REIT promotes strong environmental performance

Entrepreneurs looking for socially responsible investment opportunities will increasingly be considering the environmental performance of any funds or organisations in which they choose to place their money.

While social enterprises set out with the aim of supporting social improvement as well as business profit, businesses have increasingly found that the two goals overlap when it comes to green performance, with energy-saving measures also being more cost-effective.

Now British Land, one of the UK's largest real estate investment trusts (REITs) is focusing on the environmental performance of its retail and office developments, in order to cut costs while also helping to limit the effects of climate change.

Justin Snoxall, head of the business group at the REIT, suggests that efficient landlord management coupled with focused capital investment and energy-saving behaviour by occupants can lead to a greener and more cost-effective office space.

"There is a win-win opportunity for landlords and occupiers," he says. "In our experience collaboration and effective management literally means more comfortable occupants in buildings and less hot air being wasted."

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