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By 2030 Hammerson will be a Net Positive Company for carbon, resource use, water and socio-economic impacts.
We will do this by creating retail destinations that deliver net positive impacts economically, soci...
Building Positive Places: Our Vision and Approach
Our sustainability vision is to create retail destinations that deliver net positive impacts economi...
Our Positive Places Commitments
In 2017, we added a new objective for our Positive Places strategy - to become Net Positive for carb...
Data & Performance
Hammerson has reported extensively on its sustainability performance since 2008. The data provided...
Our Initiatives
A showcase of some of our delivered and planned activity around Positive Places, giving you a chance...
Policies
Our policies represent some of our core building blocks to ensure best practice in sustainability is...
Blog
Read about the best bits, and the challenges of our Positive Places work, as shared by our Head of S...
Our Commitment to Challenge and Innovate
WE WILL CHALLENGE THE STATUS QUO AND TRIAL NEW APPROACHES AND SOLUTIONS TO SUPPORT THE TRANSITION TO...
Our Commitment to Protect and Enhance
WE WILL PROTECT AND ENHANCE OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY MINIMISING RESOURCE CONSUMPTION AND DELIVERIN...
Our Commitment to Serve and Invest
WE WILL DELIVER SOCIAL VALUE TO THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE, MEASURED IN NET POSITIVE JOBS, SKILLS, CIV...
Our Commitment to Partner and Collaborate
WE WILL TAKE A STAKEHOLDER LED APPROACH TO CREATE COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS THAT DELIVER NET POSITIVE O...
Our Commitment to Upskill and Inspire
WE WILL INVEST IN OUR PEOPLE, AS WELL AS RECOGNISING AND REWARDING THOSE DELIVERING CHANGE THAT DELI...
Our Positive Places Strategy
Positive Places incorporates and represents all sustainability activity at Hammerson including our n...
Our Chief Executive's Vision
“It's quite clear that the good progress being made by us and others in our sector in reducing our e...
Our Approach to Managing Sustainability Risks
Risks flowing from sustainability are managed in the same way as other business risks. Our company...
Sustainability Report 2015
Industry Memberships
As one of the UK’s largest retail landlors, Hammerson has a responsibility to influence and share be...
2016 Corporate Responsibility Report
2016 was a busy but exciting year for Hammerson as a whole and particularly for the Sustainability T...
Verification and Disclosures
All our sustainability reporting is GRI and EPRA compliant. Our basis of reporting, asset lists, tar...
Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy Efficiency Scheme
Our focus on energy efficiency has enabled us to reduce our CRC costs and mitigate our exposure to f...
Development Approach
Hammerson was one of the first major property developers to address sustainability considerations se...
Supplier Survey and Report
2015 was the third year for our Annual Supplier Survey. As a property development and asset managem...
Our Net Positive Objective
OUR NEW POSITIVE PLACES OBJECTIVE IS TO BE NET POSITIVE FOR CARBON, RESOURCE USE, WATER AND SOCIO-EC...
Introducing Net Positive
We have set ourselves a new bold objective for Positive Places - to become Net Positive by 2030. Fi...
Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards
We are currently actively monitoring our exposure to MEES.
Climate Change
Hammerson recognises that the built environment is a major consumer of natural resources and one of...
Community Plans
We have 34 Community Plans in place covering all of our existing assets and developments in the UK a...
Moving to Naturally Ventilated Centres
Energy used to heat and cool our Shopping Centres is a major contributor to our carbon emissions. M...
Operational Efficiency
Our key material impacts flow from our UK Shopping Centre Assets. Operating them efficiently is cent...
Sustainability Training
Ensuring our staff have the right skills and support is key to enabling them to deliver Positive Pla...
Charity Partnerships and Bursary
Our employees are enthusiastic supporters of many charities and voluntary organisations and we see i...
Performance against Design Standards
Our design standard was introduced in 2010 as part of our life cycle environmental management system...
Positive Growth Awards
Hammerson is committed to creating retail destinations that deliver positive impacts economically, s...
The Big Positive Weekend : Engaging the Conscious Consumer
Following a successful summer of weekend events in 2014, The Big Positive Weekend is coming back for...
The Prosperity Programme
Hammerson’s Prosperity Programme incorporates the employment, skills, training and enterprise schem...
Inspiring Employee Action
Hammerson is committed to supporting employees in serving their local community through volunteering...
Donating Retail Space
Our in-kind scheme, which utilises the space we have in our retail assets to support third sector o...
The True Value of Shopping Centres
In 2013 Hammerson commissioned research to quantify the long-term socio-economic impacts of its shop...
Shaping Positive Places
Materiality at Hammerson and shaping the future of Positive Places
Hammerson Futures
As a company, Hammerson aims to bring together the digital and physical to enable exceptional retail...
Hammerson Culture and Values
Creating value through our people is one of the core components of our business model and is fundame...
Creating Inclusive Centres
We’re committed to understanding and responding to locally specific community needs and adapting to...
Our Corporate Responsibility Data and Performance 2014
We are delighted to have achieved our key 5-year carbon reduction target a year early, having reduce...
2015 -2020 Targets
Our medium-term sustainability targets set a challenging course for the the next 5 years.
Archive: Hammerson CR Reports, Data and Disclosures
Hammerson have provided comprehensive CR reporting since 2009, generating a consistent and growing d...
Positive Places Investor Engagement Programme 2015
As one of our key stakeholder groups, engagement with our investors is an important part of our sust...
Collaboration with Costa wins BCSC Gold Award 2015
Hammerson and Costa have won Gold in sustainability category of the BCSC Gold Awards. The collabora...
MasterChef winner Shelina Permalloo hosts cooking demonstration at WestQuay shopping centre
WestQuay Watermark launched its delicious food on a budget recipe booklet with a cooking demonstrati...
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UrbanPlan workshops in Barnet and Croydon
Hammerson is one of the founders of Urban Plan, an initiative being delivered by The Urban Land Inst...
Barnet ‘Job Shop’ celebrates first anniversary
The Brent Cross Retail Job Shop has been celebrating a successful first year, having found new jobs...
Retail Revelations with Enabling Enterprise
As part of our initiative to encourage skills and enterprise, we've teamed up with Enabling Enterpr...
Croydon Partnership's Dragons' Den competition
Last week, the Croydon Partnership held a Dragons’ Den-style competition at the Whitgift Centre to h...
Le recyclage des déchets aux Terrasses du Port
National Takeover Day at Highcross Leicester
November 20th saw 11 members of Highcross staff including senior management have their jobs taken ov...
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Talent Match Leicestershire and The Prince's Trust
Between November 2015 and January 2016 saw WotSPACE support Talent Match Leicestershire (TM) partner...
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Opération aux Terrasses du Port : Rien ne se perd
Annual Young Enterprise Trade Fair at Centrale
Young Entrepreneurs from across Croydon showcased their business credentials on Saturday 13th Februa...
Leadership in Sustainability
As part of our commitment to upskill and inspire our people in sustainability, our senior management...
Better Buildings Partnership launches case study on our collaborative project with B&Q
At Cyfarthfa Retail Park in Merthyr Tydfil, Hammerson and B&Q partnered to create an Eco Learning St...
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Community day 2016
On the 10th June 2016, Hammerson had it’s annual Community Day, which coincided with National Volun...
Hammerson Charity Committee Supports Young Achievers Publication in Barnet
With the support of Hammerson charity committee funding, Nutmeg, a London Borough of Barnet charity...
Manor Walks celebrates Community Day
Manor Walks, our Retail Park in Cramlington spent their Community Day with the aim to bring the loca...
Tapping into the entrepreneurial spirit of young people in Leeds
Hammerson partnered with Leeds Kirkgate Market to bring the first Teenage Market to Leeds ton Saturd...
Positive Growth Awards
Launched in 2013, Positive Growth Awards was developed from the Retailer Engagement Toolkit develope...
Lyons Works Building becomes a work of art
New artwork on the façade of the Lyons Works building on Templar Lane is now complete following a p...
B&Q Eco Learning Store
We formulated a new specification with B&Q to meet their Net Positive sustainability objectives for...
50,000 actions recorded by Hammerson employees
Hammerson joined up with The Butterfly Bank in 2015 to open our own bespoke branch of the innovative...
Culture And Values CEO Work Shadowing
Work shadowing was identified as a something that would benefit cross company collaboration as part...
Hammerson and Sir Robert McAlpine work with Trucost to join up the environmental and financial business case for energy efficient technologies
Hammerson and leading construction company Sir Robert McAlpine are using natural capital accounting...
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Hammerson Community Day 2013
Hammerson Community Day is a great example of Positive Places and Culture and Values in action.
53 Apprenticeships delivered in 3 years
With the launch of our new Community Engagement Report, we are celebrating each of the headline achi...
49 Digital High Street Workshops
With the launch of our new Community Engagement Report, we are celebrating each of the headline achi...
66 Work Experience Opportunities
With the launch of our new Community Engagement Report, we are celebrating each of the headline achi...
8 UK Shopping Centre Jobs Fairs
With the launch of our new Community Engagement Report, we are celebrating each of the headline achi...
Zero Waste To Landfill, Glasgow
“By using a combination of recycling and green energy solutions we have achieved 100% diversion from...
4885 Jobs Created
With the launch of our new Community Engagement Report, we are celebrating each of the headline achi...
WOT Space with somewhereto_ at Highcross
Opened in February 2014, Wot Space at Highcross Leicester is the UK’s very first brokerage agency t...
14071 Further Job Opportunities Generated by Supporting Community Organisation
With the launch of our new Community Engagement Report, we are celebrating each of the headline achi...
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80 Tours and Presentations
With the launch of our new Community Engagement Report, we are celebrating each of the headline achi...
Providing local employment opportunities in Marseille
Hammerson’s 61,000 m2 development of Les Terrasses du Port shopping centre in Marseille created arou...
7687 Students Engaged
With the launch of our new Community Engagement Report, we are celebrating each of the headline achi...
Aspire II Employability Programme
99 Schools, Universities and Colleges Engaged
With the launch of our new Community Engagement Report, we are celebrating each of the headline achi...
Community Engagement Review 2013 -2016
We are pleased to share our Community Engagement Review. The review looks back over community engag...
Croydon Partnership continues support for local businesses
Croydon Partnership is keen to support the existing work of local businesses such as Mum's The Chef...
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Saints Foundation and Hammerson announce Active Families initiative
In partnership with the Saints Foundation, we have today announced the launch of an initiative to pr...
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Charity committee support for young musicians at the Birmingham Conservatoire
Hammerson’s funding provided 34 talented young musicians from Northamptonshire Music and Performing...
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Doors open for East Street Arts at 130 Vicar Lane, Leeds
On Friday 9th September, a small stakeholder event was held at 130 Vicar Lane in Leeds to celebrate...
Croydon Partnership Helps Young People Get Ready for Work
The Croydon Partnership, the joint venture between Westfield and Hammerson is pleased to have suppor...
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Hammerson and Sir Robert McAlpine publish Natural Capital Report
Hammerson and Sir Robert McAlpine collaborate on new report on Natural Capital
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Retail Matters: Campaign Launch at Hammerson
Retail Matters Week is a campaign to celebrate and showcase the great talents of those who work in r...
Pop Up Business School in Croydon
Following a successful pilot with the Oracle team, which was featured on the BBC, the Pop Up Busines...
Launch of First Steps Croydon
A Croydon Partnership funded programme to support young people in Croydon with quality work experien...
Brandon Trust takes over Quakers Friars!
Cabot Circus hosts craft market for Brandon Trust.
Croydon’s First Teenage Market and a return to Victoria Leeds
After the success of the first Teenage Market in Leeds Kirkgate Market in July, Hammerson partnered...
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Pop Up Business School comes to WestQuay
One of the focus areas of the Watermark community plan is to support local enterprise. In partnershi...
Case study: The Oracle hosts local students for recycling project
The Oracle provided Reading College Creative Media students with several case studies interviews abo...
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Victoria Leeds Business Boost Competition
Earlier this year, in partnership with Leeds Beckett University, we launched our Victoria Leeds Busi...
Saints FC visit Westquay
On the 14th of December, young members from the Saints Foundation visited Westquay shopping centre t...
Partnership with GCU’s British School of Fashion and retailRIGHT to support fashion’s next generation of entrepreneurs
In an innovative new partnership, GCU’s British School of Fashion, retailRIGHT and Hammerson have te...
Hammerson funds City College apprentices to renovate medieval cargo ship in Southampton
A new restoration project has just been announced which will see Southampton’s replica medieval carg...
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Budding entrepreneurs visit Hammerson offices
Enabling Enterprise visited our offices once again to exhibit the future entrepreneurs of Retail!
We are Dementia Friends
12 Oracle employees attended a Dementia Friends training session on the 28th February 2017 ahead of...
The Big Positive Weekend 2014
The Big Positive Weekend visited nine Hammerson shopping centres between June and August 2014. It...
Sustainable Restaurant Association
Together with the SRA, Hammerson developed the first ever sustainability accreditation for food dest...
Environmental Lease Clauses
The inclusion of environmental clauses in leases is increasingly common across the industry and is s...
Hammerson Community Day 2014
Our 6th Community Day was as well supported as ever and this time, the sun shone!
Bug Hotel Telford Forge
A new Bug Hotel has been created at our Telford Forge Retail Park. Created from old pallets and rec...
The Bullring gets a green makeover
Hot shot youngsters given opportunity to win a place on the Crystal Palace FC Foundation Summer Football Academy
Our Croydon Team get involved in the local festivities..
New tenants create a buzz at The Oracle
A trip to Blair Drummond Safari Park for locals
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Silverburn helps those who have fallen by The Wayside
Hammerson retains GRESB Green Star
Hammerson retains GRESB Green Star and continues to show improving performance
Hammerson Visit Haiti
The Bees are back in town!
Terriers Launch Event
Developing Retail Skills
As part of our commitment to make our centres a positive place for the communities they serve, we've...
Into the Dragon's Den at Silverburn, Glasgow
Eight teams of pupils from Glasgow schools near Silverburn Shopping Centre were invited by the centr...
Lives not Knives, Centrale, Croydon
As a property and investment company, we are aware of how important it is to establish good relation...
Minimising our environmental impact at Victoria Gate, Leeds
We have worked closely with the project team at Leeds Victoria gate to ensure we minimise the enviro...
Hammerson Become First Property Company to Win an EDR Funding Pot
Hammerson and DECC are joining forces to deliver electricity savings at peak times.
Celebrating Sustainable Suppliers with the Release of our 2014 Annual Supplier Report
As a property development and asset management company, much of our business activity is delivered t...
Creating a Sustainable Blueprint for Retail Parks with B&Q
A collaboration between B&Q and Hammerson has been shortlisted for the sustainability of the year by...
Collaboration with Costa leads to a roll out of leading edge 'Zero Energy' design
In 2017 our second Zero Energy Coffee Pod will open. The hub builds on our award winning project wi...
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Life Cycle Carbon Assessment
Understanding the capital and operational carbon impacts of our centres is key to reducing them
Barnet EBP & Brent Cross
Retail Parks Bug Hotel Competition
The onsite teams at Hammerson’s retail parks were tasked with the exciting challenge of structuring...
World Mental Health Day
To celebrate World Mental Health Day, WotSpace at Highcross Leicester came together with organisatio...
Opération SOS Cancer du sein
Hammerson becomes one of 16 leading European companies to sign up to new energy efficiency commitment
Today marks the signing of a new commitment for Hammerson as Leading Built Environment businesses c...
Environmental Policy
Hammerson recognises the importance of taking a proactive, strategic approach to environmental mana...
Climate Change Policy
Hammerson recognises that the built environment is a major consumer of natural resources and one of...
Biodiversity Policy
Our operations have the potential to impact on biodiversity both directly and indirectly. As such, w...
Responsible Procurement Policy
As one of Europe’s leading property companies Hammerson is a major procurer of goods and services. W...
Flexible Working And Equal Opportunities Policy
Hammerson is committed to facilitating working arrangements which vary from the standard pattern and...
Health and Safety Policy
Positive Places are safe places. Safeguarding our employees, customers and suppliers is a constant f...
Code Of Conduct
We ask our employes to treat other people with respect, act fairly in dealing with customers, suppl...
Supply Chain Code Of Conduct
In 2009, Hammerson launched a responsible procurement policy to improve our engagement with our supp...
Volunteering Policy
We aim to deliver innovative volunteering programmes that aim to positively benefit local communitie...
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