SUSTAINABILITY

Our Commitment to Our Planet

Sustainability is part of Hines UK's DNA and an absolute commitment to the environment is at the heart of everything we do. We are focused on reducing carbon, minimising reliance on non-renewable sources for the long-term benefit of the environment and the community. Hines is driven by the desire for quality in all areas of operation – while meeting the business objectives of the company, its partners and the wider economy.

Working with key decision makers, clients, consultant and contractors, Hines strives to integrate low energy, low carbon, bio-diverse, ecological and socio-economic considerations across its developments with clear performance targets.

Our Footprint - Getting Smaller

Through continued innovation, collaboration and excellence, Hines creates high value, profitable developments, fulfilling the needs of occupiers, enhancing the community and the built and natural environment. Hines operates best-in-class sustainability practices, focusing on:

• Creating environments that improve quality of life for the people who build, use or live our developments
• Reducing pollution to air, land and water throughout the construction process, and reducing reliance on the auto through innovative transport strategies
• Reducing pollution to air, land and water throughout the construction process
• Improving natural resource efficiency by reducing the use of non-renewable natural resources, both in construction and in operational use
• Limiting energy use and reducing carbon emissions
• Continuous improvement in the management of Health & Safety, aiming to reduce the impact of workplace accidents and ill health
• Seeking to ensure that our projects are built and operated safely with limited impact on the environment, while meeting or exceeding their planned lifecycles

Being Better - Our Standard of Excellence

Hines aims to implement constant process review, annual and post-completion reports evaluating progress against policy objectives and performance against key performance indicators, seeking to identify and make recommendations for continuous improvements, setting targets for all future projects and activities and for comparing performance against others.

Our Targets

Autumn 2008

Sustainability policy and objectives set

Early 2009

Sustainability roadmap and set targets for publication

Late 2009/early 2010

Sustainability audit started and annual data for publication collected

Mid-2010

Hines UK 's first sustainability report published