Green initiatives
As a company with a large property portfolio, we take our responsibilities very seriously when it comes to the environment and the impact we have on it.
We are working at the leading edge of initiatives within the property industry to devise the best ways of both developing and operating buildings to minimise their environmental impact. But, as 98% of our direct carbon impact comes from our customers' energy use, helping you to be greener is key to reducing our own environmental footprint too.
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Reducing energy use
We are actively working to find new and innovative ways of improving the thermal performance of our buildings to help minimise their energy consumption. As well as supplying electricity from 90% renewable sources, all our individual office suites have smart meters installed so that you can monitor and manage your own energy use.
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Recycling and waste management
We operate central, segregated recycling schemes across all our properties and our individual building teams produce recycling reports so that we can monitor progress towards our target of recycling 80% of generated waste by 2014.
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Encouraging sustainable transport use
With over 45,000 people working in our properties, the impacts of their transport habits are significant. As well as deliberately selecting our properties to be close to public transport hubs, we are also embarking on a programme of creating cycle storage and changing facilities in selected buildings across our portfolio.