All Climate crisis articles – Page 7
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InsightMore whole-life carbon thinking is needed to achieve lower-carbon future
Only a year ago, conversations about operational and embodied carbon were not part of the mainstream. Fast-forward to today and I’m delighted to see the industry united in its commitment to address these issues.
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Expect to see more clients thinking about social value
As we kick off the second year of Barclays’ sponsorship of the Climate Crisis Challenge, it is time to reflect on how far the industry has come and how far it has to go.
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Markets
Citi looks to the future with HQ refurb
Tower project lead John Killey tells Property Week how the US investment bank redesigned its Canary Wharf office with a focus on sustainability and staff wellbeing.
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News
Welput secures £400m loan facility for UK’s ‘largest all-electric office’ build
Welput, the central London office fund managed by BentallGreenOak (BGO), has recapitalised its ownership of 105 Victoria Street.
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Landlords should beware change in EPC regulations
Editor: Net zero is a big topic of conversation at the moment and, recently, the government set a target of lifting the minimum energy efficiency standard in to-let, non-domestic buildings to ‘B’, as part of its target for the UK to be net zero by 2050.
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News
Vengrove appoints social impact adviser
Vengrove has launched a partnership with sustainable impact adviser The Good Economy.
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News
A game of Russian roulette
How many times this week have we heard commentators call on the West to meet force with force, as that is all Vladimir Putin understands?
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News
Atrato hires Scaife to drive sustainability strategy
Alternative investment specialist Atrato Group has appointed ESG specialist Christoph Scaife as its head of sustainability.
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The industry must lead on net zero
COP26 in Glasgow was an opportunity for the real estate industry to showcase its commitments, and to engage in dialogue with governments from around the world on the opportunities, as well as the challenges, that net zero brings.
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Online
Step up and support the Climate Crisis Challenge
Editor: The climate crisis poses the single greatest threat and opportunity that has ever confronted our industry. Radical collaboration, as set out in the launch of this year’s Climate Crisis Challenge campaign, is welcome and necessary.
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News
Green-belt LAs record biggest slowdown in housing delivery
Local authorities (LAs) within the green belt recorded the biggest slowdown in new-build housing delivery in 2021 compared with 2020, reveals LandTech data shared exclusively with Property Week.
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BPF urges ‘radical’ business rates reforms to drive decarbonisation
The British Property Federation (BPF) has called on the government to explore much bolder reforms to business rates to accelerate investment into greener commercial buildings in the UK.
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Manchester City Council allocates £200m to fund green ambition
Manchester City Council has allocated almost £200m of funding to help it deliver on its ambition of becoming net zero carbon by 2038.
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Insight
Take the Property Week/UKGBC Climate Crisis Challenge Survey 2022
This week, Property Week and UKGBC kick off the third year of our Climate Crisis Challenge, supported by founding partners, Argent and Mishcon de Reya, leading partners Barclays and Deepki and supporting partners chapmanbdsp and Octopus Real Estate.
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News
Over a third of property industry believes their employer has ‘minimum focus on ESG’
Over a third of UK commercial real estate professionals believe that their employer has a “minimum focus on ESG”, a survey has revealed.
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Green from the get-go
At Magna Park MK, GLP has focused on sustainability since day one. Adam Branson finds out how and why it adopted this strategy.
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Insight
Time to move further and faster
Much has changed since we first joined forces with Property Week on the Climate Crisis Challenge. As we begin year three of our partnership, it’s important to reflect on progress made to date, and highlight where action is still urgently required.
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Insight
The year of radical collaboration
The time for climate action has come as Property Week and UKGBC kick off year three of the Climate Crisis Challenge campaign, focusing on performance, planning and proof.
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News
Now’s the time for radical climate action
People often say ‘the greater the challenge, the greater the opportunity’, particularly in this industry. Not when it comes to the climate emergency, though. ‘The greater the challenge, the greater the threat’ is the more likely refrain.
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Online
Upgrading stock to MEES could reach £30.5bn
Avison Young says the cost of improving industrial assets could increase further if regulations change.
