We create opportunities and inclusive places to change lives, supporting local communities to thrive.

At Landsec, we’re committed to creating a fairer, more inclusive economy by helping to address the needs of the communities we serve, and meeting the current and future skills demands in the real estate industry. 

Live well: targets and performance

Creating opportunities and tackling local issues

Targets and Metrics

From a 2019/20 baseline, empower 30,000 people facing barriers into employment with the skills and opportunities to enter the world of work by 2030

2023/24 performance

• 10,249 people facing barriers supported into employment since 2019/20

• 3,182 people supported through Landsec Futures in 2023/24

From a 2019/20 baseline, deliver £200 million of social value in our local communities by 2030, addressing social issues relevant to each area

• £54m of social value delivered since 2019/20

• £28m of social value delivered in 2023/24

Inclusive places

We will design, develop and manage our assets and new developments to be accessible ensuring everyone feels like they belong.

This year to make our places more inclusive and accessible we:
• added a new Inclusion Index to our employee engagement survey to measure progress in creating an inclusive culture
• made D&I criteria part of our procurement process
• introduced requirements for disability training for customer-facing staff
• rolled out stoma-facilities across our retail portfolio
• celebrated the diversity of our communities through events for Pride, Eid, Purple Tuesday and Black History Month

Actively recruit, retain and progress a diverse workforce at all levels and nurture and support diverse talent into the wider real estate industry Gender targets by 2030: 40:40:20* 

Ethnic minority representation targets by 2030:
• Board (20%)
• Executive (20%)
• Senior Leader (18%)
• Leader (18%)

* Our 40:40:20 gender diversity targets mean that we will have a minimum of 40% women and 40% men in the relevant population. 20% is flexible accounting for the small headcount and diversity beyond the gender binary.

Gender diversity:
• Board: 40% female/ 60% male
• Executive: 40% female/ 60% male
• Senior Leader: 38% female/ 62% male
• Leader: 36% female/ 64% male

Ethnic minority representation:
• Board: 10%
• Executive: 10%
• Senior Leader: 0%
• Leader: 7%

Improving wellbeing

Targets and Metrics

Promote a culture which enhances Landsec colleagues’ wellbeing, having relevant policies and delivering impactful campaigns

2023/24 performance

This year we introduced improved benefits to support working parents including:
• increased partners leave from 2 weeks full pay to 6 weeks full pay
• introduced up to 4 weeks paid leave for those undergoing fertility treatment
• introduced better support to help those returning from 26 weeks or more family-related leave

Achieve WELL portfolio programme annually for our directly managed office portfolio and new developments setting a baseline score against which we will aim for continual improvement

This year we:
• continued to roll out the International WELL Building Institute’s (IWBI) WELL Portfolio programme across our operational assets
• achieved WELL Core Platinum on eight assets
• were awarded WELL Equity Rating and WELL H&S Rating at 16 of our assets