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University of Tasmania: Green Bond-Supported Campus Redevelopment

Sustainable Development Network

Bringing our environmental and financial sustainability focus together into a Green Bond Framework signaled that the University aligns with and delivers on public commitments and that strengthens our unique, sustainable, place-based approach. What were the key success factors in implementing the case study?

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This Week’s Fund News: New CBRE, NN Group Venture Targets Buildings’ Energy Efficiency

Chris Hall

Going forward, it will include lifecycle assessment of materials employed in the construction phase as part of the development design as a way of reducing embodied carbon, waste and pollution. The Aidu Wind Farm has launched a €150 million green bond that will be listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

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UN: Pandemic causes dip in building emissions, but long-term outlook bleak

Envirotec Magazine

This includes stepping up ambition in NDCs to include building decarbonization targets that contain the so-far largely overlooked embodied carbon, emissions from the production of building materials. Governments need to commit to further decarbonising the power, as well as heating and cooling energy supply.