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As part of our efforts to reduce the Operational Carbon of our buildings now and long into the future we have been implementing industry-leading Green Lease Clauses across our projects. Collaborating closely with Maples Teesdale LLP, we've been enhancing our Green Lease Clauses for our Paradise Project. Recently, we had the opportunity to discuss the development and implementation of these clauses with Anastasia Klein, Head of ESG at Maples:   “Green leases have evolved – we look beyond EPC provisions and environmental forums, to clauses that cover things like the collection and use of data, maintenance or achievement of green certifications, waste reduction and use of green energy or recycled material”.   “Collaboration between owners and occupiers, particularly in the most aspirational sites, is essential and green lease provisions offer a solid starting point and clear statement of intent”.   We wholeheartedly agree, and we will continue to work with Maple Teesdale to set the standard and enact Green Leases in our projects. If you would like to learn more about our Green Leases, read Daniel Mead's latest blog, or reach out to him, or Maples Teesdale LLP (Anastasia Klein, Neil Sagoo, or Scott Burn).   #GreenLeasing #SustainbleConstruction #GreenBuilding

Great work from Daniel Mead and Maples Teesdale LLP . While we’re focused on improving embodied carbon particularly through the use of #masstimber, carbon in use is far from a ‘done deal’. In the realm of hyper-efficient buildings the next battle is incentivising tenant behaviour and making sure our buildings are used to their optimum design parameters. Green lease provisions are a key starting point to help influence occupier culture. #greenlease #sustainabledevelopment

Green leases in non-domestic buildings are an initiative being developed by the Better Buildings Partnership (BBP), a not-for-profit collaboration between leading property owners. But what's so green about them? At one end of the scale, they can be little more than acknowledgement of shared environmental values between landlord and tenant, with no obligations arising from them. At the other, they can use tenancy clauses and existing statutory regulation to hold both landlords and tenants to specific legal obligations on everything from waste reduction to the use of sustainable building materials. Learn more in our short article here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/euhMdZPF #greenbuilding #buildingdesign #greenbuildings #commercialproperty #greenlease

✉️ If your company uses our waste wood collection service, keep a look out in your inbox for your quarterly impact report, heading your way today! 🌳 This reporting is part of the service we give to all our clients every quarter. You'll get details of the CO2 savings achieved, timber reused and jobs created as a result of your partnership with us, allowing you to see the positive impact we're making together. 🍃 If you're not on our distribution list or want a site-level report, just let us know. We can make reports for any site using a time period of your choosing. 👇 This is our network impact report highlighting the collective environmental and social good we've created with your support in the first quarter of the year across the country. Thank you to all of our partners, including Morgan Sindall Construction Sir Robert McAlpine Royal BAM Group Willmott Dixon Galliford Try Kier Group Kier Construction Mace Wates Group Wates Developments Bowmer and Kirkland Ltd Balfour Beatty plc McLaren Construction Group VINCI Construction Glencar RG Group Hill Partnerships Tilbury Douglas Winvic Construction Ltd ISG McLaughlin & Harvey Ltd Bouygues Construction Robertson Group McAleer & Rushe McLaughlin & Harvey Ltd Laing O'Rourke Vistry Group #sustainability #impact #partnership #socialvalue #construction #socialenterprise

Does your company use our waste wood collection service? Keep a look out in your inbox for your quarterly impact report, heading your way today! All our clients automatically receive bespoke company level information every quarter. Our reporting details the CO2 savings achieved, timber reused, and jobs created as a result of your partnership with us, allowing you to see the positive impact we're making together. Not on our distribution list? Interested in a site-level report? Just let us know. We can make reports for any site using a time period of your choosing. And here's our network impact report highlighting the collective environmental and social good we've created with your support in the first quarter of the year across the country. Thank you to all of our partners, including Morgan Sindall Construction Sir Robert McAlpine Royal BAM Group Willmott Dixon Galliford Try Kier Group Kier Construction Mace Wates Group Bowmer and Kirkland Ltd Balfour Beatty plc McLaren Construction Group VINCI Construction GlencarRG Group Hill Partnerships Tilbury Douglas Winvic Construction Ltd ISG McLaughlin & Harvey Ltd Bouygues ConstructionRobertson Group McAleer & Rushe McLaughlin & Harvey Ltd Bouygues Construction Robertson Group McAleer & Rushe Laing O'Rourke Vistry Group #sustainability #impact #partnership #socialvalue #construction #socialenterprise

We have just released our policy agenda to revive the commercial building sector, along with partners Carbon Leadership Forum New Buildings Institute and Institute for Market Transformation Conversations I've had at #ClimateWeek indicate we hit the nail on the head with a thoughtful set of proposals to fit the intersection of climate urgency and CRE constraints. Please reach out to discuss and join our growing group of advocates and supporters - this is the beginning! This suite of policies includes adding efficiency to the ITC and a new bonus for commercial to residential conversions, as well as helping US manufacturers and companies advance better materials and boost exports, shoring up key Federal programs that support commercial buildings with data, and exploring ways that financial and insurance institutions can have a larger role in building efficiency and resilience. Learn more below. U.S. Green Building Council Peter Templeton Ben Evans Sabine Rogers Sarah Zaleski Taryn Holowka Hristova Cliff Majersik Meghan Lewis Smita Gupta Ryan Cunningham Jason Gleason

As leading commercial property investors and landlords, Towngate takes #sustainability seriously and is seeing growing demand from occupiers for #ESG compliant units. Find out more in this blog... ⬇️ #industrialproperty #commercialproperty #yorkshire #northwest

If you're a tenant of a non-domestic building, or about to become one, you may find that your landlord wants you to sign up to a green lease. Should you comply? Green leases have been developed to encourage more sustainable behaviours on the part of both the landlord and the tenants, which is definitely a positive move, but before you sign up, it's important to understand the detail, including the following points, amongst others: ❇️ A green lease may range from a simple acknowledgement of shared values to a legally binding set of sustainability obligations ❇️ Complying with a green lease can have financial impacts ❇️ Some landlords may, for reputational reasons, choose not to deal with tenants who won't sign up to a green lease ❇️ Green leases aren't a legal requirement, but they can strongly reinforce existing statutory obligations around EPC, MEES, etc. Want to learn more about what green leases could mean for you? There's more detail in our short article, here: https://lnkd.in/euhMdZPF #greenbuilding #buildingdesign #greenbuildings #commercialproperty #greenlease

A hugely gratifying day yesterday being amongst peers who share in the commitment to deliver net zero buildings and limit our impact on the climate. BUT this message must go further, deeper and up the chain to central government. It needs to be at the heart of policy making both top down, and bottom up. There is real ambition from local authorities to deliver on their climate emergencies and reach net zero before 2050 but what's clear is that they are totally stymied by the December 2023 WMS for as long as it's in place. The WMS has no place in democratic policy making, especially as it was made so undemocratically under the previous government. There is a clear opportunity to retract this and strengthen the forthcoming NPPF. If the government wants to build 1.5 million homes, then they have to be homes for for the future - and that's net zero carbon! Well done to Alex McCann for putting this so succinctly - it is a pleasure to be working alongside you and Bioregional and fighting the good fight! Also a huge thank you to the TCPA for organizing and allowing our voices to be heard in Westminster. If you are a local authority looking for some support then get in touch. #housingcrisis #climatechange #housing #netzero #netzeronow #planningpolicy #planning

"There is no remaining carbon budget available for the newbuild sector - we must have robust net-zero policy in place that results in net-zero operational emissions at a local level." Our Alex McCann taking the floor at the House of Lords yesterday as part of Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA)'s reception, highlighting why we cannot afford to have national policy statements in place that are limiting the ability of local authorities to deliver best-practice net-zero policy, if the UK is to meet its legally-binding climate commitments. 🏘️🌱🌍 Alex McCann's research piece crunches the numbers across Bath & North East Somerset Council, Cornwall Council, and Central Lincolnshire. Each of these local authorities now has an ambitious net-zero plan - and the emerging evidence shows that stronger energy efficiency standards do not negatively impact housing supply 👉 https://lnkd.in/ehSp4EwM Thanks again for hosting Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) Hugh. Ellis, Celia Davis and Rights: Community: Action Naomi Luhde-Thompson and Lord Ravensdale Daniel Mosley. Shout-outs to South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils as mentioned by Alex, and all our friends and peers doing great work in this space LETI Etude Levitt Bernstein UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) and RIBA.