Our UK Sustainability Programme
Supporting the drive for lasting and positive change.
Our sustainability objectives
Together with our clients and partners, we are committed to embedding sustainability into everything we do, working to shape the future of real estate for a better world. Our UK Sustainability Strategy focuses on four areas, with 32 objectives, where we believe we can drive lasting and positive change.
Read through our objectives below.
Working towards a world where carbon emissions are reduced and biodiversity is restored, setting us on a course for climate stability
- Engage our top 100 clients and top 250 FTSE UK real estate companies to align to Race to Zero
- Reduce carbon emissions across all properties JLL manages for clients
- Transition towards electric cars for our fleet, benefit and pool cars as well as for commercial vehicles where applicable
- Reduce emissions from JLL’s business travel
- Establish UK strategy on nature-based solutions
- Create a roadmap to integrate circular principles into services and operations
- Work towards achieving our 2030 net zero commitment by decarbonising our UK offices
- Incorporate circular design principles for all JLL UK office fit-outs to reduce embodied carbon
- Increase our recycling rate for JLL UK office waste
- Remove single-use plastics from JLL UK offices
- For new office fit-outs above 5,000 sq ft aim for SKA Gold or BREEAM Excellent (or equivalent) certification, and WELL Gold certification
Contributing to a world where quality of life and social resilience is improved across all communities, with a specific focus on those most at risk
- Ensure employees are paid Real Living Wage and work towards the real Living Wage across our clients' supply chains
- Advocate for a diversity of housing supply, including truly affordable housing, and demonstrate that JLL considers the quality of life for future residents
- Increase recruitment for our Graduate Programme from socially mobile backgrounds
- Develop a dedicated sustainability pathway for apprentices and graduates
- Create a framework for social value for client and corporate activity
- Promote employee time in support of the community
- Support LandAid on the growth of their pro bono programme
Advocating for positive change in the business community and encouraging responsible behaviour in our employees
- Support client sustainability ambitions by including sustainability in our pitches and all strategic client partnerships
- Co-sponsor a new standard on sustainable purpose, facilitated by The British Standards Institution and drive purpose throughout the business
- Develop an approach for procurement from SMEs, social enterprises, and diverse businesses
- Support our key suppliers (corporate and client spend) to align to a net zero carbon or SBTi target and to regularly collect and publish employee diversity data and plans
- Review our default pension fund and/or pension provider, with inclusion of sustainable investing as a key criteria
- Engage employees on sustainable living initiatives
Creating an environment that values diversity, rewards talent and develops skills for tomorrow’s challenges
- Aim towards 35% of female directors and key governance committees constituting 35% female
- Aim towards 15% of employees and 10% of directors from ethnically underrepresented groups
- Disability Confidence Standard alignment
- Create an inclusive workplace where employees can be themselves
- Develop an employee wellbeing index and deliver against the top 3 wellbeing priorities
- Identify key skills required to deliver our sustainability, purpose and technology goals and provide clear routes to employees to develop these
- Reduce JLL’s Accident Severity Rate (ASR) year on year
- Achieve a safety culture score above the industry standard benchmark year on year