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![Carbon Risk Should be at the Heart of Investment Strategy]( "Carbon Risk Should be at the Heart of Investment Strategy")
Carbon Risk Should be at the Heart of Investment Strategy
Tue 01 Dec 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 Hermes’ strategy to mitigate this risk.
Topic: Investment
Type: News
Member: Federated Hermes
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![Big Green Leaf wins National Green Apple for Environmental Best Practice]( "Big Green Leaf wins National Green Apple for Environmental Best Practice")
Big Green Leaf wins National Green Apple for Environmental Best Practice
Tue 17 Nov 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 Management.
Topic: Occupier Engagement
Type: News
Member: The Crown Estate
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![British Land is Celebrating Winning ‘Highly Commended’ in the Impact on Sustainability Category at the BIFM Awards This Year]( "British Land is Celebrating Winning ‘Highly Commended’ in the Impact on Sustainability Category at the BIFM Awards This Year")
British Land is Celebrating Winning ‘Highly Commended’ in the Impact on Sustainability Category at the BIFM Awards This Year
Tue 17 Nov 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 Impact on Sustainability category at the BIFM Awards this year.
Topic: Property Management
Type: News
Member: British Land
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![Aberdeen Asset Management Completes Large Solar PV Installation for Biffa Waste Services]( "Aberdeen Asset Management Completes Large Solar PV Installation for Biffa Waste Services")
Aberdeen Asset Management Completes Large Solar PV Installation for Biffa Waste Services
Thu 12 Nov 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.
Topic: Energy/Carbon
Type: News
Member: Aberdeen
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![Big Welcome to Our New Member Low Carbon Workplace!]( "Big Welcome to Our New Member Low Carbon Workplace!")
Big Welcome to Our New Member Low Carbon Workplace!
Thu 12 Nov 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 partnership between sustainability experts the Carbon Trust, fund manager Columbia Threadneedle Investments and property developer Stanhope.
Type: News
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![Industry Initiative to Look at Australia for Solution to Performance Gap]( "Industry Initiative to Look at Australia for Solution to Performance Gap")
Industry Initiative to Look at Australia for Solution to Performance Gap
Thu 29 Oct 2015
Design for performance feasibility study launched to develop a scheme to guarantee the in-use energy performance of new offices.
Topic: Market Transformation
Type: News
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![Sustainability in Buildings Makes for a Better Investment]( "Sustainability in Buildings Makes for a Better Investment")
Sustainability in Buildings Makes for a Better Investment
Fri 23 Oct 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 the panel.
Type: News
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![Responsible Capitalism Survey: Many Institutional Investors Believe ESG is Not Important When Investing in Direct Property]( "Responsible Capitalism Survey: Many Institutional Investors Believe ESG is Not Important When Investing in Direct Property")
Responsible Capitalism Survey: Many Institutional Investors Believe ESG is Not Important When Investing in Direct Property
Mon 19 Oct 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 assessing direct property investments. Only 19% consider them vitally important.
Topic: Investment
Type: News
Member: Federated Hermes
