Corporate Responsibility Report 2010

Our environment

As the UK's largest commercial property company, we are very aware that every property we own or manage impacts on the world around us. But we also recognise that we create a more sustainable built environment by reducing their negative impacts.

We always think we can do more, so our approach is based on continual improvement, using the sum of our knowledge and expertise to meet the highest standards and set ourselves more challenging goals. Ultimately, however, we intend to be part of the solution, not the problem, and aim to go beyond simply minimising the damage wherever we can.

We are developing new ways to improve the environmental performance of our buildings, from inspirational thinking in architecture and design through to utilising the latest technology. We also use our expertise to drive the industry's responses on energy reduction, sustainable construction and behavioural change, and work closely with our tenants so that they too can respond to the challenges and opportunities posed by environmental issues.

Our Corporate Environment Group, chaired by Robert Noel, Managing Director, London Portfolio, is responsible for setting environmental policies, objectives and targets, and for the environmental strategy that underpins them. Our Environmental Management System (EMS), certified to the international standard ISO 14001, has been designed to assure we are able to respond to the environmental priorities facing our business.

See our progress against our 2009/10 targets and our new targets for 2010/11.