We've furthered our sustainability commitment by joining the internationally-recognised Planet Mark community.

We've joined the scheme as part of our work to reduce the environmental impact of our existing sites and new schemes.

Planet Mark is a sustainability certification for every type of organisation and recognises continuous improvement on measuring and reducing carbon footprint. Its certification scheme encourages action and builds an empowered community of like-minded individuals.

Joining Planet Mark is the next step on our journey, building on our existing Six by Six pledges to maximise our impact on society and minimise impact on the environment - which includes our commitment to advance our development process to deliver only new buildings which are net zero for both construction and operational carbon by March 2026, to source only renewable energy and to move all our buildings to an EPC of B or above within five years.

Through Planet Mark, we are also protecting an area of endangered rainforest thanks to Cool Earth; a charity working alongside rainforest communities to halt deforestation, and is helping the Eden Project - an educational charity building connections with each other and the living world, exploring how we can work together towards a better future.

Our CEO Jonathan Murphy said: "We are hugely excited to be learning from the Planet Mark community to help us learn, progress and achieve our net zero carbon and social impact goals. There are so many different areas where we can make a difference and Planet Mark will really help us focus our efforts on the most impactful things that we can do first, without forgetting the little steps which make a big difference. What's particularly exciting is the potential to connect the NHS teams using our sites with ideas, resources and expert advice on reducing their carbon footprint beyond the bricks and mortar of the buildings themselves."

In joining Planet Mark and working towards certification, we will also measure the social and environmental benefits generated by our team across five categories: people, community and volunteering, donations, procurement and environmental impacts.

Read more about how we're working to net zero

Read more about how we're creating opportunity through education and skills

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