Our Sustainable Places Strategy with four Leadership Goals guides the way we deliver new communities. Our FY19 performance for each part of our strategy is accessible below.
Climate Resilient Places
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Places
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Accountable & Collaborative Places
Learn moreClimate Resilient Places
Enabling carbon neutral, water positive, zero waste and net positive ecological outcomes by 2028.
Learn moreAll new projects to undertake a Climate Resilience Assessment.
Urban Heat Island Reduction
100%
of new projects achieve our urban heat island targets
Green Square Town Centre was awarded a 6 Star Green Star Communities rating
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Healthy & Inclusive Places
Enhancing Landcom’s international status for delivering world class liveable places, founded on equity, affordability and inclusion by 2036.
Learn more86%
satisfaction with
quality of life
91%
of residents report high physical and mental health
66%
of residents reported community cohesion. This will be a focus area for improvement in FY20.
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Productive Places
Contributing to the global innovation economy by enabling over 30,000 new jobs by 2036.
Learn moreEnabling 30,000 enduring jobs for the future by 2036
Goal
1,500
students engaged across our Skills Exchange, research and excursion programs
$162,000
projected net benefit, based on the seven students that completed the Skills Exchange course and five successful work placements
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Accountable & Collaborative Places
Driving accountability and performance along our value chain.
Learn moreBecame a Participant to the United Nations Global Compact, supporting the Ten Principles across Human Rights, Labour, Environment and Anti-Corruption
Adopted our Diversity & Inclusion Policy, supported by a staff led working group
Partnered with the Property Council of Australia to create the Supplier Engagement Platform aimed at combatting Modern Slavery
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FY19 Highlights
Diversity & Inclusion
Policy Adopted
Awarded fourth most sustainable developer globally, in the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark
Bronze Award from Sustainability Advantage
United Nations Global Compact Participant
AILA Award for
Phytoremediation
Skills Exchange employment pathway program rolled out at Bonnyrigg and Macarthur Heights
$15,000 Sustainability Rebate launched at Macarthur Heights to enable sustainable and affordable living
Partnered with the Property Council of Australia to create the Supplier Engagement Platform aimed at combatting Modern Slavery
Climate change and community resilience assessments and planning program implemented
Our Priority SDGs
Landcom is committed to supporting international agreements, protocols and targets to help ensure our planet and communities thrive into the future. As part of this commitment we report our contribution to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
SDG Goal & Target
Landcom Response
Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Target: By 2030, build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters
Landcom supports the ending of poverty through our mandate to provide Affordable Housing.47 We expand on this to ensure housing diversity and accessibility are addressed, for equity.
Healthy & Inclusive Places Targets
Deliver 5-10% Affordable Housing across the Landcom portfolio.
Deliver 10-15% diverse housing across our portfolio
20% of medium to high density dwellings within all new projects are achieve Livable Housing Australia Silver Certification (or equivalent).
Landcom further supports all community members, including the vulnerable, to increase their resilience to climate related extremes and other shocks or stresses through our commitments to building resilience.
Climate Resilient Places Targets
All projects to prepare and implement an effective Climate Change Adaptation Plan; and Community Resilience Plan.
47 Managed or owned by a Community Housing Provider for not less than 10 years, and accessible to people who meet the government means testing (or other criteria) for access to Affordable Housing.
SDG Goal & Target
Landcom Response
Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
Target: By 2030, end hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including infants, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round
Landcom is seeking ensure access to nutritious food by mandating the adoption of independent rating tools – such as Green Star Communities. Within these tools, we will aim to achieve all credits related to ‘access to fresh food’.
Climate Resilient Places Targets
All projects will adopt the use industry recognised rating tools at a masterplan and built form scale, achieving not less than ‘Australian Best Practice’ equivalent.
SDG Goal & Target
Landcom Response
Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages
Target: By 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and wellbeing
Landcom is committed to ensuring our communities are mentally and physically well. We address this through the design of our communities, and activities or programs we offer throughout the year. We then measure our ongoing success through direct engagement with the people living in our communities.
Healthy & Inclusive Places Targets
All projects provide design, programs or events that encourage active, social and healthy eating lifestyles, achieve 90% resident reported health and wellbeing.
All new projects are designed and delivered to achieve 90% resident satisfaction with public, active and sustainable transport options to key amenities, services, public transport and employment.
Activities
FY19 Landcom Community Development programs related to health, offered at various projects.
FY19 Landcom and Welcome Dinner Project partnership piloted, focused on connecting people, reducing social isolation, and supporting positive mental health outcomes.
FY19 we launched LifeStreet as our preferred Employee Assistance Program focused on whole of life support to the individual.
SDG Goal & Target
Landcom Response
Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning
Target: By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical
and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship
Landcom believes that equitable access to education and opportunities is an important part of delivering our communities. We address this through our targets and programs/activities offered at our projects.
Productive Places Targets
Projects to engage and foster education, learning or employment outcomes via activities or initiatives, based on identified needs of the local and regional community.
Activities
FY19 Landcom Skills Exchange, offered at two communities to support at risk secondary school students, and long-term unemployed people, to engage in meaningful learning, skills development and/or employment.
SDG Goal & Target
Landcom Response
Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Target: Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision making in political, economic and public life
Landcom is committed to diversity and inclusion, including the engagement of women and girls.
Healthy & Inclusive Places Priority
Identify opportunities to positively impact diversity, inclusion and accessibility.
Activities
FY19 Landcom adopted its Diversity & Inclusion Policy, and established a staff led Diversity & Inclusion working group.
SDG Goal & Target
Landcom Response
Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all
Target: By 2030, substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals
and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity
Landcom recognises that water scarcity and drought is an increasing issue for Australia. We are committed to enhancing the efficiency, reducing the unnecessary use of potable water, and ensuring water quality is not negatively impacted by our activities or the communities we build.
Climate Resilient Places Targets
Achieve water positive communities by 2028.
All projects modelled to reduce mains potable water demand by 50% at the precinct scale against a 2016 reference case.
BASIX 60 water target for all new dwellings within our development control.
Water Sensitive Urban Design strategy for all projects, pollutant discharge loads not to exceed Nitrogen 45, Phosphorus 65, Suspended Solids 85, Gross Pollutants 90.
SDG Goal & Target
Landcom Response
Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
Target: By 2030, increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix
Australia is privileged to have reliable energy sources, therefore Landcom’s focus is on enhancing efficiency, improving cost of living, and increasing the use of renewables.
Climate Resilient Places Targets
5% of predicted energy demand supplied from onsite renewable energy, where site constraints permit
All new projects modelled to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions at a precinct scale (transport and stationary) by 50% against 2016 reference case (CCAP PRECINX modelling).
Activities
Landcom’s Sustainability Rebate for home owners was rolled out to Macarthur Heights in FY19.
SDG Goal & Target
Landcom Response
Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
Target: Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms
Landcom aims to support the Greater Sydney Commission objective to achieve a 30 minute city. We are focused on ensuring land use diversity across our projects to promote jobs close to homes.
We are also committed to identify any risks of modern slavery or human rights infringements within our operations or supply chain, and take action.
Productive Places Targets
Enable 30,000 enduring jobs by 2036.
Accountable & Collaborative Priorities
Develop an approach to human rights with consideration for modern slavery.
Activities
In FY19 Landcom became a Participant to the United Nations Global Compact, committing to embed the 10 Principles in our operations.
We also completed a Human Rights Salience Assessment, prioritising our three human rights focus areas for FY20.
SDG Goal & Target
Landcom Response
Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Target: Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and transborder infrastructure, to support economic development and human wellbeing, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all
Landcom is committed to delivering and enabling resilient infrastructure and communities. We address
this through our Climate Resilient Places targets, such as mandating resilience risk assessments and adaptation plans, adopting independent rating tools and pushing for highly efficient buildings.
Climate Resilient Places Targets
All projects will adopt the use industry recognized rating tools at a masterplan and built form scale, achieving not less than ‘Australian Best Practice’ equivalent.
Above standard NABERS and BASIX building ratings.
All projects to prepare and implement an effective Climate Change Adaptation Plan; and Community Resilience Plan.
Productive Places Targets
All new greenfield or regional communities provide electric vehicle chargers to service a minimum 10% total dwellings as either publicly accessible or for private use.
All new urban renewal or high density communities provide a minimum 10% parking yield, per parking lot, as electric vehicle charge station ‘turn-key’ ready at development completion.
All key open spaces to have free wifi.
Activities
FY18-19 we partnered with Sustainability Advantage (NSW Office of Environment and Heritage) to identify ways we can advance the provision of EVs across our existing projects, and drive the uptake of EVs by residents of our communities.
SDG Goal & Target
Landcom Response
Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries
Target: By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status
We are focused on ensuring equity and inclusion across the communities we are delivering, which is why we measure satisfaction with quality of life from our residents through our Healthy & Inclusive Places Survey. This information helps us identify areas to improve the social and economic inclusion of all members in our communities.
Healthy & Inclusive Places Targets
Achieve 90% resident satisfaction with quality of life, as measured by the Personal Wellbeing Index.48
Healthy & Inclusive Places Priority
Identify opportunities to positively impact diversity, inclusion and accessibility.
Activities
FY19 Landcom adopted its Diversity & Inclusion Policy, and established a staff led Diversity & Inclusion working group.
FY19 Landcom Community Development programs for a broad range of interests and needs, offered at various projects.
FY19 Landcom and Welcome Dinner Project delivered at Thornton, focused on connecting people, reducing social isolation, and supporting positive mental health outcomes.
Productive Places Targets
Measure and report annual investment in research and development supporting our strategy principles of fostering a sustainable environment, driving social equity, enabling an innovative economy and advancing responsible governance.
Projects to engage and foster education, learning or employment outcomes, based on identified needs of the local and regional community.
Activities
Engaged over 700 students across our Skills Exchange, research and excursion programs.
48 Personal Wellbeing Index, Deakin University & Australian Unity (2017) https://www.australianunity.com.au/~/media/corporate/documents/annual%20reports/wellbeing%20index/wellbeing%20index%202017.pdf
SDG Goal & Target
Landcom Response
Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
Target: By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services
Target: By 2030, provide universal access to safe, inclusive and accessible, green and public spaces, in particular for women and children, older persons and persons with disabilities
Landcom’s objective is to deliver affordable and sustainable communities. We do this through our commitments to sustainability, housing affordability and diversity, and the provision of parks and open spaces throughout our communities – that are safe and equitable.
Healthy & Inclusive Places Targets
Deliver 5-10% Affordable Housing across the Landcom portfolio.
Deliver 10-15% diverse housing across our portfolio.
20% of medium to high density dwellings within all new projects are achieve Livable Housing Australia Silver Certification (or equivalent).
Achieve a culture of safety throughout our organisation and on all Landcom projects, striving to achieve 90% overall community safety score at our projects.
Activities
Participated in the creation of Everyone Can Play a NSW government initiative to develop a suite of indicators for inclusive play spaces.
Commenced an audit of existing Landcom project parks for their achievement against the Everyone Can Play guidelines to help inform areas for improvement.
Climate Resilient Places Targets
20-50% of the total project site area, in plan view, is comprised of building or landscape elements that reduce the impact of urban heat island effect.
SDG Goal & Target
Landcom Response
Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
Target: By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse
Landcom has maintained a waste diversity from landfill target for many years. We continue to see our most material contribution to the SDG as ensuring unnecessary construction waste does not end up in landfill, but is recycled or reused.
Climate Resilient Places Targets
All new projects divert minimum 95% construction waste from landfill (excluding contamination or hazardous materials).
100% timber used in construction is FSC certified (or equivalent).
SDG Goal & Target
Landcom Response
Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
Target: Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries
Landcom developed the Sustainable Places Strategy with the SDGs and Paris Agreement at front of mind. Our entire Strategy is focused on combatting climate change and its impacts, and building community resilience to climate induced shocks and stresses.
Climate Resilient Places Targets
All targets found in this pillar of Landcom’s Sustainable Places Strategy.
Activities
Collaboration with the CRC for Low Carbon Living to develop an urban heat island mitigation tool.
SDG Goal & Target
Landcom Response
Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources
Target: By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution
Climate Resilient Places Targets
Water Sensitive Urban Design strategy for all projects, pollutant discharge loads not to exceed Nitrogen 45, Phosphorus 65, Suspended Solids 85, Gross Pollutants 90.
SDG Goal & Target
Landcom Response
Goal 15: Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss
Target: Take urgent and significant action to reduce the degradation of natural habitats, halt the loss of biodiversity and, by 2020, protect and prevent the extinction of threatened species
One of Landcom’s leadership goals is to ensure net positive ecological outcomes across our portfolio. We address this through the conservation or enhancement of biodiversity and ecological communities at our projects, and encouraging responsible materials sourcing in our supply chain.
Climate Resilient Places
All new projects enhance the local habitat, biodiversity or ecological communities, compared to the site conditions pre-development.
100% timber used in construction is FSC certified (or equivalent).
Activities
Continued our partnership with the Sustainability Supply Chain School, and plan to make online training and resources available to staff in FY20.
SDG Goal & Target
Landcom Response
Goal 16: Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies
Target: Ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision- making at all levels
Landcom seeks to advance inclusion and participation within and across communities through our Community Development and Welcome Programs, by sourcing data through our Healthy & Inclusive Places Survey, and between staff within our organisation.
Healthy & Inclusive Places Targets
Achieve 90% resident reported community cohesion across all new projects, by fostering the integration of community networks and facilities.
Healthy & Inclusive Places Priorities
Identify opportunities to positively impact diversity, inclusion and accessibility.
Accountable & Collaborative Places Priorities
Develop an approach to Human Rights with consideration for Modern Slavery.
Activities
In FY19 Landcom became a Participant to the United Nations Global Compact, committing to embed the 10 Principles in our operations. We also completed a Human Rights Salience Assessment, prioritising our three human rights focus areas for FY20.
SDG Goal & Target
Landcom Response
Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
Target: Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships
Landcom is committed to promoting effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships and engagement. Our main framework to support this is our Join In Framework, aligned with the IAP2 principles, and dedicated to meaningful engagement.
Healthy & Inclusive Places Targets
All new projects to conform to the community engagement policy, Join In Framework, aligned to industry best practice for stakeholder engagement practice.
Accountable & Collaborative Places Priorities
Work with industry to upskill our supply chain on sustainability issues (eg. through partnership with Supply Chain Sustainability School).
Activities
We also continued our partnership with the Sustainability Supply Chain School, and plan to make online training and resources available to staff in FY20.
Landcom Places
Find each of our Landcom Places on the map below. The table summarises which projects are in scope to be reported on for FY19, and are mapped against each pillar of our Sustainable Places Strategy.
Edmondson Park
A vibrant new community with a range of homes, shops, community facilities and open spaces, accessible by public transport.
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Sydney Metro Northwest
Landcom and Sydney Metro are working together on the long-term planning and development of government owned land surrounding the new Sydney Metro Northwest stations.
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Green Square Town Centre
Green Square is one of the most significant urban renewal projects under construction in Australia.
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Claymore (Hillcroft)
A fun and family friendly development, Hillcroft is a long term renewal project at Claymore, in southwest Sydney.
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Lachlans Line
A vibrant community, close to the city, jobs and sought-after amenities, Lachlan’s Line is the new gateway to Macquarie Park’s employment corridor with new housing close to North Ryde Station.
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Macarthur Heights
Landcom is partnering with Western Sydney University to create a new, vibrant urban community for the Macarthur region, offering residents a chance to learn, work and play close to where they live.
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Oran Park Town
Oran Park Town is fast becoming a community like no other in the south west of Sydney, offering the benefits of contemporary amenities with both mall and main street shopping, civic facilities and a town square.
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Airds (Newbrook)
Sitting alongside the picturesque Georges River Reserve, Newbrook offers great value for those looking to build their own home.
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Bonnyrigg (Newleaf)
Landcom is assisting NSW Land and Housing Corporation (LAHC) to undertake an exciting redevelopment in Bonnyrigg, Western Sydney, providing new social and private homes, as well as roads, parks and facilities, to create an inclusive and vibrant community.
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Renwick
Located in the heart of the picturesque Southern Highlands, this distinctive development has been thoughtfully designed to capture the essence of the region, as well as the essentials of modern living.
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Riverstone
Landcom is honoured to be coordinating the delivery of the Riverstone Scheduled Lands Development Plan Precinct A (Stages 1-3) on behalf of around 50 landowner groups.
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Wentworth Point
An exciting new park for the community including a new playground, barbeque facilities, toilets, exercise hubs, public art, boardwalks, cycleway and viewing platforms overlooking the Parramatta River.
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