Housing

Lendlease Retirement Living tops sustainability rankings

Oct 24 2022 Updated May 3, 2023

Section Editor

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Lendlease’s Retirement Living Trust has topped the Asia-Pacific rankings for sustainability in the 2022 GRESB Real Estate Assessment.

The developer’s Retirement Living division – which is 49.9% owned by Aware Super – has been marked first for retirement funds in Australia, first in the Asia-Pacific region, and third worldwide.

According to Dale Connor, CEO Lendlease Australia (pictured), the developer is “continually improving sustainability outcomes” across its asset portfolio, with GRESB as a benchmark.

“Delivering quality assets that are some of the most sustainable in the world benefits our investors, the people who use them and the community at large, increasingly providing the competitive advantage that contributes to our investment performance,” he said.

GRESB is an independent organisation that provides environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data and benchmarking.

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