20th Apr 2005 15:09
British Land Co PLC20 April 2005 20th April 2005 British Land Corporate Responsibility Report 2004 British Land's 2004 Corporate Responsibility Report, published today, recordsfurther progress in integrating CR into the day to day management of thebusiness. Senior managers from all areas of the Company's operations haveaccepted responsibility for agreeing objectives and delivering on targets. Independent stakeholder research has identified five specific focus areas foraction: Tenant engagementResource useRegenerationBiodiversity andSharing good practiceall of which are being addressed as the Report shows. British Land's CR programmes bring demonstrable business benefits to theCompany, improving the Company's reputation with analysts, investors, lenders,employees, local communities and tenants, reducing risk and reducing costs byefficient management of resource use. Key features of the Report include the launch of the Sustainability Brief, aprocess that embeds sustainable design and construction in every British Landdevelopment; and working with the Carbon Trust to develop and implement a CarbonManagement Programme for the multi-let property portfolio. This enables theCompany to benchmark the energy performance of all multi-let buildings' commonareas, set targets to reduce carbon emissions and, as a result, make costsavings. In 2004, for the second year running, British Land was recognised as theFinancial Sector World Leader in corporate responsibility issues by the DowJones Sustainability Index. British Land's Chief Executive, Stephen Hester, comments, "CorporateResponsibility goes to the heart of the control of our risks and thus BritishLand's reputation, bearing upon the value which we are creating for ourshareholders and other stakeholders". For further information please contact: The British Land Company PLC Claudine Blamey - Corporate Responsibility ExecutiveTel: 0207 467 3455Email: [email protected] Finsbury Edward OrlebarTel: 020 7251 3801Email: [email protected] Editor's notes on following page Notes to Editors 2004 British Land Corporate Responsibility Awards British Council of Shopping Centres(BCSC) Awards:Purple Apple Award for Community RelationsThe Source, Meadowhall (Sheffield) Merit Award for Community RelationsEastgate Centre (Teesside) Building Magazine Health and Safety Awards:Best Occupational Health Initiative 2004 Plantation Place (London EC3) for the on-site health clinic Business Link Essex:Investment in PeopleEastgate Shopping Centre (Basildon) Corporation of London's ConsiderateContractors Scheme:Construction programme for both 1 and 2Plantation Place (London EC3) and the demolition of Caroone House received GoldAwards International Council of Shopping Centres(ICSC) Awards:Award for Community RelationsThe Source, Meadowhall (Sheffield)Award for Business to Business/Leasing Support Meadowhall (Sheffield) Liveable City Awards:Sponsored by the Corporation of LondonEnergy Management and Conservation Award(The British Land Company PLC) National Sportsmatch Awards:Capital Kids Cricket, sponsored by British Land, was Runner Up in the SchoolsSports Category.Award presented to Miles Price bySports Minister Richard Caborn Severnside Recycling Award 2004:Commitment to Recycling Meadowhall (Sheffield) Solihull Times Business Awards:Blythe Valley Business Park was short listed forthe 2004 Community Involvement Award (Solihull) The Civic Trust Awards:Triton Square, Regent's Place, (London NW1) This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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