In the past decade there has been a significant shift in the finance sector to support sustainable projects through green bonds and loans. This sustainable finance revolution demands asset owners and entities deliver high quality, verified outcomes against a large number of criteria set by multiple international frameworks. We work with Australian and international financial institutions and industry bodies to develop guidance to help our sector understand these frameworks and the needs, barriers and opportunities of sustainable finance.
Building Transition: Financing Market Transformation
A global alliance of green building organisations have launched groundbreaking sustainable finance call to action aimed at bringing the vast majority of buildings up to modern sustainability standards.
This report focuses on the 75% of lower-performing buildings that have not yet adopted green building practices. With the building sector accounting for a significant share of global emissions, unlocking investments for the underperforming majority is seen as a crucial step in decarbonizing at scale. This call to action lays out how to attract capital to this large untapped segment, ensuring that decarbonization happens across the entire built environment – not just in the elite tier of buildings.
Read the media release Download the paperFinancing Transformation: A Guide to Green Building for Green Bonds and Green Loans
The Green Building Council of Australia, alongside an international alliance of world leading green building rating system organisations, have launched the first global practical guide to facilitate the $35 trillion investment needed by 2030 to meet global energy transition goals.
Financing Transformation: A Guide to Green Building for Green Bonds and Green Loans details how various building verification and certification standards can be used to comply with global classifications and bond frameworks, setting a trajectory for the global built environment to meet a sustainable 1.5°C climate threshold.
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Download the guideUnlocking the value: A practical guide for sustainable finance in the Australian real estate sector
The Green Building Council of Australia alongside the Australian Sustainable Finance institute has released a practical guide to help demystify sustainable finance and increase its application in the real estate sector.
The sustainable finance guide explains the various sustainable finance instruments currently being used, and why the Australian property market is an appropriate place for such resources to be applied. The guide aims to build a deeper understanding of sustainable finance, especially in the Australian real estate sector, with the hope that it will drive a rapid uptake of sustainable finance mechanisms.
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