Rethinking the future: Sustainability in property investment requires a global collaborative initiative
While China continues to fuel global growth by adding about 2 billion square metres of new buildings per year — the equivalent of building a second China in the next 20 years — Beijing recorded one of the blackest days in its history on 12 January 2013. Pollution indicators went off the charts with readings of more than 750 on that day, while the entire month averaged 190.