Impact & Sustainability

Accountability

We want to ensure that all our stakeholders have visibility on our ESG commitments as well as our progress towards achieving and maintaining them as part of our commitment to adopt the highest standards of governance and accountability.

Key initiatives include:

• Track and report on the commitments that we make under each pillar

• Collaborate with like-minded organisations to ensure adherence to the highest sustainability practices

• Submit to external standards and reporting regimes to undertake an independent assessment of our efforts in line with our peers

Built Environment

We have a clear purpose to create places, products and operating platforms the increase prosperity, opportunity and sustainability. We recognise that the built environment is a key contributor to the global climate crisis.

Key initiatives include:

• Net zero carbon by 2050

• Achieving high sustainability credentials on new developments

• Sustainable construction and building design

• Revitalising heritage buildings

• Implementing green energy

• Embracing circular economy

• Thought leadership on sustainability

• Assessing vendor practices

Built Environment - 2025 Highlights

• Pioneering circular development at 1 Golden Lane, reusing structural steel on-site – a UK first, targeting five tonnes recovered and redeployed.

• Switched to 100% green energy with Ecotricity, aligned to UKGBC standards and progressing towards time-backed REGO certificates.

• Driving ESG engagement on the ground, with quarterly asset meetings connecting building teams and tenants to deliver impactful initiatives.

Community

We believe our role is to ensure that every building, business and community we’re responsible for becomes more valuable and enriching to everyone. We aim to be a force for good in the communities in which we operate and encourage all our team members in their own philanthropic missions.

Key initiatives include:

• Commitment to socially responsible business plans

• Delivery of high-quality housing accessible to households on median incomes

• Community engagement during development

• Provision of spaces to local community and key workers

Community - 2025 Highlights

• Implemented our Local Charter, setting clear social impact goals for the communities we serve.

• At 1 Golden Lane, delivering dedicated space to benefit the local community, honouring the building’s heritage as the Cripplegate Foundation, which historically provided charitable support to those in need.

• At Brunel, Cardiff, hosted a 200ft charity abseil with Adventures Wales, raising funds for City Hospice for the second year running.

• Continued to support charities in the communities where we develop assets through our Employee Forum.

• Empowering tenants to drive community impact, including partnering with Mind at Brunel House on a homelessness awareness campaign.

• Promoted local community events and ensured tenants were kept informed. For example, at Yorkshire House Leeds, the monthly tenant newsletter featured information about local activities including fun runs, mental health fundraisers and homelessness charity events.

People

We believe that our people are our most important asset, and, as such, we are committed their wellbeing and career progression. We also recognise that promoting equality and diversity is ethical, a key component to good management and necessary for achieving the greatest collective outcomes from our team.

Key initiatives include:

• Encouraging gender, cultural and cognitive diversity at every level

• Supporting employee mental health

• Encouraging employee career development

• Providing a fair and transparent compensation and promotion structure

• Creating a psychologically safe working environment

People - 2025 Highlights

• Supported the 10,000 Black Interns Programme for the third year running, providing two internship placements aiming to improve industry representation and diversity in our early talent pipeline.

• Continued our relationship with The Switch, an education charity in Tower Hamlets, by dedicating employee volunteer hours to deliver interview skills training for students, and participating in an Assessment Centre Practice Day with a local school, including delivering a presentation.

• Launched our quarterly employee NPS pulse survey to regularly assess team sentiment and anonymised feedback.

• Hosted a team event in Europe focused on culture, company strategy and employee engagement.

• Completed company-wide ESG training to embed best practices across the business.