Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Overview
A Purposeful and Responsible Business
We have always been driven by a clear purpose - to build quality homes, strengthen communities and improve people's lives.
Our Vision is Berkeley’s responsible business strategy, providing a framework for how we address Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues in line with our purpose. In 2026, Our Vision evolved to reflect the latest operating environment and the addition of Berkeley Living to our portfolio. Through focus on five priority areas, we aim to deliver lasting positive impact.
We have policies in place to govern our day-to-day activities and the behaviour of our employees, partners and supply chain across key ESG-related issues.
Our company’s commitment and transparent communication of progress against key ESG topics receives external recognition. Berkeley has a place on CDP's prestigious 'A List' for both Climate Change and Water Security; the only UK housebuilder to achieve a double ‘A’ score. We are also a Member of the Dow Jones Best-In-Class (DJBIC) World and Europe Indices, reflecting our leading performance under the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA).
Our Performance and Disclosure
Our latest performance on ESG topics is detailed within our Annual Report. This includes climate-related disclosures in line with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and IFRS S2 Climate-related Disclosures. A summary of performance against our ESG indicators is also provided with more detail available on our Environmental Metrics, Social Metrics and Governance Metrics webpages.
Additional disclosures, such as our GHG emissions and energy consumption reporting criteria, our CDP questionnaire response and our Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) overview can be found here.
We also respond to a number of investor benchmarks assessing our performance, with latest results as at 30 April each year detailed below.
| Benchmarks and Indices | 2025/26 | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | Notes |
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CDP Climate Change questionnaire rating
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A | B | A | A- | A- | In addition to being awarded a place on CDP’s ‘A List’ for Climate Change, Berkeley was awarded a place on CDP’s Supplier Engagement ‘A List’ in 2025/26. |
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CDP Water Security questionnaire rating
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A | - | - | - | - |
Berkeley received an ‘A’ rating for its first response to the Water Security questionnaire in 2025/26.
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| FTSE4Good Index Series listed company | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Berkeley has been featured on the Index since 2003. |
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ISS ESG Corporate Rating
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B- | B- | B- | B- | C+ |
Awarded ‘Prime’ status for fulfilling sector requirements regarding sustainability performance. The highest score achieved by our industry in 2025/26 is ‘B-‘.
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| MSCI ESG rating | AAA | AAA | AAA | AAA | AAA | We have achieved an AAA rating for the past ten years. |
| S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment | 74 | 69 | 56 | 53 | 47 | Score is out of 100. In 2025/26, Berkeley achieved a top 5% score and was the highest performing UK housebuilder. |
| Sustainalytics ESG Risk Rating |
12.5 (low) |
12.8 (low) | 14.0 (low) | 14.1 (low) | - | Smaller values indicate lower risk. |
A Sustainable Business
Our Vision includes key sustainability topics as strategic action areas for the business through the Climate & Nature and Places & Communities priorities. We have minimum sustainability standards for our project teams and a detailed management system to maintain high standards.
Read our 2025 Sustainability Report to find out more about our approach, progress, and achievements from 1 May 2024 to 30 April 2025. The 2026 Sustainability Report will be made available in autumn 2026.
2025 Sustainability Report
Sustainable Development Goals
Berkeley is committed to helping to achieve the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
We have identified six of the goals 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 Berkeley’s responsible business strategy, Our Vision.
SDG Report
