Carbon Risk Should be at the Heart of Investment Strategy
01/12/2015
Hermes Investment Management published a report, Turning Down the Heat which focuses on the risks carbon poses to investment portfolios and outlines the four pillars of...
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The Better Buildings Partnership regularly publishes blog pieces, news articles, toolkits and case studies that highlight the latest sustainability developments in the UK commercial real estate industry. The resources can be filtered hereunder by topic, type and member.
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British Land is Celebrating Winning ‘Highly Commended’ in the Impact on Sustainability Category at the BIFM Awards This Year
17/11/2015
British Land and Broadgate Estates go above and beyond to get tenant buy-in in their energy reduction initiative. This helped British Land win ‘highly commended’ in the...
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Big Green Leaf wins National Green Apple for Environmental Best Practice
17/11/2015
The Crown Estate's 'Underneath the Big Green Leaf' campaign has won a 2015 National Green Apple Champion Award for Environmental Best Practice in Estate...
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Big Welcome to Our New Member Low Carbon Workplace!
12/11/2015
The BBP is very proud to announce that on 12 November Low Carbon Workplace officially became the BBP’s 27th member! The Low Carbon Workplace is a property development...
Tags: News Low Carbon Workplace
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Aberdeen Asset Management Completes Large Solar PV Installation for Biffa Waste Services
12/11/2015
The installation, comprising c.1,000 Solar Panels will provide c. 225,000 killowat hours (kWh) to Biffa Waste Services saving c.120 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) annually.
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Industry Initiative to Look at Australia for Solution to Performance Gap
29/10/2015
Design for performance feasibility study launched to develop a scheme to guarantee the in-use energy performance of new offices.
Tags: Market Transformation News
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Sustainability in Buildings Makes for a Better Investment
23/10/2015
A panel debate on sustainability in the property industry was organised by Property Week and Capita Real Estate think tank. Sarah Ratcliffe, BBP Programme Director, was on...
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Responsible Capitalism Survey: Many Institutional Investors Believe ESG is Not Important When Investing in Direct Property
19/10/2015
Responsible Capitalism and Sustainability reveals that of 109 UK and European institutional investors surveyed, 48% of respondents believe ESG factors are not important when...