Our approach to ESG

Our unique position as a long-term investor in local communities across the United Kingdom creates invaluable opportunities to leverage change. We are committed to ensuring that we are responsible neighbours in our communities, supporting and championing local causes and innovating to address the needs of local people, whilst minimising our impact on the environment. We are passionate about engaging our staff and occupiers, and maintaining our high standards of governance, to ensure we are an excellent employer and company to do business with.

Our ESG activities are applied through our business model to meet our ESG objectives. Aligned with our corporate strategy, our objectives are built around four focus areas which reflect the issues that are important to our stakeholders and our business.

Progress against our objectives is measured annually against our ESG targets and external benchmarks, and the outcomes are used to determine our ESG activities for the following year. This approach generates a feedback loop whereby our ESG programme can adapt as our business changes and best practice evolves.