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Hearthstone Investments joins the Future Homes Hub, UK’s net zero building task force

October 1, 2024

Hearthstone Investments, an investment manager focused on affordable private rented housing in the UK has joined the Future Homes Hub, an independent organisation that facilitates the collaboration needed to meet climate and environmental challenges in the new homes sector.

Hearthstone Investments manages capital on behalf of UK Local Government Pension Schemes, as well as other institutional investors, and oversees an income generating portfolio of over 1,800 homes across the UK. Hearthstone Investments is committed to working with housebuilders in the transition towards net zero. Homes managed by Hearthstone Investments emit an average 1.2 tonnes of CO2 annually, significantly below the national average of 6 tonnes.

The Future Homes Hub brings together the homebuilding sector including the wider supply chain, infrastructure, finance, investment and government organisations with the aim to deliver the government’s legally binding net zero and wider environmental targets, whilst building high-quality homes at scale. The organisation is, amongst others, facilitating the development of technical solutions and innovations, collaborating to overcome barriers to implementation, and creating the basis for benchmarking, measuring and improving sustainability performance.

Helen Simons, Investment Director at Hearthstone Investments comments: “In the decade since Hearthstone Investments started building portfolios of new homes on behalf of institutional investors, housebuilding standards have already promoted greater energy efficiency. However, a step change and continuous focus is required to achieve net zero, and membership of the Future Homes Hub allows us to collaborate even more effectively with the sector: housebuilders, the broader supply chain and representatives from the government.“

Richard Lankshear, Programme Director Future Homes Hub comments: “We are delighted to welcome Hearthstone Investments, the first specialist investment manager to join the Future Homes Hub, alongside its existing members which include over 75 homebuilders. Our members join a community of experts working together on solutions to building low carbon and sustainable homes, and our Steering Groups are impactfully shaping the future of sustainable homebuilding today and for the future. It is important that our members represent a cross-section of the sector, and it will be invaluable having Hearthstone Investments on board.”

For further information please contact:
Helen Simons
Investment Director
+44 (0)7495 437742