Environmental stability

Environmental Sustainability Policy Statement

Our approach

Climate change and resource scarcity are amongst society’s greatest challenges. As a responsible business we are fully committed to minimising our operational impact on the environment when and wherever possible. This is core to ensuring we do business in the right way.

A diversified property business with hotels, property and a construction functions, Arora Group has an integral role to play in the transition to a sustainable, low carbon economy. We have significant indirect environmental impacts through our construction, hotel operations, property management and facilities management activities and through our procurement practices. As a diverse property group, we recognise the complex challenges of achieving sustainable development in the locations where we operate. The social and economic consequences of a changing climate will increasingly have an impact on our customers and all our stakeholders. By recognising and understanding these issues, we will manage risk and capture new market opportunities.

We also have a direct environmental impact with natural resources in our operations across our businesses. Our environmental management activities are focused on several key areas, the most crucial being the way we construct and use our buildings. While carbon management is a key priority, we have expanded the scope of our environmental management programme to include water, waste and paper.

Purpose

At a minimum, this policy requires compliance with all relevant legislation in the UK.

Arora Group aims to minimise its impact on the environment by:

• Continually improving the environmental management systems that mitigate our direct environmental impacts, reduce our use of natural resources and prevent pollution of our built estate.
• Integrating environmental considerations into business decisions in line with our commitment to environmental sustainability.
• Using sustainable practices in property design, property construction and property management.
• Setting targets on key aspects of our environmental performance and reviewing them periodically.
• Reducing carbon emissions from our own operations by investing in energy efficient buildings and technology, improving our energy management, managing our business travel and influencing colleagues’ behaviour.
• Managing indirect impacts in the supply chain by collaborating with key suppliers to secure an improvement in our environmental performance and their own.
• Raising our employees’ awareness of environmental issues, encouraging environmentally responsible behaviour and providing appropriate training to enable them to play a full role in implementing our environmental policy.
• Engaging with industry groups and non-governmental organisations in order to contribute positively and proactively to environmental sustainability in business.

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