Benchmarking ourselves as national leaders for performance and disclosure
Our role as the country’s largest housing association provides us with a platform to promote transparency and demonstrate sustainability leadership beyond the housing sector.
We continually seek to adopt and exemplify best practice in how we report and perform against ESG targets. And our sustainability credentials and track record in delivering new homes have made us a trusted partner of government and business. This has been reflected by the market, with support from investors helping us to raise £1.45bn of sustainable finance since 2019.
We have a set of sustainability strategies, roadmaps and reports across the business which set out our ambitions, chart our course and report back on our progress towards getting there.
Making progress
Our Making a Difference Report for 2023 demonstrates our progress against the targets we've set ourselves across our Group sustainability strategy. It is aligned to the Sustainability Reporting Standard (SRS) for Social Housing and demonstrates our leadership in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) reporting.
Delivering the NextGeneration of sustainable housing
Latimer has been named joint third among all housebuilders in the 2023 NextGeneration report and has achieved a Gold Award for its continued commitment to driving sustainability in affordable house building.
The NextGeneration benchmark, the leading sustainability bench
mark for the UK’s housebuilding sector, assesses the social, economic and environmental performance of the top 25 developers of new homes.
Latimer was position joint third overall and was awarded a Gold Award in the latest report.
“From the design and construction of our new homes, through the products we specify, to the way we communicate with our customers. If it is unsustainable, it’s out.”
Sustainable housing – financed through a clear framework
Clarion ensures investors can clearly understand how their commitment is being used to achieve our sustainable aims. Our Sustainable Housing Finance Framework clearly sets out how investments will be used to support sustainability objectives across a range of project categories.
The framework achieved a Second Party Opinion from DNV, which confirms it conforms to the latest international standards in sustainable finance.