Partnerships
Working in partnership with a wide range of organisations across our region is an excellent way in which to share knowledge, combine resources and make a bigger difference to the environment and communities within which we all live and work.
We work with national, regional and local organisations and groups to protect and enhance the natural and historic environment, provide opportunities for local communities, make our operations more sustainable, and plan for the future.
We also have an international impact - working with WaterAid, we help fund water and sanitation projects overseas that make a real difference to the lives of people in the developing world.
Some of our current partnerships are listed below. This is by no means a comprehensive list, but it gives an idea of the range of partners we are working with. You can find out more about these organisations or groups by visiting their websites.
Forum for the Future
Our partnership is focussed on planning and operating our business in an environmentally, socially and economically responsible manner. This is 'sustainability'. Adopting a sustainable approach ensures we are able to deliver the same or enhanced levels of service into the future, whilst also protecting the environment, operating responsibly within the communities we serve, and providing effective stewardship of our assets. It means that future generations should not be disadvantaged by the actions our business decides to take today.
WaterAid
We are proud supporters of WaterAid, an international charity dedicated to helping people in developing countries gain access to safe water, sanitation services and hygiene education. Our strategic partnership with WaterAid has seen various activities undertaken by our employees and pensioners to raise funds for vital projects around the world.
Find out more about our work with WaterAid
Natural England
We work hard to protect and enhance wildlife on our landholdings and across the wider catchment, as well as to promote public access and recreation on our land where possible. We often carry out this work in partnership with Natural England.
Visit the Natural England website
English Heritage
We work with English Heritage to minimise the archaeological impacts of our operations and to protect and enhance the important cultural heritage sites that we own, including Listed Buildings, historic features and nationally important Scheduled Monuments. We run several partnerships with dedicated volunteer groups too, for example the Kempton Great Engines Trust and the Crossness Engines Trust.
Visit the Kempton Great Engines Trust
Visit the Crossness Engines Trust website
Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change (CLGCC)
As members of the CLGCC we are working in partnership with the Government to provide leadership on climate change as an issue affecting the UK public, UK businesses and governments and businesses internationally.
The group provides the opportunity to network, build relationships on common issues across industry and supports the progression of new legislation through government.
Visit Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change website
London Climate Change Partnership
We are founder members of this steering group, that coordinates London's response in adapting to unavoidable climate change.
Through the partnership we are seeking to explain the issues we face as a consequence of climate change to a wider audience of stakeholders, including the impacts on water resources, sewer flooding and flood risk.
Visit London Climate Change Partnership website
Climate South East
Climate South East brings together a diverse range of UK partners from the public, private and voluntary sectors. We are working with the partnership to focus on climate change adaptation in the south-east of England through sharing understanding and solution options, undertaking research, influencing climate change policy and raising awareness across the partnership about climate change.
Visit Climate South East website
Three Regions Climate Change Group
Our work with the group seeks to promote adaptation to climate change in the built environment by producing resources, share knowledge and inform policy makers.
A key output of this group has been the 'Your home in a changing climate' publication. The report explains the practical options to householders to adapt their homes to the impacts of climate change. The group is a partnership between the London, south-east and east of England Climate Change Partnerships, coordinated by the Government office for London.
Visit Three Regions Climate Change Group website
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