Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Sustainable Development
• Environmental Impact
• Social Impact
• Economic Impact

Environmental Achievements

• Reduced carbon dioxide emissions through passive design, heat pumps, and rooftop solar PV in various projects (specific percentages not provided).
• Designed schemes to minimize energy use and water consumption.
• Implemented sustainable drainage systems to reduce flood risk.
• Developed operational waste and recycling strategies to reduce waste sent to landfill.
• Created circular economy strategies to retain materials in use at their highest value.
• Improved site biodiversity through green roofs and naturalized riverbanks.

Social Achievements

• Provided new homes, community facilities, and employment opportunities in various projects.
• Improved public realm areas and created pedestrian links.
• Engaged with stakeholders through workshops and consultations.
• Delivered a new secondary school accommodating 1,300 pupils.
• Redeveloped Highgate Newtown Community Centre and Fresh Youth Academy.

Governance Achievements

• Achieved high scores on the Sustainable Development Scorecard, demonstrating compliance with NPPF sustainable development principles.
• Produced sustainability and energy statements demonstrating compliance with London Plan carbon dioxide emissions standards.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Navigating constantly changing sustainability legislation at European, national, and local levels.
• Balancing sustainability objectives with project viability.
• Addressing technical constraints such as Green Belt restrictions, existing uses, and topographical challenges (Arena Essex project).
• Managing stakeholder tensions (Arena Essex project).

Mitigation Strategies

• Pragmatic approach to sustainability, aiming for best practice while respecting project viability.
• Considering sustainability measures at the outset and weaving them into the design.
• Employing the Sustainable Development Scorecard to assess and track sustainability performance.
• Holding workshops to unlock tensions between stakeholders and achieve consensus.
• Using high levels of passive design, heat pumps, and rooftop solar PV to reduce carbon emissions.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Flooding

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: NPPF (National Planning Policy Framework), BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method), One Planet Living