WWF ranks UK housebuilders on sustainability
Sustainability is an issue of growing importance in the construction market as a report on the performance of UK housebuilders published in the New Year underlined.
This first survey of 13 of the UK's largest listed house-builders shows very clearly that each recognises the growing importance of sustainability issues to their business. Two companies, Countryside Properties and The Berkeley Group, lead the pack, each scoring more than 70 %. Although the remaining companies lag behind best practice, with an average survey score of 35 %, many examples of good practice are emerging with respect to managing key environmental and social issues.