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Greenovate Awards 2024 celebrate student innovation in sustainability

December 3 2024 14:55 This is a guest piece for Growthpoint Properties. SOUTH AFRICA The 2024 Greenovate Awards have once again highlighted the remarkable ingenuity of South African university students in developing sustainable solutions for the built environment. This annual competition, a partnership between Growthpoint Properties (JSE: GRT) and the Green Building Council of South […]

Equites Property Fund Limited achieves its lowest ESG risk rating by Morningstar Sustainalytics to date

November 25 2024 21:45 Following the release of Morningstar Sustainalytics’ Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) Risk Ratings report, Equites Property Fund Limited announced that it has received an ESG risk rating of 8.0, which places the organisation in the “Negligible Risk” category, the best achievable tier. The risk rating score reflects the level of unmanaged risk for a company, with […]

Another Brick in the Wall – Green is the new black

November 14 2024 15:55 SOUTH AFRICA Hello there! Our latest episode of Another Brick in the Wall has been released and is available at iono.fm: https://iono.fm/e/1499998 and on Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Tje46e1QDGbuFtv6TAvXO. In this episode, greening businesses and how the built environment relates to sustainability are featured. Alistair and Michael talk with Tshegofatso Raphala, Lead Specialist: Strategy and Planning at Liberty Two […]

Alley Roads and Blue Energy Africa announces hybrid power solution for Meyerton’s first mall

October 23 2024 19:30 Ally Roads CEO Ivan Pretorius SOUTH AFRICA Alley Roads, one of South Africa’s affordable housing developers, and Blue Energy Africa, a South African-based, Africa-focused developer and operator of embedded clean energy utility infrastructure, have announced the implementation of a hybrid energy solution for Riverstone Mall. This follows as the R370m, 20 000m2 first-phase […]

Smart Metering Redefines Utility Management and Sustainability

October 16 2024 14:14 SOUTH AFRICA This is a guest article by Francois Conradie, Technology Sales Engineer, Remote Metering Solutions (RMS).In 1972, Theodore Paraskevakos, a Greek-American inventor and businessman, developedthe first smart meters while collaborating with Boeing in Huntsville, Alabama. He adaptedtechnology from his patented caller ID system to monitor sensors and relay data. Since […]

Green Building Convention targets Net Zero Today, Climate Positive Tomorrow

October 15 2024 15:45 As the climate crisis intensifies, transformation in the building sector is more urgent than ever. In fact, reaching COP (Conference of the Parties)28’s renewable energy targets by 2030 will require more than $30-trillion in global investments, according to a new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency. This is why Green […]

Another Brick in the Wall and Liberty Two Degrees team up

October 11 2024 15:48 SOUTH AFRICA One of the best landlords in the country, armed with the top retail management team, Liberty Two Degrees is the new sponsor of Another Brick in the Wall, the podcast presented by Property Flash and Classic Business. This fortnightly podcast has grown in popularity since it launched in March […]

Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) achieves its first property and sustainable finance transaction in Côte d’Ivoire.

August 26 2024 19:00 Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) is expanding into West Africa, announcing a €18.5m (R365m) sustainability-linked loan for Cosmos Yopougon, a shopping mall. The deal enables Nedbank CIB to enter the Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) market. The loan includes a revolving credit facility in collaboration with HC Capital Properties, sponsor of […]