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New Report: Financing Transformation

Financing Transformation: A Guide to Green Building for Green Bonds and Green Loans

The real estate sector is rapidly approaching a watershed moment, when building green will no longer be the signifier of market leaders, but simply how business is done in the built environment. A low-carbon transition plan is fast becoming a business essential. 

Sustainable finance instruments like green loans and green bonds are crucial for driving the shift towards a low-carbon economy. However, limited understanding within the real estate sector has hampered progress.

The Green Building Council of Australia, alongside an international alliance of world leading green building rating system organisations, has launched the first global practical guide to facilitate the $35 trillion investment needed by 2030 to meet global energy transition goals, and effectively bridge this knowledge gap.

Financing Transformation details how various building verification and certification standards can be used to comply with global classifications and bond frameworks.

This comprehensive resource also offers practical insights and case studies to help stakeholders effectively utilise green finance instruments.

  • Investors and financial institutions will find this guide useful in making more informed, sustainable investment decisions.
  • Owners and developers of green buildings will find this guide valuable in aligning projects with green finance requirements, and thus access new capital sources.

Download the full report at this link

https://new.gbca.org.au/green-star/green-star-strategy/sustainable-finance

Watch this space in the coming months as we delve into this report and its detail. The GBCSA looks forward to being your guide the upcoming step-changes along the global journey to a greener economy. 

Individual Membership

Designed for professionals acting in their individual capacity, including single consultant-businesses.

Organisational Membership

Ideal for companies, government departments, and organisations.

  • Total Employees: 1 - 5 Employees
  • Total Employees: 6 - 20 Employees
  • Total Employees: 21 - 50 Employees
  • Total Employees: 51 Plus Employees

Lisa Reynolds

Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director

Lisa Reynolds is the CEO of the Green Building Council South Africa.

Lisa was the driver for the drafting of Energy Efficiency Standards and Regulations for Buildings and has been involved in Energy Efficiency since 2003. She serves on many committees in the SABS and within the energy management professionals’ space. She was President of the SAEEC from 2016 to 2019 and was the previous President of the ESCo (Energy Services Companies) Association. Lisa was instrumental in the formation of SAFEE (Southern African Females in Energy Efficiency) within SAEEC.

She has assisted the South African Government with its Green Building Framework policies, Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives and Energy Efficiency Strategies

Her passion for the “Green space” started with the birth of the Green Building Council in 2007. Lisa served on the Board and the Technical Committee of the GBCSA, as well as on several Technical Working Groups for Rating Tools and Criteria. Lisa. became CEO in June 2020.

Lisa has a BSc, an MBA and a CEM. Lisa’s awards include the 2007 ETA Award for Women, 2008 Individual Energy (SAEE), 2012 SABS Standards Writer Award; the 2014 Women in Energy (SAWIEN); and the 2016 Ian Lane Hall of Fame award.

Lisa is committed to growing the Green Economy within a Green Recovery.

Organisational categories

As an organisational member, you will fall into one of the below categories, and be charged according to specific size indicators. Please reach out to us for any further clarity on which category is best for your organisation

Property Developers

Annual Turnover

Investors, Owners, Property Managers

Total Asset Value

Major Corporate Tenants & Retail

Annual Gross Rentals

Building Contractors

Annual Turnover

Building Product Manufacturers & Distributors

Annual Turnover

Professional Services: Architects, Designers, Engineers, Quantity Surveyors, PM’s, Consultants, Legal

Number of employees

Research, Higher Education, NGO’S & Regulators

NGO or Research/Higher Education/ Regulators

Related Interests: Utilities, Financial, Insurance, etc.

Annual Turnover

Government

Local/ municipal/ provincial/ state 
Contact GBCSA to confirm your category