We aspire to be a world-leader in creating sustainable workplaces, residences and shopping centres that drive value for our partners, customers, communities, the environment and our members.
Cbus Property takes a holistic approach to sustainability that is integrated into our development and investment strategies, systematically adopting the highest environmental, social and ethical standards for the development and management of our buildings.
Cbus Property is responsible for the strategic performance and management of the entire Cbus direct property investments business — with responsible investments across the commercial, retail, residential and mixed-use sectors.
We focus on the most material matters to ensure we add value to our business and to our stakeholders — our members, our customers and the community.
Cbus Property’s sustainability strategy focuses on 12 key focus areas grouped into three broad themes:
Better Buildings — Creating and managing world-leading buildings. Delivering positive outcomes for the environment, our communities, our suppliers, our customers, our tenants and our members.
Future Ready — Being ready to tackle the opportunities and risks of the future. Implementing robust systems that future-proof our investments and therefore safeguard the long-term value of our business.
Investing in People — Creating healthy, happy and inclusive communities for people to work and live.
Cbus Property occupies an enviable position within the Australian property industry as one of only a select few landlords who actually design and develop all of the buildings within their office portfolio.
Our extensive experience and technical expertise ensure buildings are actively developed and managed, in order to operate at their optimum level. The seamless alignment of our resources across our development and management business drives design innovation that delivers best-practice sustainability outcomes.
Cbus Property is continually evolving our sustainable design philosophy and looking to design the next generation of sustainable buildings, with the aim of delivering world-leading sustainable residential, retail and office projects, making them net zero carbon, healthy and resilient for the future.
Exceptional sustainable design is at the forefront of all of our new projects, whether commercial office, retail, mixed-use or residential.
Cbus Property takes a considered and long-term approach, investing in the highest levels of sustainable design, and this has created one of the most sustainable office portfolios in Australia.
Our aspirational sustainable design targets are:
Cbus Property aligns our management teams with our development teams during the design and development process to ensure that all the operational and post-completion sustainability expertise are applied to each new design. This allows every possible enhancement of value to be applied to not only the design, but also the manner in which the buildings will be ultimately managed.
Cbus Property’s sustainability program has been integrated systematically into the way we manage our investments. We use a portfolio-wide approach to set standards and targets and rely on our experienced on-site management teams to implement our sustainability program and achieve the highest sustainability standards.
It is our mission to create the world’s most sustainable commercial office portfolio and we have set some ambitious targets to deliver by 2025:
We continually seek creative solutions to all aspects of our buildings’ operational, aesthetic and occupancy elements, actively driving the innovation process to absorb any new available technology or occupancy trends to accommodate not only the performance requirements of the Cbus Property brand, but also those occupancy expectations of our tenants. This ensures that Cbus Property is delivering the places of the future for our office and residential occupiers.
Cbus Property is committed to providing best-practice disclosures on our governance, approach and progress against our targets.
Please find below the current Cbus Property Sustainability Report. Click on the link below to open the report in your PDF reader.
Archived Reports:
Cbus Property Sustainability Report 2022
2022 Sustainability Report – Data Pack
Cbus Property Sustainability Report 2021
Cbus Property Sustainability Report 2021 Video Presentation
2021 Sustainability Report – Data Pack
2020 Sustainability Report CY20
2020 Sustainability Report – Data Pack
Cbus Property Sustainability Report CY19
2019 Sustainability Report – Data Pack
Cbus Property’s Sustainable Finance Framework (SFF) outlines how the company intends to issue and manage sustainable finance instruments to support the delivery of its development pipeline and underpin its investment portfolio.
It has been independently verified by Ernst & Young, through a limited assurance process to ensure alignment with best practice standards, including the voluntary guidelines issued by the International Capital Market Association (ICMA), Loan Markets Association (LMA), Asia-Pacific Loan Market Association (APLMA) and the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI).
Please find a copy of Cbus Property’s Sustainable Finance Framework here.