Investors driving Australia's push to make buildings 'net zero carbon'

Investment managers warn that one of the biggest threats to property values over the coming decade will be the size of their carbon footprint.

At least one global investment fund believes that global warming from climate change threatens to strip up to 30 per cent from real estate values in coming years.

Australian authorities are trying to bring buildings into line with standards derived from the Paris Agreement, but so far there is only one business precinct in Sydney that makes the grade of generating zero carbon emissions.