Environmental

Increasing the role that solar energy and battery storage technologies play in reducing emissions in Charter Halls' Shopping Centre Retail portfolio has been a key focus over the past five years.

Stockland and Compost Revolution have teamed up to deliver a first-of-its-kind program to empower, educate and equip Stockland’s masterplanned communities to support the better disposal of organic waste, reducing landfill and avoiding greenhouse gas emissions in the process.

The trajectory to net zero will be more streamlined with the latest version of Green Star Performance set to transition existing buildings away from fossil fuels.

Centuria NZ Industrial Fund and one of the largest spirit and wine distributors in NZ, Hancocks, are working together to transform a 15,021 sqm Mangere (Auckland) warehouse into a modern, sustainable industrial facility.

In an Australian first, The GPT Group has achieved upfront embodied carbon1 neutral certification for a Melbourne logistics development through the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) and Climate Active.  

Chirnside Park Shopping Centre will become The GPT Group’s first Climate Active carbon neutral certified shopping centre, primarily through a more than 50% improvement in energy efficiency, switching to renewable electricity and offsetting residual emissions.

JLL and LaSalle’s Global Real Estate Transparency Index (GRETI) ranks Australia 5th in the world for the most transparent markets for environmental sustainability and the leader in the Asia Pacific region.

Charter Hall has signed a significant Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with global renewal energy giant ENGIE Australia & New Zealand, to supply 100 per cent electricity from renewable sources across the Group’s property portfolios, over seven years.

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), has published a report on the progress being made by its £47 billion Real Assets business towards net zero

The “green” credentials of Australia’s most highly ESD-rated buildings have been brought into question by new research conducted by Nature Based Cities and ESD consultants Ark Resources.

The number of European investors in Australian real estate may soon reduce as the European Union (EU) tightens criteria for ‘green’ real estate investing – there as well as offshore

Two facilities at PortLink Industrial Estate have been awarded a 5 Star Green Star – Design & As Built v1.2 rating by the Green Building Council of Australia, demonstrating Australian Excellence in environmental performance.

The Green Building Council of Australia have announced this years Green Star Champions, celebrating professionals across a range of industries who are transforming our buildings and communities to be healthy, resilient and positive through the Green Star principles.

Charter Hall has expanded its sustainability-linked loans by a further $1 billion, lifting total sustainable finance transactions across the Group to $2.4 billion, up from $1.4 billion at 31 December 2021.

Mirvac has successfully piloted a waste reduction project resulting in approximately 900 cubic metres of furniture and fit-out materials diverting from landfill.