Hammerson has published comprehensive data on its sustainability activities and progress against targets since 2008. Here we share our headline performance and provide access to our Annual Sustainability Reports.
Latest performance headlines
ESG Highlights
• The issuance of our €700 million sustainability-linked bond, linking our sustainability carbon emission targets with our financial objectives.
• Reduced carbon emissions by 17% vs. 2019 in our proportionally consolidated portfolio.
• Increased our recycling rate from 57% to 59%, diverting 18,000 tonnes of resource away from landfill.
• Reduced our water consumption by 36% vs. 2019.
• Increased our renewable energy capacity to 2.1 MWp, generating over 2.2 GWh of renewable electricity in 2021.
• 87% of occupier units are compliant with the 2023 requirement to be rated E (2019: 62%), as required by the regulatory Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards.
• Total community investment increased from £1.6 million in 2020 to £2.0 million in 2021.
Industry Recognition
Our longstanding commitment to sustainability is recognised in our performance within the following industry ESG benchmarks:
Verification and Disclosures
Independent assurance has a critical role to play in driving continual improvement of sustainability reporting across the sector.
Our annual environmental data disclosures are independently assured. This process ensures our stakeholders have confidence in the data we are reporting and supports us in developing our data management processes and systems of governance. We design our reports to comply with the reporting requirements of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and EPRA. Our compliance with these standards is verified by a third party.
Our basis of reporting, asset lists, target calculations and third-party verification statements can all be downloaded here.