Funds Without Ethical Lens Risk Being Left On Shelf

Funds Without Ethical Lens Risk Being Left On Shelf

As ethical investment continues to enter the mainstream, super funds and managers that do not incorporate ethics into their decision-making risk being left behind, Banking and Finance Oath founding director Clare Payne has warned. Speaking at the Portfolio Construction Forum Strategies Conference 2017 in Sydney on Thursday, August 24, Payne observed there has been a … Read more

#Blog: Exploring Impact in The Sustainability and Social Space

Blog: Exploring Impact in The Sustainability and Social Space

An update from Senior Consultant, Maxine Bazeley. Lately I’ve been working to expand my network at industry events and introduction meetings in search of the real impact roles within property. Early last month Richard and I headed to Sydney, where we connected with engineering, asset management, property fund and real estate clients. We spent this time checking … Read more

Victoria Continues Renewables Leadership With VRET Legislation

Victoria Continues Renewables Leadership With VRET Legislation

Victoria has again thumbed its nose at federal energy policy dithering, announcing it will enshrine its Victorian Renewable Energy Target into law and hold reverse auctions for 650 megawatts of renewable projects. Premier Daniel Andrews said the VRET legislation would set targets of 25 per cent renewable energy by 2020 and 40 per cent by … Read more

$1.76M Offered To Increase Energy Efficiency

Energy Efficiency

On Friday, Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change, Lily D’Ambrosio, announced the funding for owners and tenants to make their commercial buildings more energy efficient. Applications are now open from building owners, agents, tenants and facilities managers for the first round of the Better Commercial Buildings initiative. A grant could improve a building’s rating … Read more