Infrastructure leaders Adrian Dwyer  from Infrastructure Partnerships Australia and James Heath  from the UK’s National Infrastructure Commission talk with Ashurst's Harvey Weaver about how their sector can help address some pressing global challenges.

Climate change. Supply chain shortages. Cost of living pressures. The list goes on. There’s a dizzying array of challenges facing today’s business and government leaders.

Given the right funding, strategy, and creativity, the infrastructure sector could play its part in addressing these challenges, including helping nations like the UK and Australia hit ambitious net zero targets. That’s the message from infrastructure leaders in this episode of Ashurst Business Agenda, who call for greater collaboration and long-term policy settings from governments.

“What we’d like to see is governments focus [on intervention] where there is genuine market failure,” says Adrian Dwyer from Infrastructure Partnerships Australia. “But those interventions should be first and foremost by setting the rules of the game not playing the game... because [getting directly involved] inevitably begins to distort the incentives which begets more intervention.”

James Heath, from the UK’s National Infrastructure Commission, adds that the UK government has set positive climate goals in many areas. For those to be achieved, he says, the government needs to provide consistent, long-term policy to give investors greater confidence.

This podcast conversation reflects on issues raised at the McKinsey Global infrastructure Initiative Summit, recently held in Tokyo.

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In this second episode of our mini-series on psychosocial risk you'll hear how organisation’s can get ahead of the curve and crucially, what to start or stop doing to achieve the productivity and strategic benefits that comes from having a mentally healthy and safe workplace.

You’ll hear about the regulatory complexity across Australia and the importance of organisation’s to look inwards and be authentic to ensure that the actions taken to respond to psychosocial risk truly drive the values and behaviors of the business. For leaders it’s all about asking the right questions. Do you have the right information to be able to address the risk? And what tools do you need to ensure you get it right?

The episode features four experts on psychosocial risk, Trent Sebbens, Employment and Safety Partner at Ashurst, Anthony Gibbs, CEO of Sentis, Tony Morris, Partner at Ashurst Risk Advisory, and Amy Hawkes, a leading psychologist from Sentis.

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Psychosocial risk has shot up corporate agendas in the past 12 months becoming a critical feature for an organisations safety landscape. Leaders and organisations must not only come to grips with what psychosocial risk is, and why it's so vital to operations, but also what needs to happen to address it.

In this first episode, Ashurst announces its partnership with cultural transformation specialists Sentis who support a range of businesses through safety and cultural diagnostics to discuss what psychosocial risk is, why it's a hot topic, and the trends developing across the market. Importantly, the episode shares genuine insights and practical considerations in order to manage the risk and what the partnership with Sentis means for Ashurst clients.

The episode features four eminent authorities on psychosocial risk, Trent Sebbens, Employment and Safety Partner at Ashurst, Anthony Gibbs, CEO of Sentis, Tony Morris, Partner at Ashurst Risk Advisory, and Amy Hawkes, a leading psychologist from Sentis.

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The Brisbane 2032 Games promises to be a game changer to the way we view global events. As the world's first climate-positive Olympic games, the Brisbane games is set to be the catalyst for some of Australia’s largest infrastructural, cultural, and technological projects.

Ashurst has extensive experience in the delivery of global games, including creating mandates for the Olympics in Sydney, London, and Tokyo, and currently in the delivery of the Melbourne 2026 Commonwealth Games. Throughout the 2032 and Beyond series, experts at Ashurst will showcase the common challenges and themes for the incoming Brisbane 2032 Games.

In this episode, Ashurst Global Lead for the Client Centre of Excellence, Kim Wiegand, speaks to Transport and Infrastructure partner, Andrew McCormack, and Ashurst Risk Advisory business director, Mike Duggan, who specialises in strategy and sustainability, on the key concepts in the planning for the 2032 Games; legacy and climate-positivity. 

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Welcome to the first episode of our new mini-series from our partnership with McKinsey & Company on their Global Infrastructure Initiative (GII).

The GII Summit took place in Tokyo in October 2022 with senior stakeholders from around the globe meeting to discuss the pathway to sustainable infrastructure 

In the first episode of our mini-series, Ashurst's Global Sustainability and ESG Partner Anna-Marie Slot is joined by Kevin Klowden, Chief Global Strategist at the Milken Institute.

Anna-Marie and Kevin met at the GII Summit and share their key takeaways from the event, including the importance of cost evaluation and risk assessment in employing sustainable infrastructure.

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This episode is the fourth and final episode in our Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) mini-series where we explore the future of work and WHS trends in Australia.

In this episode, Ashurst Risk Advisory director Lauren Brignull is joined by Ashurst Partner and global head of the strategic advisory division Lea Constantine and Scott Taylor, a leader in the space with an extensive background working in safety.

Together they explain what safety leadership is, why it's so vital for organisations, how to build a safety culture in the workplace and how to prepare for, and respond to a crisis.

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As part of Ashurst’s ‘Reimagining Real Estate’ campaign, our Practice Group Head Richard Vernon speaks with Selina Mason, Director of Masterplanning at Lendlease, and Bek Seeley, Managing Director for Development in Europe at Lendlease. In a widespread discussion, the trio discuss the mystery around placemaking, what do we mean by 'placemaking' and how we know it has been achieved.

During the conversation, Beck and Selina each share a scheme where Lendlease have made a 'place' and the criteria they used to measure both the benefits to Lendlease and others.

The trio also discuss the importance of thinking through, planning and maintaining your investment, why you should always pay attention to the fabric of the place and the evolvement of placemaking to meet the Net Zero agenda.

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This is the third episode of our miniseries about trends in workplace health and safety.

In the latest episode of our miniseries in trends in work health and safety we discuss psychosocial hazards in the workplace, and the importance of proactively managing these risks.

This episode is hosted by Tony Morris, partner at Ashurst Consulting and leader of our national work health and safety consulting team in risk advisory at Ashurst. Joining Tony is Ashurst Employment partner Julia Sutherland and Dr Rebecca Michalak, "Dr Becs", an expert in psychosocial risk, focusing on business performance and corporate governance.

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As part of Ashurst’s ‘Reimagining Real Estate’ campaign, our Practice Group Head Richard Vernon speaks with David Lockyer, Head of Campuses at British Land. In a wide-ranging discussion, the two of them discuss what is meant by ‘placemaking’, why it’s so important, and how it can best be achieved.

During the conversation, David reflects on the lessons learned from the ongoing transformation of Broadgate, a 32-acre office-led Central London campus. He explains how a shared vision, clear placemaking principles, and careful consultation helped capitalise on the existing asset and create deeper connections for the people who spend time there.

Richard and David also discuss how to strike the balance between financial pressures and creating an outstanding place, how to measure success, and what more can be done to elevate environmental, social and governance factors in placemaking.

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In this episode of our mini series we are looking at the future of work, what the more enduring changes the pandemic has brought will be, particularly around safety.

This episode is hosted by Bob Walker, a director in risk advisory at Ashurst. Joining Bob is Ashurst Employment partner Trent Sebbens and Siobhan Casey, who is a director with ACS, and has been at the forefront of helping tech entrepreneurs over the last several years, navigate what is an incredibly changing, and fast moving technology landscape.

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