Why Social Infrastructure?
The need for investments in social infrastructure – buildings like hospitals, schools or affordable housing – persists regardless of the stage of the economic cycle. Private capital from real estate investors can be a force for positive change delivering measurable social and environmental outcomes in addition to financial returns.
For five years now, we have been focusing on creating material positive impact in the healthcare, education, housing, justice & emergency, and civic sectors, contributing to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Impact Investing in action - 3 case studies
The new Annual Impact Report presents what we believe are best practices in impact investing in real estate. During 2022, we've made new investments thereby further diversifying our pan-European portfolio. The impact report includes impact progress made to-date on all assets as well as new net-zero decarbonization pathways for the portfolio as a whole.
Learn more about three of the assets:
CASE STUDY 1
INVESTING IN EDUCATION. UNIVERSITY IN BORDEAUX, FRANCE
The role of Social Infrastructure
By investing in quality education assets in Europe our strategy is to preserve, improve and expand access to education facilities.
The Challenge
The number of students enrolled in higher education in France has been growing at a rate that is considerably outpacing the EU with admissions in private institutions rising at 5% annually since 2013.*
Watch the video to learn how we’re helping to meet growing demand for higher education in France.
*Source: Eurostat.
CASE STUDY 2
INVESTING IN SOCIAL HOUSING. DUBLIN, IRELAND
The role of Social Infrastructure
Real estate investors can directly contribute to the preservation and increase of the stock of safe and affordable housing to communities that struggle with a lack of accessible housing.
The Challenge
Ireland faces a high demand for quality, affordable housing. Twenty-seven percent of families on the social housing waiting list have been waiting for access to housing for over seven years. An additional 11.2% have been waiting for at least five years.*
Watch the video to learn how we are working to support sustainable social housing provision in Dublin.
*Source: Government of Ireland – Summary of Social Housing Assessments 2020.
CASE STUDY 3
INVESTING IN SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS SCHOOLS IN LONDON AND MACCLESFIELD, UK
The role of Social Infrastructure
Children with special education needs (SEN) have requirements that are not adequately met in a traditional classroom space. Through investments in this real estate sector we can contribute to the provision of specialized services that help students achieve outcomes more in line with their non-SEN peers.
The Challenge
Out of the nine million total students across England, 1.08 million of them have some form of Special Education Needs (SEN). Additionally, 355,566 more students require further support with an Education, Health, and Care plan (EHC).*
Watch the video to learn how we were able to secure these assets to deliver quality education services for those with special education needs for the long term.
*GOV.UK School Census, School level annual school census and General hospital school census.
Annual Impact Report Summary
Read our latest Annual Impact Report Summary, published in 2023.
We are currently working on the next edition, which we will publish soon.
European Social Infrastructure
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