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Posted on: 8 August 2013
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The Travel Foundation has developed a ‘next step generator’ so that travel companies can find out what their next step towards sustainability is. A ‘next step’ is generated depending upon answers to a series of questions in five key areas of sustainability: policy; staff training; environment; supply chain; and communications.
Green Lease Toolkit
Posted on: 5 August 2013
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The Better Building Partnership (BBP), a collaboration of seventeen of the leading commercial property owners in the UK, has updated its guidance on the use of green leases for commercial property. This guidance are non-prescriptive, helping owners and occupiers to agree carbon, energy, waste and water reduction strategies which best fit with the circumstances of individual properties. With the help of this Toolkit it is possible for any owner or occupier to positively engage in developing practical ways to effect significant positive change, ultimately accelerating the process of making the UK’s existing commercial properties more sustainable.
A wider view: The socio-economic benefits of responsible property investment
Posted on: 23 July 2013
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Hermes Real Estate Management Limited, the real estate investment subsidiary of Hermes Fund Managers Limited, is an industry leader in responsible investing for almost thirty years. In this report, Hermes argues that investing in green and socially sustainable buildings represent a unique opportunity to simultaneously protect and improve returns for investors, meet occupier requirements and contribute to improving society’s wellbeing. The report covers the company’s responsible property investment strategy and programme, encompassing environmental, social and economic risks and opportunities associated with the management of its clients’ property assets. Comments and feedback are welcomed.
Real Estate Environmental Benchmark
Posted on: 22 July 2013
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Jones Lang LaSalle and the Better Buildings Partnership have launched the first annual Real Estate Environmental Benchmark. It highlights the running costs of UK offices and shopping centres and compares data on energy, water and waste costs.
London Global Green Leader. London, 19 June 2013
Posted on: 16 July 2013
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This conference provided an opportunity to champion the innovative design and sustainable development of London’s landmark buildings to deliver reputational, legislative and marketability efficiencies for property investors, developers and users. Presentations are available online.
Global Sustainability Perspective 2013
Posted on: 15 July 2013
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Smart buildings are leveraging emerging technologies to become even smarter and help yield a return on investment for building owners within one to two years, according to the latest Global Sustainability Perspective from Jones Lang LaSalle. The report highlights six of the top smart building technologies: wireless meters and sensors; internet and cloud computing; open data communication protocols; powerful analytics software; remote centralized control; and integrated work-order management.
Sustainable Tourism for Development: Enhancing capacities for sustainable tourism for development in developing countries
Posted on: 10 July 2013
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This Guidebook has been launched by the UNWTO with the financing of the European Commission Directorate-General Development and Cooperation, as a part of the project “Enhancing capacities for Sustainable Tourism for Development in Developing Countries”. The Guidebook seeks to enhance the understanding of tourism in all its dimensions and describe how the sector relates to the EU Agenda for Change. It should enable EU services in Brussels and the EU Delegations in 180 countries, as well as other development institutions, to include sustainable tourism development in their programme cycles. The guidebook will be tested in six developing countries (Botswana, India, Kenya, Vietnam, Senegal and Timor-Leste. The Guidebook takes a comprehensive approach to tourism, covering a wide range of topics relating to its planning, development, management and impact. By working through the whole document, users will be able to identify priorities for intervention across a spectrum of issues.
Mobilising private investment in sustainable transport: The case of land-based passenger transport infrastructure
Posted on: 4 June 2013
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This report aims to advise governments from developed and developing countries on a broad mix of policy tools and instruments that they can use at the national or sub-national levels, to scale-up private investment in sustainable transport infrastructure and shift investment away from carbon-intensive road transport. These include regulations, pricing instruments, innovative financial tools and risk-sharing mechanisms. The focus of this report is on land-based transport infrastructure for passenger use, including passenger rail, bus rapid transit systems, metros, non-motorised transportation and electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
Sustainable tourism as driving force for cultural heritage sites development
Posted on: 29 May 2013
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The publication analyses nine cultural heritage sites located in South-East Europe (Aquileia, Berat, Bitola, Cetinje, Dubrovnik, Hallstatt, Idrjia, Nafpaktos and Venice). The authors focused on the application of environmental planning and management approach to cultural heritage sites and studied the so called “Hit and Run Tourism” affecting some of the mentioned case study areas.
Tourism in South and Eastern Europe: Crisis – a challenge of sustainable tourism. Opatija, Croatia, 15-18 May 2013
Posted on: 29 May 2013
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This conference explored the problem of the economic crisis on different levels (South East Europe, national, local and entrepreneurial level), emphasising the role of sustainable tourism development in overcoming the crisis in Southern and Eastern European countries. Presentations are available online.
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