Our approach to ESG
At Places for People, we’re committed to fostering thriving, inclusive, and sustainable Communities. It’s fundamental to our purpose and ambition as the UK’s leading Social Enterprise to take a holistic approach to sustainability and lay the foundations in which current and future Communities can thrive.
Our ESG priorities have been identified through a rigorous strategy development process. This has actively considered current and future regulatory requirements, key sector and thematic frameworks such as the Sustainability Reporting Standard for Social Housing, insights from our wider risk management approach, and rich conversations with our Customers, Colleagues and sector peers.
By bringing together the activity required to meet our ESG commitments in one place, we can hold ourselves accountable to improving ESG outcomes for all our Customers, Communities, partners and the wider society. We will report each year with updates on our successes and challenges. We will promote a culture of transparency around our ESG performance to help meet the needs of our commercial and regulatory counterparts. Throughout, we will deepen and broaden our organisational capabilities, making sure we have the skills, insights and ingenuity to tackle whatever challenges lie ahead for our Customers and Communities. Because Community Matters.
Environmental
We need to ensure that we can mitigate and adapt to the threats posed by a changing climate while actively working towards a just transition, one where the benefits of decarbonisation and sustainability are shared equitably across the whole population.
Social
Everything we do is to help our Communties to thrive. We need to tackle the housing crisis, providing more affordable, safe, secure and decent housing, and support the health and wellbeing of our Communities, through effective collaboration across our different companies and the development of strong working relationships across our sectors.
Governance
We need to maintain and grow the culture of strong governance which underpins our activities and continue to do the right thing, utilising our supply chain and sustainable finance proposition to support our environmental and social aspirations.
Publications
Find out more about our work, our results and the difference we make to people and places.
Our social impact
We aim to make a positive difference to customers and communities through all our work.
Culture
We treat everybody honestly, courteously and fairly.
The Board
The board members have diverse backgrounds in industry and public life.