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Investa Property Group believes that years of sustainability planning and ambitious emissions reduction targets have already positioned the business well to adapt to any new environmental regulations that may impact the built environment sector in the wake of the...
Electric vehicles, efficient power grids, waste recycling, and improved public transport are all key elements of New Zealand's recently released carbon budget that aims to reduce its GHG emissions to 10 per cent below 2017 levels by 2030, and zero by 2050.
A great write up from The Fifth Estate unpacking the latest edition of the NABERS Sustainable Portfolio Index. This year saw a massive 34% increase in participation, and shows clearly that the Australian built environment sector has embraced the co-benefits of...
Environmental groups are mobilizing to demand a 'War on Plastics', pressuring both major parties to commit to more plastic bans and mandated targets for waste reduction and recovery.
Australian electricity prices surge as the global power crunch triggered by war in Ukraine see's international demand for black coal spike. New South Wales and Queensland, the states most reliant on black coal, have the highest wholesale power prices in the nation and...
Tasmania is leading the way in sustainable forestry management achieving carbon negative status according to scientists from the Australian National University and Griffith University. Researchers estimate that Tasmanian forests sequester roughly 22 million tons of...
The construction industry is linked to roughly 40% of the world's energy consumption, a large portion of which can be attributed to the manufacturing and transportation of materials. To effectively mitigate the enormous energy expenditure, carbon neutral construction...
According to research by PWC, Australian's will produce an additional 645,000 tonnes of waste by 2024. That's almost one third of our current waste production. This growing mountain of waste, however, represents new opportunities for private capital which has been...
The Green Building Council of Australia has released its Climate Positive Roadmap for Precincts in which the council identifies five key actions that precinct stakeholders should take towards decarbonisation. Takeaways include embedding "climate positive pathways"...