Our sixth annual Sustainability Report is here! This year we celebrated twenty years of heritage restoration at Britomart – that's two decades of regeneration for New Zealand's largest urban heritage renewal project. In this report we look at Mana Whakahaere (Governance), Te Tāngata (People and Culture) and Te Taiao (Environment) and the efforts we took to embed these sustainable principles in every aspect of our business.
You can download and read the 2024 Britomart Sustainability Report as a PDF here, or keep reading for summaries of each section and links to read them online.
"The world of sustainability is changing quickly. Methods of measuring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions are evolving, and our systems (and our team members) are constantly adapting to keep up. New technology arrives and makes some things easier, while fresh challenges appear from unexpected directions."
Those are the words of Cooper and Company's Chief Executive Officer Matthew Cockram in his introduction to this year's Sustainability Report. To read more of his take on how the day-to-day work of sustainability functions at Britomart, click this link.
Sustainability Report 2024 | Mana Whakahaere | Governance
This report is a way to hold ourselves accountable: as our sustainability policies and practices evolve and deepen, we report on key changes in our approaches and on our performance against last year’s targets. Britomart is a nine-block business community in downtown waterfront Auckland, offering a mix of carefully refurbished heritage buildings, new buildings designed to high environmental standards, and welcoming public spaces. The Britomart Group of companies operates under the oversight of Cooper and Company.
We are urban investors with a long-term focus on creating a central city district that makes people feel a deeper connection with the city. This report summarises our sustainability efforts, both internally and externally, and our work with recognised accreditation agencies to verify the value of the efforts we have made – like our Toitū Envirocare programme and NABERSNZ assessments.
Sustainability Report 2024 | Te Tāngata | People and Culture
At Britomart we work hard to foster connections between people and place with a social sustainability programme featuring art, performance, music and other events. Our theory is that people will be more inclined to live sustainably if they value each other and the places they share. This section of the report covers some of the highlights of social sustainability efforts.
Sustainability Report 2024 | Te Taiao | Environment
Britomart’s environmentally focused activities range from the creation of Green Star buildings to public events in Takutai Square. It’s a broad scope of engagement with a two-pronged focus: raising environmental awareness and working to ensure our buildings meet nationally accredited standards. This section of the report covers our environmentally focused activations and events, the precinct’s planting programme, and some of the innovative sustainability work by our lease partners.
