Hitting the Green Wall - Taylor Wessing and Spada
Hitting the Green Wall - Taylor Wessing and Spada
Hitting the Green Wall - Taylor Wessing and Spada
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INTRODUCTIONS<br />
Gavin Ingham Brooke<br />
Chi Chief f Executive, E i S<strong>Spada</strong> d<br />
Helen Garthwaite<br />
UK Head of Construction <strong>and</strong> Engineering Group, <strong>Taylor</strong><br />
<strong>Wessing</strong> LLP
Background
The <strong>Taylor</strong> <strong>Wessing</strong> Sustainability<br />
Report Behind <strong>the</strong> <strong>Green</strong> Façade<br />
(January 2009)
The British Property Federation, <strong>Spada</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>Taylor</strong> <strong>Wessing</strong> Sustainability Report<br />
<strong>Hitting</strong> <strong>Hitting</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Green</strong> <strong>Green</strong> <strong>Wall</strong> <strong>Wall</strong> – <strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Beyond Beyond<br />
(Release imminent)
METHODOLOGY<br />
Over 7000 surveyed<br />
Over 850 responses<br />
Biggest ever industry survey of its kind
COMMUNICATIONS<br />
Evidence<br />
Strategy<br />
Stakeholders/channels<br />
Facts <strong>and</strong> statistics<br />
Campaign
AN INVITATION TO JOIN THE DEBATE…<br />
Apathy<br />
Q: Beyond <strong>the</strong> current Government legislative programme what more can Government do to drive forward<br />
th <strong>the</strong> ‘Sustainability ‘S t i bilit AAgenda’? d ’? Wh What t can th <strong>the</strong> UK ddevelopment l t iindustry d t d do? ?<br />
L<strong>and</strong>lord <strong>and</strong> Tenant divide<br />
Q: Traditionally Government has set <strong>the</strong> framework <strong>and</strong> left <strong>the</strong> UK development industry to fill in <strong>the</strong><br />
blanks in its commercial business dealings. With sustainability, should this laissez-faire approach continue?<br />
Is <strong>the</strong>re an argument for a more prescriptive approach in L<strong>and</strong>lord <strong>and</strong> Tenant negotiations?
AN INVITATION TO JOIN THE DEBATE…<br />
Value<br />
Q: How should sustainability be valued by <strong>the</strong> UK development industry? How should this be facilitated?<br />
The Basics<br />
Q H ddi h G t lti d li t l ifl th i l tti fth<br />
Q: Hard drivers such as Government regulation <strong>and</strong> policy strongly influence <strong>the</strong> implementation of <strong>the</strong><br />
‘Sustainability Agenda’. How can lawyers, technical <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r professional advisers work toge<strong>the</strong>r with <strong>the</strong><br />
UK development industry to become an integral part of sustainability decision making (both within<br />
organisations <strong>and</strong> in <strong>the</strong>ir business dealings with o<strong>the</strong>rs)?
LOOKING FORWARD… FORWARD<br />
Q. In <strong>the</strong> forthcoming UK election battles, where do you think<br />
sustainability will sit on political manifestos <strong>and</strong> future agendas?
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