Rouse Hill. Top business performance

The GPT Group said it has maintained its number one position, and improved its score in all categories, as the leader in the global real estate sector of the annual Dow Jones Sustainability Index. GPT said it leads more than 100 leading property companies from around the globe in this pre-eminent measure of business performance. The group said its award winning Rouse Hill Town Centre is a showcase example of an asset that closely considers the community in which it operates in addition to achieving significant eco-efficiencies from its sustainable design. In 2009, $3.8 million in operational savings were achieved at the centre, relative to a similarly sized traditional NSW shopping centre, with tenants, the environment and the greater community benefiting from its design. In addition to environmental measures, GPT also scored highly on a range of other leading business indicators such as employee satisfaction and stakeholder engagement.