Our Purpose, Our Mission

We develop initiatives that go above and beyond our legislative obligations, together with strong compliance and the utmost consideration for our social environment. We seek to be honest, ethical, transparent and caring in all that we do.

ENVIRONMENTAL & SUSTAINABILITY

To combat climate change and protect our planet, we have already taken measures that better our environmental legislative obligations. We are fully committed to meeting and exceeding, where possible, forthcoming regulatory changes for a sustainable future.

We are actively creating low-carbon, energy efficient homes for current and future generations by delivering sustainable communities and places that enhance people’s wellbeing.

We create places with movement networks that support sustainable travel. We include many biodiverse and ecological enhancements, such as tree planting, green infrastructure, nesting boxes, bat boxes and dark streets. Where the ground permits, we include above ground sustainable urban drainage features, with an emphasis upon wet features, where possible, to provide both sustainable drainage but also additional wildlife and biodiversity benefits. We continually review our design code principles to positively influence and engage with the policy makers and local stakeholders.

SOCIAL

We create a strong and positive work culture, guided by our vision and values, promoting high levels of personal and professional integrity. We value everyone and work as one team by fostering openness, sustainability, and respect. We encourage an inclusive and diverse working environment, utilising a broad range of perspectives, ideas and experiences to help shape and improve our decision making. Flexible and agile working helps to retain our talented people, increase employee engagement and wellbeing. We support our workforce to maintain good mental, physical, social and financial health.

We invest significantly in our working environments by creating and maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, where there is mutual trust and respect and where every person feels responsible for the performance and reputation of our business. We respect one another and each other’s individual rights and customs. We work towards achieving a diverse workforce, recruiting, employing and promoting people only on the basis of objective criteria and the qualifications and abilities needed for the job to be performed. We continuously engage with our people to convert our core values into action.

GOVERNANCE

We uphold strong governance and a robust risk and compliance framework to ensure that we apply, at all times, high levels of personal and professional integrity. We have put in place the necessary policies and procedures and ongoing training throughout our employees’ careers to ensure that the highest standards of compliance are embedded across all our operations.

Our risk identification and management system sits at the heart of all operational activity. We manage our financial risk centrally through appropriate financing structures, strategically allocating funds to the right projects at the right time and in the right locations.  

We will not enter into or maintain relationships with individuals or organisations engaged in activities which go against our ethical standards. We do not work with suppliers involved in money laundering, corruption or bribery, child labour, forced labour, or the destruction of high conservation value areas. Priority is given to local suppliers and sub-contractors to help reduce our carbon footprint. We proactively work with a low-carbon supply chain and sub-contractors, who operate responsibly and resource efficiently.