Occupier engagement

Only by working together - occupiers, owners and property professionals - can we fully realise the potential to both reduce adverse impacts on the environment and improve financial returns. Therefore, we are developing joint carbon programmes with our occupiers to ensure we achieve significant carbon reductions across our portfolio.

Joint Carbon Programme
We know that most of our occupiers want to reduce the environmental impact of their operations. The challenge for them is how to do it. Since the introduction of our energy awareness initiatives in 2006 and our green lease clauses in 2008, with the support of the Better Buildings Partnership and the Green500 we have been able to further our engagement with a number of willing occupiers.

Across our London office portfolio with the support of our property manager, Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), we are working to develop joint carbon programmes with our occupiers. These programmes establish joint action plans to deliver our respective sustainability targets and objectives .

Moving forward with green leases
Aiming to integrate engagement on sustainability issues within our contracts, we incorporated last year a number of new ‘green’ clauses in our standard form lease which focus on greater co-operation. Since 2007 we have signed 50 new leases with green clauses.

Building on this work and recognising the need for a sector wide approach, we worked with the BBP to develop a sector wide BBP ‘Green Lease Toolkit’, launched earlier this year, see Sector Engagement Section.