Contact
If your organisation is interested in becoming a member of the BBP, please contact our Senior Programme Manager, Jonathan Hulbert, at j.hulbert@betterbuildingspartnership.co.uk.
Becoming a member of the BBP
Why join our collaborative community of leading real estate companies?
BBP members actively engage in our programme of work, from attending regular working groups and knowledge sharing roundtables to contributing to the development of our market- transformational Toolkits and industry insights.
Our initiatives address a wide range of sustainability challenges, all viewed from the unique perspective of property owners. Members also benefit from valuable networking opportunities, allowing them to connect with peers, share best practice, develop common approaches and collaborate on innovative solutions.
The BBP has over 50 members, with combined AUM of over £315bn. A full list of current members can be found here.
From attending our regular working groups and knowledge sharing roundtables through to getting involved in drafting sections of our market transformational toolkits and industry solutions, BBP Members play an active role in our ongoing programme of work.
Benefits of your BBP Membership
Share Knowledge & Collaborate with Industry Peers
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Our BBP roundtables enable members to benefit from:
- Knowledge sharing and networking with other leading commercial property owners who are developing and implementing sustainability strategies across their portfolios
- Input from leading industry experts on sustainability as it relates to commercial property investment, development and management
- Informal benchmarking and comparison to understand peers’ progress on sustainability, enabling members to get exposure to leading industry practice and share challenges in a confidential environment.
Shape & Contribute to Industry Leading Tools
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Our highly engaged BBP working groups and projects enable members to
benefit from co-ordinated action to:
- Lead and drive ground-breaking sustainability initiatives for commercial property owners
- Define and encourage consistent industry approaches to sustainability issues
- Develop practical toolkits and guidance to support sustainability implementation tailored to commercial property owners
- Share knowledge and collaborate across the membership
Gain Access to Practical Resources
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All members have access to BBP member resources including:
- Our weekly round-up of member and industry news, publications and events to ensure you are up to date with current initiatives and practice
- A member area with access to all Working Group meeting recordings, presentations and minutes meaning you don’t miss out if you can’t attend an event.
- The Real Estate Environmental Benchmark (REEB) data portal, allowing members to compare portfolio sustainability performance and contribute to industry benchmarks, helping to identify areas for improvement in your portfolio and to drive continuous improvement.
Collaborate with & Influence the Wider Industry
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Our highly collaborative approach enables members to benefit from the opportunity to:
- Keep up to date with industry initiatives, get support in aligning with them and make sure your voice is heard by industry organisations
- Reduce duplication across the industry, working with other organisations in the spirit of partnership.
- Influence government policy including collective BBP responses to key consultations.
Raise Your Sustainability Profile
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Our member-led governance model and active programme of work enables members to demonstrate their leadership and reach a wider audience through:
- The opportunity to chair or co-chair BBP working groups and projects.
- The opportunity to be put forward to join the BBP Board when vacancies arise, helping to shape and influence the BBP work programme.
- A dedicated member communications programme utilising our resources to deliver and maintain your members page, our case studies programme, BBP industry representation and online presence.
From attending our regular working groups and roundtables through to getting stuck in and drafting sections of our market transformational Toolkits and industry insights, BBP Members play an active role in our ongoing programme of work.
We have six key workstreams spanning Market Transformation, Investment & Lending, Measurement & Benchmarking, Building Innovation & Technology, Property Management and Occupier Engagement. Members choose which programmes of work they'd like to engage in, depending on their requirements; and we regularly review them to ensure they reflect our members sustainability priorities.
What Our Members Say:
"The BBP is a force for good, advocating and demonstrating through all its activities and its members, what sustainability leadership means within the sector. The drive for radical collaboration will be crucial to deliver transformative change in the built environment that is so crucially needed given the climate and environmental emergency that we all collectively face."
Jane Wakiwaka, Head of Sustainability, Real Estate Management (REM)
“BBP is my preferred membership organisation within the sector. What it has achieved in the last 5 years of launching the Climate Commitment and creating major momentum in getting real estate companies to set net zero goals, is quite incredible. The BBP team should be incredibly proud of what they have achieved and continue to push within the industry.”
Andy Haigh, Director of Climate Positive Solutions, Grosvenor
Eligibility & Application Process
Eligibility & Application Process
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Eligibility: Any firm company or association or any combination thereof being a commercial property owner, real estate fund manager or investor in the UK, a major stakeholder in the UK property sector or (to the extent that their membership is approved by members in a general meeting) shall qualify for membership.
Application Process:
- All applications for membership should be submitted to the BBP Executive, who review the application and seek any clarifications and/or additional information before making a recommendation to the Board.
- Quarterly Board Meetings: The Board reviews all applications, deciding whether the application should be approved and put forward to the membership to approve admission.
- Quarterly Members Meeting: Board approved applications are put forward to the BBP membership who are asked to vote in order to approve the admission of the new member.
All new members are asked (via the application process) to agree to the membership commitments.
BBP Membership Commitments:
To support the BBP’s aims we use the collective weight of our members to demonstrate leadership, promote innovation and drive change within the industry. As leading commercial property owners, the BBP requires all members to:
- Have a board-level (or equivalent) endorsed commitment to address climate change which is consistent with the BBP’s Climate Commitment objective to deliver net zero buildings before 2050.
- Have a directly employed resource with responsibility for the execution of the business’s Sustainability/ESG strategy.
- Demonstrate that they have sufficient resources in place to contribute to the BBP work programme.
- Complete the BBP Annual Impact Survey in order to monitor these requirements and enable the BBP Executive to assess the impact of the BBP’s programme of work.
If you're interested in becoming a member please contact Jonathan Hulbert.
