Leading the scene at being green

Our policy changes and initiatives

We've delivered the following and don't intend to stop here:

1. Zero waste to landfill policy: Zero waste to landfill was first achieved through our waste partners in 2015 with non-recyclable waste producing electricity that’s sold back to the national grid.

2. Energy from renewable sources: In 2018 we switched energy supplier to one who generates electricity from only renewable sources. 100% of our portfolio is now powered by renewable energy.

3. Motion sensor lighting: Introduced motion sensor lighting at UK centres to reduce energy consumption when office space is empty.

4. LED lighting: As of March 2023 we are 97% of the way through a multi-million pound programme to install LED lights throughout the entire portfolio.

5. Carbon neutral servers: We operate on carbon neutral server hosting.

6. Single-use plastics: Where possible we have removed single-use plastics including plastic water cups and plastic used in our catering services.

7. Chemical use: In partnership with our cleaning company we use eco-friendly, non-hazardous, biodegradable cleaning products for daily cleaning.

8. Reforestation: We've partnered with B-Corp certified tree planting partner Treeapp to contribute to reforestation projects in South America, Africa and Indonesia.

9. Decarbonisation: We are working with the Mayor of London's Business Climate Challenge at 3 of our buildings targeting a minimum 10% reduction in emissions year-on-year.

10. Environmental volunteering: Our staff use their paid volunteer leave to work on beach cleaning and community tree planting projects in London.

Green Schemes

Bike racks and cycle to work scheme

Reducing your carbon footprint is a goal that every business and individual must look at to be considered green. This is why we have installed bike racks at most of our business centres to allow our clients to use a cycle to get to work. These have been incredibly popular and as always we will continue to provide extras to our clients at no extra cost, as part of our 'all-inclusive' policy.

We also have a cycle to work scheme for BE staff, which allows individuals an easy and cost-effective method of purchasing a bicycle.

Carbon neutral hosting servers

We are proud to have the UK's first carbon neutral hosting servers for our online platforms. Our hosted servers are powered by hydro-electricity, a green source of energy.