Making sustainable decisions
We have both a responsibility and an opportunity to manage our business in an environmentally and socially responsible manner. Our approach to sustainability is focused on three key pillars where British Land can create the most benefit: Greener Spaces, Thriving Places and Responsible Choices.
Environment
Greener Spaces Greener Spaces
Our office customers increasingly demand space with excellent environmental sustainability credentials. We have a strong track record of decarbonising our portfolio and enhancing climate resilience to create places where people, businesses and nature flourish.
Our office customers increasingly demand space with excellent environmental sustainability credentials. We have a strong track record of decarbonising our portfolio and enhancing climate resilience to create places where people, businesses and nature flourish.
Our 2030 commitments
Society
Thriving Places Thriving Places
Our places succeed when the communities living in and around them thrive. We have a strong track record of creating a long-lasting, positive social impact through the use of our spaces and employment and education programmes. This creates clear commercial value – differentiating our places, supporting faster planning outcomes, enabling successful developments and engaging our customers – while generating social and economic value for communities that need it most.
Our places succeed when the communities living in and around them thrive. We have a strong track record of creating a long-lasting, positive social impact through the use of our spaces and employment and education programmes. This creates clear commercial value – differentiating our places, supporting faster planning outcomes, enabling successful developments and engaging our customers – while generating social and economic value for communities that need it most.
Our 2030 commitments
Governance
Responsible Choices Responsible Choices
We are committed to making responsible choices across all areas of our business and we encourage our customers, partners and suppliers to do the same. Our areas of focus include diversity, equality and inclusion; Real Living Wage; health and safety; responsible employment; and responsible procurement.
We are committed to making responsible choices across all areas of our business and we encourage our customers, partners and suppliers to do the same. Our areas of focus include diversity, equality and inclusion; Real Living Wage; health and safety; responsible employment; and responsible procurement.
Our 2030 commitments
External recognition and sector engagement
Sustainability Leadership Sustainability Leadership
We demonstrate sustainability leadership through sustained high performance in international benchmarks and by driving sector-wide change through external commitments, industry collaboration and sharing best practice.
Sustainability Leadership
We demonstrate sustainability leadership through sustained high performance in international benchmarks and by driving sector-wide change through external commitments, industry collaboration and sharing best practice.
Sustainability LeadershipOur 2030 commitments
Progress you can measure
As we continue to make good progress on our 2030 Sustainability Strategy, this is delivering for our customers, investors and local communities. Explore our latest Sustainability Reporting and find out where we are making a difference.
Sustainability Reporting
As we continue to make good progress on our 2030 Sustainability Strategy, this is delivering for our customers, investors and local communities. Explore our latest Sustainability Reporting and find out where we are making a difference.
Sustainability Reporting
Prioritising what counts
We carry out regular materiality assessments to prioritise the sustainability issues that matter most to our business and stakeholders, and identify where we can deliver the greatest impact.
In 2026, we completed a high-level internal review of our material issues. This review identified health and safety, corporate governance and transparent reporting as additional material issues, alongside those identified through our 2023 materiality review, available below.
Our next full double materiality assessment is scheduled for 2027. Its findings will inform our future decision-making and reporting, including disclosures aligned with the forthcoming UK Sustainability Reporting Standards.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
Our 2030 Sustainability Strategy supports multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals and particularly focuses on goals 8 – Decent work and economic growth and 12 – Responsible consumption and production, and is underpinned by 17 – Partnership for the goals.
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