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The Better Buildings Partnership regularly publishes blog pieces, news articles, toolkits and case studies that highlight the latest sustainability developments in the UK commercial real estate industry. The resources can be filtered hereunder by topic, type and member.

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Grosvenor secures a BREEAM Outstanding first

17 November 2016

Following a final review from BRE, a globally recognised sustainability benchmarking organisation, Grosvenor Britain & Ireland (Grosvenor) has secured the first ever BREEAM Outstanding rating for a listed residential retrofit...

Topic: Retrofit & Refurbishment

Type: News

Member: Grosvenor

Land Securities' Publishes its first Responsible Property Investment Policy

07 November 2016

Land Securities is has announced the release of its Responsible Property Investment Policy. The Policy sets out how we comprehensively assess sustainability criteria as part of their pre-acquisition due diligence. Not only have they outlined the metrics we evaluate, but they have explained why these are important to our business and our stakeholders.

Type: News

Member: Landsec

Leading Agents make Sustainability Integral to their Property Management Services

19 September 2016

Members of the BBP Managing Agents Partnership, a collaboration of leading agents responsible for managing over 29,000 assets in the UK, will now be including sustainability services as part of their standard property management offering to clients.

Topic: Property Management

Type: News

Canary Wharf Group Publishes Latest Sustainability Report 2015

26 September 2016

The report gives a snapshot of their activities and commitments in four key areas: Making Great Places; Pioneering Innovation; Promoting Inclusive Growth; Optimising Our Performance. And features some impressive results, including ...

Type: News

Member: Canary Wharf Group

Grosvenor Europe has achieved five Green Stars in the annual Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB).

14 September 2016

Grosvenor Europe has achieved five Green Stars in the annual Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB)...

Topic: Market Transformation

Type: News

Member: Grosvenor

Aberdeen Improves its GRESB Sustainability Scores with Six of its Property Funds Achieving Green Stars

07 September 2016

Aberdeen Asset Management has continued to deliver and improve on its sustainability scores in the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark with six of its property funds achieving Green Stars and each scoring above their respective peer group average. This has ranked the funds amongst the most sustainable in the property sector achieving top ranking positions across Europe and globally.

Topic: Market Transformation

Type: News

Member: abrdn

LaSalle Launches UK Sustainability Review 2016

07 September 2016

LaSalle Investment Management has launched their new Sustainability Review 2016 which highlights key achievements across their UK portfolio.

Type: News

Member: LaSalle Investment Management

TH Real Estate Sets Up New European Cities Fund to Screen for Climate Resilience

05 August 2016

A new €700 million European real estate fund has been launched that will only invest in “future-proof cities”, and includes a climate resilience screen in order to provide diversified and defensive income return optimised over the long term.

Topic: Investment

Type: News

Member: Nuveen Real Estate