Corporate responsibility


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Two Kingdom Street
Paddington

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Corporate responsibility objectives


Corporate

  • Develop our minimum standards and advance from regulatory compliance towards good practice in sustainable and responsible development.

  • Improve our internal reporting on corporate responsibility (CR) matters against our targets and objectives. To ensure sustained improvement and commitment to our objectives.

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Environment

  • Minimise energy and water consumption at all major developments, through good design, efficient construction site practices and advice to occupants.

  • Seek to minimise waste on developments.

  • On every project appoint suitably qualified consultants to advise on technical options available for sustainable development.

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Employees & suppliers

  • Maintain collegiate atmosphere; encourage and facilitate employee development.

  • Enforce policy to ensure the workplace health and safety of all employees and visitors.

  • Liaise with construction teams to ensure compliance with health and safety best practice procedures.

  • Engage our major suppliers in our sustainable development programme and maintain relations through periods of inactivity.

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Community

  • Create diverse and balanced developments that reflect the socio-economic diversity of their local communities.

  • Develop successful partnerships with local stakeholders and engage them in our sustainability work.

  • Enrich and improve communities and environments local to our developments.

  • Sponsor and support projects that promote the arts in local communities.

  • Sponsor and support youth programmes in their efforts to create greater opportunities for young people in local communities.

  • Share knowledge with our local communities to improve levels of skills and training and to foster a greater appreciation of environmental issues.

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Investors

  • Contribute to the better working of our industry by participating in debate and publishing research.

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Risk awareness & corporate reputation

  • To identify and manage risk to reflect our corporate strategy.

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Two Kingdom Street
Paddington

Completed in 2010, this building comprises 23,000 sq m of top-specification office space and 2,200 sq m of studio space. Completed in February 2010, it is now the global headquarters of AstraZeneca, the pharmaceuticals giant. Rio Tinto, the leading international mining group, has recently taken a lease of 26,000 sq ft, which comprises the entire 6th floor. Only 134,000 sq ft remains available.

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