If you wondered what’s wrong with the shopping centre industry, why it refuses point blank to back mandatory disclosure of its energy efficiency ratings as other property sectors do, chat to Michael Fattouh.

Vicinity Centres first announced millions of dollars in rooftop solar investment Now it’s aiming for net zero carbon by 2030 across its 34 wholly-owned shopping centres.

The commercial building disclosure program – largely credited for lifting Australia’s office building stock to a higher energy efficiency performance – looks unlikely to be expanded to shopping centres any time soon.

The Footprint Company says retail tenants could double their profits if they implemented some serious energy efficiency measures

After years of waiting for “consumer education” to kick in and encourage housing buyers to demand more sustainability features in new housing, there are some interesting green shoots emerging.

SolarVille is a prototype neighbourhood that combines solar energy and blockchain technology to explore how communities of households could create their own renewable energy network and trade their excess energy directly at below market price. 

Supermarkets are a ubiquitous fact of urban life, despite the rise of farmers markets, boutique providores and online shopping. 

Online shopping was meant to save on carbon emissions. Fewer cars driving to energy-sucking stores that send copious amounts of material to landfill with every display change. But with a…

As a society we are becoming more switched on to the social and environmental impacts of our consumer choices. Recent studies have highlighted the way this has directly impacted the decisions of corporations both big and small, driving up their focus on sustainability.

Shopping centres may have fallen upon harder times thanks to online retailing but perhaps this speed bump can serve as an opportunity to rethink these giant structures and make them…

Melissa Schulz from Vicinity Centres on some ambitious sustainability goals that are putting Vicinity at the head of the pack.

Riding on the momentum of Australia’s anti-waste movement, IKEA is now letting its Sydney customers return their unwanted furniture and goods to the Tempe store in exchange for a voucher to spend in-store.

Frasers Property Australia’s ambitious plan to create the world’s most sustainable shopping centre has received planning approval from Melbourne’s Whitehorse City Council.

Vicinity Centres has entered the rooftop solar fray, announcing what is believed to be the largest investment in rooftop solar in the retail space.

Ask planning and property industry analyst Brian Haratsis what’s in store for 2018 and then brace yourself.