Barratt Developments : receives top industry recognition for sustainability

13 Dec 2016

• 2016 ET Sector Carbon Leader award
• 2016 Next Generation gold award

Barratt developments has received two major sustainability endorsements, helping confirm its commitment to being the leading national sustainable housebuilder.

The ET Index Research, which ranks the world's largest companies according to greenhouse gas emissions and disclosure, has released its annual ET Carbon Rankings and has named Barratt Developments as a Sector Carbon Leader for 2016.

Barratt Developments won the award for ranking in the top three most carbon efficient companies within its sector. The ET Carbon Rankings are compiled from publicly available emissions data taken from company sustainability reports, annual reports and websites.

Chris Huhne, Co-Chair of ET Index Research and former UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, commented: 'Carbon and climate-related risk are increasing. With global corporates responsible for up to 70% of GHG emissions, our ability to keep warming to a manageable level will depend on strong leadership from the world's largest companies. One of the key purposes of the ET Carbon Rankings is to highlight those companies that are leading the field and taking action today.'

Barratt Developments was also ranked as the top national housebuilder in this year's Next Generation Sustainability Index, and third overall. The index benchmarks the sustainability performance of the UK's largest housebuilders, and for the third year in a row Barratt achieved a Gold award, scoring 79% in the index.

Next Generation was launched in 2004 as an industry led initiative to drive best practice in sustainability into the heart of the UK's residential sector. It is the only sustainable housing benchmark used by the majority of the UK's largest housebuilders, with an Executive Committee comprised of the Homes and Communities Agency and UK-GBC.

Sarah Pratt, head of corporate sustainability at Barratt Developments, commented: 'These awards by two of the industry's leading indices that rate a company's sustainability are further recognition for the work we do and how important we see sustainability to be. At the heart of our business is a clear commitment to creating homes and communities that are sustainable places to live. The evidence from ET Index Research and Next Generation helps support that, and underlines our goal of being the leading national sustainable housebuilder.'

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For further information please contact:
Derek Harris, head of public relations
Tel, 020 7299 4873 / e-mail, [e-mail]

NOTES TO EDITORS:
Barratt Developments PLC sold 17,319 homes in the year to June 2016, confirming it as the biggest housebuilder by volume in Britain. Barratt Group was awarded the maximum five star rating for the seventh consecutive year in the 2016 Home Builders Federation Customer Satisfaction Survey. Barratt Group won this year's prestigious Sunday Times Homebuilder of the Year prize at the British Homes Awards.

13 Dec 2016 Barratt Developments receives top industry recognition for sustainability

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