sustainability

Championing sustainability in local communities

From collaborations with local businesses to sessions with students from local schools, we're engaging the communities around our developments to support sustainability initiatives in the areas we build.

Creating a buzz with Buckley's Bees

As we continue to enhance biodiversity and promote sustainability across our developments, we’re proud to support Buckley’s Bees in its mission to protect and restore the native British honeybee. Through our sponsorship of two new hives, specially bred colonies are now being nurtured and will soon help to populate hives at some of our developments in the UK.

Helping native bees with Buckleys Bees

Getting creative with birdbox painting

We’ve installed over 1,900 bird boxes on our new developments since 2021. To help engage the younger generation on how we can help enhance habitats for local wildlife, we’ve launched creative birdbox decorating competitions with school children around the UK. We’ve seen some fantastic designs!

Helping hedgehogs

As part of our partnership with Hedgehog Street, we have committed to incorporating hedgehog highways on our developments. These small holes in the bottom of garden fences help hedgehogs pass through on their way to find shelter, food, and mates - and we’ve installed these at 279 of our developments since 2021. Posters designed by local community groups and schools are on display at some sites, helping to raise further awareness of how we can all help to protect these mammals.

Reducing waste with Community Wood Recycling

Minimising waste is a priority for us and that’s why initiatives like our collaboration with Community Wood Recycling are so important. We teamed up with them to create a bird box and bug hotel from surplus timber from some of our developments in the South Midlands. The bird box and bug hotel now take pride of place at our Barnfield Place development.