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JLL sees sustainability lifting pension prospects
EUROPE 鈥� Regulation is likely to play a big part in the future of property valuation but could actually benefit pension funds, according to valuation experts at Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL).
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Climate Change to do its first sustainable property
UK - Climate Change Capital (CCC), the investment manager and adviser specialising in sustainable investments, has made the first purchase for its property fund.
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IPD unveils sustainability benchmarking
GLOBAL 鈥� The Investment Property Databank (IPD) today launched an environmental benchmarking service for commercial real estate occupiers.
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Push to reduce climate change on property values
GLOBAL 鈥� The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change has issued a report encouraging pension fund trustees to seek advice on ways of reducing the negative impact of climate change on property values.
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CalPERS鈥� sustainability reduces tenants energy use
US 鈥� The California Public Employees鈥� Retirement System鈥檚 (CalPERS) real estate partners have helped make significant progress towards the pension fund鈥檚 environmental goals.
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Ohio School Employees to redeem real estate assets
UNITED STATES - School Employees Retirement System of Ohio is in the process of issuing redemption queues on the RREEF America REIT II and BlackRock Strategic Apartment funds.
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Sustainability should come first 鈥� Watson Wyatt
GLOBAL - Investors must place sustainability at the top of their agenda, because it is likely to have a significant impact on commercial real estate and even improve returns, according to Watson Wyatt.
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Sustainable leases get the green light
UK 鈥� The first clear framework to help landlords and occupiers increase the environmental performance of existing buildings has been published, claims the UK鈥檚 Better Building Partnership (BBP).
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EC sustainability still a long way off real estate
EUROPE 鈥� The European Commission has revealed draft proposals for an EU-wide Energy and Water Performance of Buildings Directive this week in a bid to encourage sustainability and more energy efficiency in buildings across Europe, but experts maintain the EC still has a long way to go before achieving a ...
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Prupim phases sustainability push beyond the UK
UK/GLOBAL 鈥� Prupim, the real estate investment manager, is planning to expand its approach towards sustainability worldwide and address the performance of its international portfolio, with research due to start in North America next month.
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Pan-European retail sustainability standard launched
EUROPE- Bre Global, a property research and consultancy group specialising in the assessment of the environmental and social impact of property developments, has launched what is said to be the first pan-European retail sustainability standard 鈥� a 鈥榞reen鈥� code of practice designed to ensure commercial development projects have minimal impact ...
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Hermes鈥� trial to measure financial impact of carbon reduction
EUROPE 鈥� Hermes Real Estate is to launch Hermes Emissions Trading Scheme (HETS) in a bid to prepare the asset management firm and its tenants for the Government鈥檚 introduction of the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) in October 2009.
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Pension fund capital goes green
UNITED STATES 鈥� Pension funds in the United States are looking to make their real estate portfolios 鈥榞reener鈥� so ING Clarion Partners has rolled out a sustainable growth initiative and its first investor is Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions.
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Norway to push sustainability in real estate
NORWAY 鈥� The Norwegian Ministry of Finance has issued a public consultation on the evaluation of ethical guidelines for the Government Pension Fund 鈥� Global, which reveal environmental concerns will be an important factor in the management of its real estate portfolio.
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Managers launch green standard for old assets
EUROPE - A consortium containing four of Europe鈥檚 largest property investors has developed what it claims is the first standard to measure the sustainability of existing buildings.
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UK calls in green experts as EC targets shoppers
UK - The UK government is to examine existing buildings as part of a 'greening' agenda dominated to date by concerns over new-build standards.
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Sustainability standards possible in two years
EUROPE - Global reporting standards on real estate sustainability are achievable in two years, delegates were told at the British Property Federation鈥檚 first ever international sustainability session at last week鈥檚 MIPIM convention in Cannes.
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EC pursues UK and Belgium over EPC status
EUROPE 鈥� The Belgian and UK governments are being taken to task by the European Commission for their failure to implement EU requirements stating how energy performance in buildings is measured.
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Environment code to calculate property鈥檚 carbon emissions
GLOBAL - The Investment Property Databank (IPD) has launched a majorglobal initiative to help real estate owners measure and understand theenvironmental impact their buildings have, as officials believe suchdata will become a component of future real estate pricing andlegislation.
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Morgan Stanley forms solar project fund
UNITED STATES - Morgan Stanley has put together a $200m (鈧�135.9m) solar project fund to invest with Recurrent Energy and provide solar power to institutionally-owned real estate across the country.
