Delivering ethically
Biodiversity and waste
Biodiversity and Waste
Reductions in natural capital cause biodiversity loss and create wide-ranging social problems around the world.
To protect and enhance the environment on our sites, we facilitate nature-based site-management plans and solutions to boost biodiversity while minimising waste and materials.
Our current position
Achieving biodiversity net gain
Across all our developments we have achieved and continue to secure in excess of the 10% minimum bio-diversity net gain – both before and after it became mandatory. We navigate complex requirements to secure biodiversity on site and locally where possible. And we’re taking steps to help all our developments go above and beyond this target. In fact, we’ve already delivered 25% biodiversity net gain at one project.
Zero waste to landfill across the sites we own
We don’t send any rubbish to landfill from our own sites. Data collected from our joint ventures (JVs) also shows we currently recycle 27% of waste with 73% of this amount processed to create refuse-derived fuel – a renewable energy source.
Massive reductions in landfill waste from the sites we develop
We’ve successfully reduced the waste produced on site and diverted materials from landfill during construction. Over 99% of total construction waste was diverted from landfill at a recent project.
Keeping the grass greener
By implementing green clauses in our landscaping contracts, we capture and monitor various metrics relating to the waste collected from our sites. We also actively engage with our contractors to reduce and reuse waste where possible, lowering the site’s carbon footprint.
Our future commitments
- To maximise the biodiversity of all new developments.
- To improve the biodiversity of existing sites with individualised action plans.
- To optimise the operational recycling rate across the sites we manage and reduce our total waste footprint.
- To monitor and minimise the waste produced and recycled when we construct new developments.
