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ESG & Diversity In Real Estate: What Are The Key Action Areas For Investors? With Jonathan Hannam & Joanna Marsh The Propcast
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Summary:
On the the 3rd episode of Season 9 of The Propcast, Louisa is joined by Jonathan Hannam, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Taronga Ventures and Joanna Marsh, GM Innovation & Advanced Analytics at Investa Property Group. They chat about their journeys towards a built environment and innovation space, with a focus on what can be done to bridge the gap between technologists and real estate institutions and corporates.
The discussion zeroes in on how companies can improve diversity and ultimately speed up transformation as well as ESG technologies in the industry. The key understanding from this episode is that there is an incredible opportunity to be in between the real estate world and the emerging technology companies.
Resources:
LMRE Global Recruitment and Search Consultancy LMRE YouTube Interviews Companies Mentioned:
SPACECUBE Taronga Ventures Shout Outs:
William Cosby, Ex Omnia Key Insights From This Episode:
There is this incredible opportunity to be in between the real estate world and the emerging technology companies. - Jonathan There is a much greater focus on using ESG to actually deliver real outcomes. - Jonathan Historically in real estate, the industry has been extremely opaque. - Joanna For the last 12 months, every investor and every discussion has been about ESG. - Jonathan One of the trends in real estate has been the move from the point solutions to something that is more of a holistic ecosystem as well as the blending of the technologies together. - Joanna We build better products and better businesses with diverse thoughts. - Joanna Globally, the real estate sector isn't greatly diverse especially at the senior leadership level. - Jonathan We tell founders that, “Your business will be more attractive to us from a capital perspective, if you can demonstrate that you've got diversity of leadership.” - Jonathan In 2019, 2.8% of funding went to women-led startups and in 2020, that fell to 2.3%. - Louisa Keywords: Technology, ESG, Diversity, Real Estate, Proptech
About Our Guests:
Jonathan Hannam, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Taronga Ventures
Jonathan is a global citizen, having held senior executive and board roles across Asia and Europe in real estate, venture capital, technology, and infrastructure-related investments. In 2015, Jonathan jointly founded Taronga Ventures, Asia’s leading technology and innovation investor focused on the real estate sector and the wider built environment. His vision is to bridge the gap between real estate institutions and corporates, and the emerging technology companies that are now targeting the real estate sector. Through Taronga Ventures, Jonathan’s focus is on real estate technology (RealTech) investments that drive real and measurable impact across ESG, including carbon reduction, renewable energy, sustainability, and health & safety. Prior to Taronga Ventures, Jonathan has also held executive roles at Mirvac, as a Director at AREIM in Sweden and as the Portfolio Manager Asia for the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) during a period when ADIA completed more than 40 transactions across Asia.
In other roles, Jonathan has lived and worked in China, the Philippines and Singapore with Savills, and was also the Managing Director South East Asia based in Singapore for ING Real Estate. Jonathan attended the INSEAD AMP course in Singapore & Abu Dhabi in 2015-2016. He holds an MBA from the University of South Australia, a Bachelor of Planning & Design and a Bachelor of Town & Regional Planning from the University of Melbourne. He also completed postgraduate studies at Tsinghua University and is fluent in Mandarin and Swedish.
About Taronga Ventures
Taronga Ventures is Asia’s leading technology and innovation investor focused on the real estate sector and the wider built environment. The group consists of the RealTech Ventures Fund, the RealTechX innovation program and Taronga Advisory and has offices in Sing
Summary:
On the the 3rd episode of Season 9 of The Propcast, Louisa is joined by Jonathan Hannam, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Taronga Ventures and Joanna Marsh, GM Innovation & Advanced Analytics at Investa Property Group. They chat about their journeys towards a built environment and innovation space, with a focus on what can be done to bridge the gap between technologists and real estate institutions and corporates.
The discussion zeroes in on how companies can improve diversity and ultimately speed up transformation as well as ESG technologies in the industry. The key understanding from this episode is that there is an incredible opportunity to be in between the real estate world and the emerging technology companies.
Resources:
LMRE Global Recruitment and Search Consultancy LMRE YouTube Interviews Companies Mentioned:
SPACECUBE Taronga Ventures Shout Outs:
William Cosby, Ex Omnia Key Insights From This Episode:
There is this incredible opportunity to be in between the real estate world and the emerging technology companies. - Jonathan There is a much greater focus on using ESG to actually deliver real outcomes. - Jonathan Historically in real estate, the industry has been extremely opaque. - Joanna For the last 12 months, every investor and every discussion has been about ESG. - Jonathan One of the trends in real estate has been the move from the point solutions to something that is more of a holistic ecosystem as well as the blending of the technologies together. - Joanna We build better products and better businesses with diverse thoughts. - Joanna Globally, the real estate sector isn't greatly diverse especially at the senior leadership level. - Jonathan We tell founders that, “Your business will be more attractive to us from a capital perspective, if you can demonstrate that you've got diversity of leadership.” - Jonathan In 2019, 2.8% of funding went to women-led startups and in 2020, that fell to 2.3%. - Louisa Keywords: Technology, ESG, Diversity, Real Estate, Proptech
About Our Guests:
Jonathan Hannam, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Taronga Ventures
Jonathan is a global citizen, having held senior executive and board roles across Asia and Europe in real estate, venture capital, technology, and infrastructure-related investments. In 2015, Jonathan jointly founded Taronga Ventures, Asia’s leading technology and innovation investor focused on the real estate sector and the wider built environment. His vision is to bridge the gap between real estate institutions and corporates, and the emerging technology companies that are now targeting the real estate sector. Through Taronga Ventures, Jonathan’s focus is on real estate technology (RealTech) investments that drive real and measurable impact across ESG, including carbon reduction, renewable energy, sustainability, and health & safety. Prior to Taronga Ventures, Jonathan has also held executive roles at Mirvac, as a Director at AREIM in Sweden and as the Portfolio Manager Asia for the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) during a period when ADIA completed more than 40 transactions across Asia.
In other roles, Jonathan has lived and worked in China, the Philippines and Singapore with Savills, and was also the Managing Director South East Asia based in Singapore for ING Real Estate. Jonathan attended the INSEAD AMP course in Singapore & Abu Dhabi in 2015-2016. He holds an MBA from the University of South Australia, a Bachelor of Planning & Design and a Bachelor of Town & Regional Planning from the University of Melbourne. He also completed postgraduate studies at Tsinghua University and is fluent in Mandarin and Swedish.
About Taronga Ventures
Taronga Ventures is Asia’s leading technology and innovation investor focused on the real estate sector and the wider built environment. The group consists of the RealTech Ventures Fund, the RealTechX innovation program and Taronga Advisory and has offices in Sing
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