Workplace
We create workplaces designed for life - not just the 9 to 5. From a net zero office space in Southwark to an office at the heart of Manchester’s MediaCity, find the perfect fit for 10-150+ desks.
The Forge, Bankside
Inspired by its industrial past and built for the future, it’s our first net zero carbon workplace.
n2, Victoria
Part of the Nova campus, n2 is an oasis of calm in vibrant Victoria.
Lucent, Piccadilly
Bright and airy offices allow people to take in the inspiring cityscape, especially on the 20 outdoor terraces.
Dashwood, City of London
Dashwood is a boutique tower at an unrivalled City location, providing a unique choice of workspaces to meet customer needs today, and in the future.
140 Aldersgate, City of London
Located in the heart of a vibrant city location, 140 Aldersgate connects business and culture between Farringdon and Barbican.
Retail & Hospitality
We own and operate some of the UK's most renowned retail and hospitality destinations that connect brands with people.
Bluewater, Kent
Bluewater features a curated brand mix of retail and leisure experiences.
Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth
With its unique waterfront location and maritime history, Gunwharf Quays offers warm hospitality alongside its premium retail and leisure experiences.
St David's, Cardiff
St David’s occupies one third of Cardiff’s city centre, and half of the city’s retail space, establishing it as the beating heart of the community.
Trinity, Leeds
The open-air experience under the iconic domed roof of Trinity Leeds spans over 1 million sq ft of prime retail and hospitality space.
Westgate, Oxford
Modernity meets history in the characterful Westgate Oxford, a stone’s throw away from the historic Oxford Castle Quarter.
Mixed-use regeneration
Working closely with communities and local authorities around the UK, we regenerate urban spaces into thriving places to live, work and play.
Mayfield, Manchester
Mayfield is a 24-acre brownfield site packed with heritage and the River Medlock flowing through its core.
The O2 Centre, Camden
The O2 Centre Masterplan will deliver a new mixed-use urban neighbourhood spanning 14-acres of currently underutilised space in Zone 2 London.
The Galleries, Glasgow
The Galleries, our vision for the redevelopment of Buchanan Galleries, is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to enhance the city centre as a magnetic place for homegrown talent and opportunity.
Lewisham Shopping Centre, Lewisham
We’re developing plans to shape a new centre for Lewisham. The plans will redefine the town centre – offering everyone better choices and new experiences that are firmly rooted in Lewisham's people and culture.
Hartree, Cambridge
Landsec and TOWN, working with Cambridge City Council and Anglian Water, are developing a vision for a new urban quarter in Cambridge.
About
We build and invest in buildings, spaces and partnerships to create sustainable places, connect communities and realise potential.
Impact report
Our 2022 impact report deep dives into the ways our places and activities are making a difference across the UK. From our economic contributions to the social and sustainable value we deliver, we recognise that the consequences of the actions we take as an organisation are both far-reaching and long-lasting.
Investors
Discover the strategy that drives our success, as we create sustainable value for our three types of investor: institutional, private and debt.
2023 full year results
Land Securities Group PLC announced its full year results for the 12 months ended 31 March 2023, on Tuesday 16 May 2023.
Sustainable urban places
Building on our competitive advantages. First to opportunities, in shape to act.
Sustainability
We're working to enhance the health of our environment and improve quality of life for our people, customers and communities - now, and for future generations.
Landsec Futures
Landsec Futures is a £20m fund that aims to deliver around £200m of social value by 2030, supporting at least 30,000 people from underrepresented socio-economic backgrounds towards long-term employment. It will also provide the chance to increase the diversity of talent across the industry and in our business.
Careers
Life at Landsec
We're shining a spotlight on some of the inspirational people that work for us as part of our Life at Landsec series.
Media & Insights
Reimagining the city for gender inclusivity
Hear more from Ellie Cosgrave about how we need to rethink our public spaces and challenge our existing assumptions about how to deliver cities which are successfully inclusive.
Energy Manager
The effects of climate change are all around us – 2016 was the hottest year on record; so was 2015; so was 2014. Increasing global temperatures show it’s never been more important to act.
We know better than most the significant contribution the built environment makes to global carbon emissions. So, as a sustainability leader in our sector, we realised we needed to lead the way in mapping out a more sustainable future for the property industry.
In what could be seen as our most ambitious sustainability initiative to date, we decided our energy and carbon reduction targets needed to be robust and long-lasting, so we became the first property company in the world to base our targets on accredited scientific methodologies.
The progress Landsec has made over the past two years is commendable. They are one of the most engaged landlords M&S works with on sustainability and this is evident in their achievement of becoming the first real estate company globally to set a science based target." Lydia Hopton Plan A Project Manager, Marks & Spencer
The progress Landsec has made over the past two years is commendable. They are one of the most engaged landlords M&S works with on sustainability and this is evident in their achievement of becoming the first real estate company globally to set a science based target."
Lydia Hopton
Plan A Project Manager, Marks & Spencer
First, some background. The historic United Nations Paris Agreement was first discussed in late 2015 and entered into force in November 2016. It’s the first legally binding global deal on climate change and has been ratified by 148 countries.
It was here that the two degree pledge was made; the first legally binding global deal on climate change. The agreement is based on the consensus of leading climate scientists that global warming should be limited to a rise of two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, and ideally 1.5 degrees. Beyond two degrees, it’s considered that global warming will become catastrophic – leading to rising sea levels, water shortages, crop failures, increased spread of disease and more social and economic instability.
I have never lost faith that the international community could rise to the climate challenge. Now I count on governments, and all sectors of society, to turn these commitments into urgent, decisive action." Ban Ki-Moon Former UN Secretary-General
I have never lost faith that the international community could rise to the climate challenge. Now I count on governments, and all sectors of society, to turn these commitments into urgent, decisive action."
Ban Ki-Moon
Former UN Secretary-General
The Paris Agreement sends a powerful signal to the many thousands of cities, regions, businesses and citizens across the world already committed to climate action that their vision of a low-carbon, resilient future is now the chosen course for humanity this century." Christiana Figueres Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
The Paris Agreement sends a powerful signal to the many thousands of cities, regions, businesses and citizens across the world already committed to climate action that their vision of a low-carbon, resilient future is now the chosen course for humanity this century."
Christiana Figueres
Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
To determine required reduction goals, companies need to gather information about activity levels, growth rates, energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, and decide on a commitment period. It’s a complicated process so we worked with the Carbon Trust on the calculations.
Once we’d established what our target should be, we discussed with our senior internal stakeholders how it could be achieved. The support from all across the business was enormous.
In December 2016, one year after the Paris Agreement, we had our goals approved by the Science Based Targets initiative. We became the first property company globally to achieve this, something we are extremely proud of.
We committed to reduce our carbon intensity (the amount of carbon dioxide emitted per m²) by 40% by 2030 compared to a 2013/2014 baseline, for properties that we’ve managed for at least two years. We’ve also committed to the same target for energy intensity (kilowatt hours used per m²). We have another, longer-term, ambition of an 80% reduction in carbon intensity by 2050 from that same baseline.
That’s the plan. But how do we achieve it?
We’re already making good progress. To date, we’ve reduced carbon intensity by 18.5% and energy intensity by 13.2%, mainly through savings in our energy consumption. 100% of electricity used in the sites we manage is renewable and 15% of gas comes from green sources.
Supporting renewables like this helps the national grid become cleaner, reducing emissions in the long-term.
We've worked hard to develop an energy reduction plan for every asset in our portfolio. For example, we’ve tweaked our buildings’ heating and cooling systems, so energy use is more efficient. We’ve also fine-tuned lighting controls in some of our buildings, such as shortening delays on time sensors to minimise unnecessary use. And LED lighting has been retrofitted throughout a number of our retail centres.
Our targets are also pushing us to think innovatively about how we design new buildings and what we can do for existing ones. For instance, we’re investing in renewable technology, such as solar panels. This year, we are on track to deliver our largest installation to date, a whopping 785 kWp solar PV system at White Rose, Leeds. We expect this to provide 20% of the centre’s electricity needs, saving carbon and reducing operating costs.
At Bluewater, Kent we’ve been able to turn off the air conditioning by switching to natural ventilation. The centre now consumes 13% less energy and £100,000 a year has been saved.
We’ve also installed a low-carbon combined heat and power-generating plant in The Zig Zag Building, SW1 and our own London headquarters has sustainability at the heart of its design.
Landsec is showing great leadership within the global property industry, positioning itself to future-proof growth as the world transitions to a low-carbon economy.”" Pedro Faria Technical Director of CDP and member of the Science Based Targets Initiative steering committee
Landsec is showing great leadership within the global property industry, positioning itself to future-proof growth as the world transitions to a low-carbon economy.”"
Pedro Faria
Technical Director of CDP and member of the Science Based Targets Initiative steering committee
At the time of writing, 44 companies have had their targets approved by the Science Based Targets initiative. We were the first in our sector to go through the process but we are hopeful that many others will follow our lead.
We’re proud of the work we’ve done in this area but, more than that, we are excited about the opportunities that lie ahead as we move towards a lower carbon economy.
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