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A better-performing home is an investment that pays you back. Australians are starting to make it, but slowly, and from a low base. Why it is still the exception is not the question the debate keeps asking.

Why the Next Stage of Environmental Progress Depends on Redesigning the Profit Motive In 1962 Rachel Carson published Silent Spring. The book changed the way society understood the relationship between economic progress and the natural environment. Carson did not write as an economist. She wrote as a scientist and observer of nature. Her warning was simple but profound. Industrial society had acquired immense technological power, yet we had not fully understood the ecological

Everyone agrees on the destination: millions of Australian homes retrofitted for energy efficiency, comfort, and net zero. But we are stuck in a traffic jam at the starting line.

As the year winds down, I’ve been reflecting on what we’ve actually learned about electrification, housing, and retrofit, and why progress still feels harder than it should. Australia has more than 11 million homes and over one million commercial buildings that will need to be upgraded if we are serious about meeting our climate and energy targets. The technology exists. The capital exists. And on paper, many of these upgrades make economic sense. And yet, progress is uneven

This week, the Global Property Linked Finance Initiative (GPLFI) was launched in New York during Climate Week, co-chaired by the Green Finance Institute and the Climate Bonds Initiative, with Advisory Group members spanning international finance, industry, and policy. The PLF Accelerator is proud to be a founding Advisory Group member, bringing 15 years of Australian experience into this new global platform. From pioneering Environmental Upgrade Agreements to building today’s