The Environment
The Group's strategy is to adopt a proactive approach to tackling our impact on the environment.
For many years we have worked hard to reduce our impact on the environment in the three key areas of waste, water and energy. In addition, we continue the focus on reducing the carbon footprint of our properties.
We have long recognised that any development activity should mirror this and have proactively ensured we minimise energy consumption and mitigate the effects of climate change throughout the design, refurbishment or building phase.
2011 Performance
| 2011 objectives | 2011 performance | KPIs |
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| Continue reducing carbon output across all of the Group's operations | Objective achieved with energy monitoring now in place at all Group properties that we manage and there has been a reduction in our carbon output during the year compared to 2010. | 7% reduction in carbon output across the Group (total reduction of 1,426 tonnes) |
| The Mall portfolio to deliver the objectives of the Environmental Impact Improvement Plan |
Objective achieved, other than water consumption which has increased due to the number of new lettings and the developments at Blackburn and Luton. There are a number of Malls which have increased consumption in residential and commercial office space.
The Mall portfolio set the following targets for 2011: energy reduction target 4%; water reduction target 5%; recycling target was 68% of waste recycled with 85% diverted from landfill. As an example, five years ago the Mall Wood Green was recycling 5% of waste produced and by 2011 waste recycling was is 90%. |
9% reduction in energy 3% increase in water use 72% waste recycled 86% diverted from landfill |
| Meet all carbon reduction commitment regulations to retain the Carbon Trust Standard in 2011 | Objective achieved with Carbon Reduction Commitment evidence packs in place for the business and the Carbon Trust Standard retained for 2011. | Carbon Trust Standard retained |
| Install automatic meter readers (AMR) for all electrical supplies to accurately bill, monitor and target energy usage at Junction retail park sites | Objective partially achieved, the team have now issued instructions to implement the installation of AMR across all existing non half hourly supply sites which will commence in the first half of 2012. | Implementation now scheduled for 2012 |
| Roll out the Tennant ECH2O floor scrubbing machines which utilise electrically charged and oxygenated water and eliminate the need for cleaning chemicals | Objective achieved with the new Tennant ECH2O machines introduced at the shopping centres on a site by site basis as new machinery is required and this will continue throughout the term of the contract with Insitu. New floor cleaning technology products continue to help reduce the risk of accidents caused by slippery floors. | Three shopping centres with ECH20 machines and new units currently being trialled |
| Continue to deliver high standards of cleaning and hygiene in the Mall public spaces whilst challenging the existing operations to deliver improved value, efficiency and environmental impact |
Objective achieved through our excellent on site teams and new MallClean partner (Insitu). The average performance measurement score remained consistently high during 2011 despite enhanced KPI's and measurement criteria.
New recycling initiatives at our Malls most notably in Sutton Coldfield, Blackburn and Wood Green have contributed significantly. These initiatives continue to increase the amount of waste recycled from our Malls and may be adopted in other schemes as examples of best practice. |
The Mall Clean contract achieved an average Brand Standard Performance Management ('BSPM') score of 94.8% in 2011. |
| Maintain the highest possible performance in the annual C&R Safe compliance audits with the minimum our 90% pass for all sites |
Objective achieved with unannounced audits completed at every shopping centre. Announced audits were completed at every retail park. All of the Mall shopping centres and The Junction retail parks achieved 90% average pass rate or above. The Junction now has a fully integrated health and safety management system. The Junction will undertake unannounced audits of all parks in 2012. |
96% average Mall pass rate
90% average Junction pass rate |
Other Environmental highlights during the year included:
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GRESB Green Star award
This award involves 340 real estate funds worldwide, with over US$1 trillion of assets under management. Only 65 Green Stars were awarded and the Mall Fund was placed 5th in Europe. -
Energy savings
Across the Group a total energy saving of £275,000 was achieved which contributed to a reduction in service charge of between 1% and 2%.
2012 Objectives
Our 2012 objectives and KPI targets are:
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To continue to reduce our environmental impact through the use of five year carbon plans; operational improvements; low carbon retrofit and plant replacement projects
(KPI targets: 5% reduction in energy; 5% reduction in water use; 85% waste recycled; 90% diverted from landfill) -
Meet all carbon reduction commitment regulations to retain the Carbon Trust Standard in 2012 and reduce carbon impact by 4% across the Group
(KPI targets: Retain Carbon Trust Standard; 4% reduction in carbon across the Group) -
Install automatic meter readers (AMR) for all electrical supplies to accurately bill, monitor and target energy usage at Junction retail park sites
(KPI target: 100% Junction retail parks with AMR installed)
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