Sustainability
The Berkeley Group’s approach to sustainability is to develop the homes and places of the future without compromising the ability of younger generations to meet their needs.
We transform challenging and complex brownfield sites into welcoming and sustainable places, with homes and amenities for all. By reviving neglected and underused land, we can return it to community use and create neighbourhoods that have social, environmental, economic and commercial value.
Through our Sustainability Strategy, we take action to reduce the long-term impacts of both our operations and the places we build, running our business efficiently and considerately and developing sustainable homes and places.
We are committed to supporting public policy and regulation in line with the Paris Agreement and UN Sustainable Development Goals. We engage with key stakeholders, such as government and others across the built environment, to actively collaborate and help ensure that we are aligned with global goals, putting us on the pathway to be a net zero carbon business by 2045.
Our Approach to Sustainability
Our approach to Sustainability consists of three focus areas that are integrated within our responsible business strategy, Our Vision. Click on each area to see how we promote sustainability in our day-to-day business activities and through the homes and places we create.
Climate Action
We are reducing our carbon emissions by driving progress towards our science-based targets and ensuring that our homes, places and business operations are resilient to the impacts of climate change.
Communities
We focus on bringing unloved and underused spaces back to life, unlocking a mix of social, environmental, economic and commercial value that benefits all of our stakeholders and that create strong communities that can thrive over time.
Nature
We believe a new development should enhance nature, not take away from it. We deliver biodiversity net gain on all our new developments and we are broadening our approach to nature to understand how we could achieve environmental net gain on our sites. We ensure our environmental management practices on site go beyond best practice and minimise risks to the environment. We also focus on minimising waste by partnering with our suppliers and peers to drive positive change in resource efficiency across the value chain.
Supporting the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals
Berkeley Group is committed to helping to achieve the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
We have identified the six goals to the right as being most relevant to us, based on a review of our business activities and value chain against the goals and their underlying targets.
We consider that we have the greatest opportunity to contribute to the achievement of these six goals, particularly through the implementation of the Our Vision responsible business strategy.
Our Vision
Our approach to sustainability is integrated into our ambitious responsible business strategy, called Our Vision. We provide performance updates on our sustainability-related and other commitments.
Sustainability Reports and Disclosures
Key sustainability documents published by the Berkeley Group, including sustainability performance reports, carbon and climate change disclosures.
Sustainability Governance and Management
Our governance and management processes put our sustainability commitments at the centre of how we operate. They set out clear lines of responsibility, and detail sustainability actions and targets for each business function.
