sustainable and energy efficient buildings are better buildings... 
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26 July 2011 – Out of control insurance premiums are threatening the viability of existing medium and high density communities in cyclone-prone areas of northern Australia. Strata Community Australia chief executive Mark Lever says they are  an urgent... 
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It’s a story of deep resistance to sustainable change, embarrassing mistakes and scientists at 20 paces. Now the clever people have turned the spotlight to the humble real estate agent. Welcome to the wild world of the residential market. By Lynne... 
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By Tina Perinotto 19 July 2011 – Forget the abysmal polls that came out on Monday and walloped the carbon tax. Julia Gillard did. Addressing the packed auditorium of about 400 people for the Total Environment Centre’s Green Capital forum Read... 
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By Leon Gettler 8 July 2011 – Capital market players say sustainable property might soon become a better investment proposition. A carbon price will force up energy costs. In a carbon market, building owners and investors who know how to slash operating... 
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By Tina Perinotto 30 June 2011 – The Green Building Council of Australia supports a carbon price but it’s going to hurt. In a new report this week detailing the likely impacts of a carbon price and eventually an emissions trading system the GBCA... 
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By Tina Perinotto 29 June 2011 – Exto Partners is a venture capital company that picks start ups, funds them – no leverage – and expects around 50 per cent return for its private and institutional investors. So when Exto boss Peter Hammond selected... 
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By Tina Perinotto 1 July 2011 – More than 250 influential property investors and advisors turned out to Tuesday morning’s breakfast presentation at The Establishment in Sydney to hear the PCA/IPD Australian Property Index focus in detail on... 
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17 February 2011 – FAVOURITES: A landmark study from leading investment analyst Mercer into climate change risk has recommended that  institutions shift up to 40 per cent of their investments into “climate sensitive” assets. Read More >... 
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15 June 2011 – IPD has released details of its Green Property Index to March 2011, which shows commercial property assets with Green Star or high NABERS energy ratings continue to outperform non-rated assets. Research manager IPD Australia & New... 
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By Tina Perinotto 7 June 2011 – The Property Funds Association Inc (formerly the Australian Direct Property Investment Association) has ramped up its focus on sustainability with a range of measures for members and a submission to the federal government... 
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By Lyn Drummond 1 June 2011 – The UK will become the first country in the world to create a national bank dedicated to the greening of the economy in a move that has been hailed as a turning point for the British economy and the start of a sustainable... 
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6 May 2011 – Matthew Clark former manager of the NABERS building performance rating program for the NSW government is on the lookout for a new manager to replace him after his move to a more senior position. But be warned: the job will be demanding.... 
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4 May 2011 – Aurecon engineering has won a major contract to work on one of the world’s largest solar projects – the $104.7 million Kogan Creek Solar Boost Project near Chinchilla, Queensland. CS Energy’s 750 megawatt coal-fired Kogan Creek... 
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By Maggie Macrae 21 April 2011 – Leading listed services company, Spotless, has not only become serious and seriously organised about environmental sustainability, but it has charged the former head of environmental sustainability at the ANZ Banking... 
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