We are signatories to a number of external commitments to raise performance in our industry and beyond.
Better Building Partnership Climate Change Commitment: Founding signatory committed to transitioning to a net zero carbon portfolio, implementing a climate resilience strategy, and detailed disclosure of climate performance, risk and opportunities.
Business for Societal Impact (B4SI): British Land reports community investment in line with B4SI , the global standard in measuring and managing a company's social impact.
Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS): Client Partners.
Construction Logistics and Community Safety (CLOCS): Champions and supporters of the CLOCS Working Group.
Our central London campuses Broadgate, Paddington Central and Regent's Place are Good Work Standard accredited employers – the Mayor of London’s benchmark for healthy, fair and inclusive workplaces.
Inclusive Culture Pledge: Signatory to the EW Group Inclusive Culture Pledge, a public commitment to building a more inclusive workplace culture.
Prompt Payment Code: Signatory to the UK Government’s Prompt Payment Code since it launched in 2010.
RE100 partner: Committed to purchasing electricity from renewable power in our own space and across service charge space.
Real Estate Balance: Signatory to the CEO Commitments for Diversity.
We pay at least the Real Living Wage to all British Land employees and we strongly encourage all suppliers to take the same approach. We mandate at least Real Living Wages on all our developments. Our central London campuses Broadgate, Paddington Central and Regent's Place are accredited Living Wage Employers.
RICS Inclusive Employer: Signatory to the RICS Inclusive Employer Quality Mark.
RICS Service Charges in Commercial Property: Professional Statements 1st Edition.
Science-based targets: British Land commits to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 51% by FY2030 from a FY2020 base year. British Land also commits to reduce scope 3 GHG emissions 55% per square metre of net lettable area over the same target timeframe. These targets have been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), validating that our Scope 1 and 2 target is in line with a 1.5°C climate trajectory and that our Scope 3 target is considered ambitious.
The Code for Leasing Business Premises
The Valuable 500: We have joined this global movement putting disability on the business leadership agenda.
30% club: Signatory to the 30% club, a global campaign led by Chairs and CEOs taking action to increase gender diversity at board and senior management levels.
UK Green Building Council: Founding member – working with industry partners to radically improve the sustainability of the built environment.
UN Global Compact: Signatory to the UN Global Compact since 2009. We are proud to be members of the UN Global Compact Network UK, working with other organisations that share our commitment to accelerating sustainability efforts and scaling up impact.
External standards
We are accredited to a number of best practice standards.
ISO 14001 accredited Environmental Management System at our Head Office and across the majority of our office portfolio, including all commercial space on our London campuses.
ISO 50001 accredited Energy Management System for Property Development and Management Services at our Head Office and across the majority of our office portfolio, including all commercial space on our London campuses.
ISO 14001 accredited Environmental Management System across our developments, applied through our Sustainability Brief for Developments.
ISO 45001 accreditation for our Health and Safety Management Systems across all our activities, an international standard.
Building Confidence accreditation for our key construction suppliers, recognised as the standard for supplier excellence in the construction industry. Audits of management systems and compliance with statutory requirements across all business areas are administered by Achilles.
