Join us for our upcoming seminar

Register now for our breakfast seminar, bringing together experts to explore how we can reduce carbon emissions from our buildings and deliver a greener, cleaner city.

Hosted at JLL's headquarters just off Carnaby Street, attendees will be provided with an update on how the Charter is helping owners and occupiers reduce operational carbon emissions with an exclusive preview of some of the best carbon reduction case studies drawn from its signatories.  

Full speakers to be announced.

Date: Thursday 24 April

Time: 8:00am - 10:00am

Venue: JLL, 30 Warwick Street, W1B 5NH

First toolkit case studies published

Every month we will be adding a range of case studies onto our signatory toolkit, highlighting best practice examples from signatories for each of the Charter pledges.

The first series of case studies focuses on waste and includes insights and best practice from the Royal Opera House, The Berkley Hotel, First Mile, and the LDG Property Group.  

Keep an eye out as we'll shortly be releasing case studies on commitment two - baselining, planning and reducing emissions from energy. You can access the toolkit on the SharePoint here.

To align with our toolkit launch, signatories can take part in a series of webinars covering each of the Charter commitments, bringing practical case studies and real Westminster examples to life. 

Our first webinar will focus on the seventh Charter pledge, waste and the recently announced national guidance, ‘Simpler Recycling’, which aims to make recycling easier and more consistent for workplaces across the UK. The discussion will explore new legislation and feature a case study from the Royal Opera House.  

Date: Tuesday 8 April

Time: 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Signatory annual reporting coming up

At the end of April, we will be approaching organisations who have been Charter signatories for more than 12 months for a yearly update on their energy and data consumption. For any questions, please contact the Climate Emergency team here.

Opportunity to support professional development

We are inviting signatories to provide Westminster residents with hands-on work experience in the sustainability sector. If you are interested in offering placement opportunities or would like more information, please contact fjeng@westminster.gov.uk.  

Building consent granted for listed buildings in Marylebone

Spearheaded by Westminster City Council's Retrofit Taskforce and The Howard de Walden Estate, the City Council's first ever Heritage Partnership Agreement will enable the Estate to set modifications for 311 of it's listed buildings under a single planning application. Read the decision here. 

Get involved in London Climate Action Week

Taking place on 21 – 29 June, it is the largest city-wide climate festival in Europe. If your organisation is interested in holding a LCAW event or becoming a hub, sign up to the LCAW mailing list for regular updates and invitations to upcoming stakeholder briefings. 

We are looking to host the Sustainable City Charter Summer showcase event again this year, during LCAW. If your organisation is willing to taking part, please get in touch with our Climate Emergency team here. 

If you missed out on our last webinar looking at the new Procurement and Purchasing policy, you can watch the recording along with other past webinars in the signatory toolkit here.

BBP Real Estate Environmental launches benchmark on water 

The latest data shows that the average office uses 2.3m of water each year and the largest offices can use around 100m litres per year. Read more here.

📣Hear from our signatories

We are always on the lookout for projects to film as part of our ongoing series of short video case studies. For more information, please reach out to Philip White here.

Watch the full playlist here 

Help us reach 100 signatories!

Do you have a contact at a Westminster based organisation that is yet to sign up to the Charter? Consider forwarding them this email and encouraging them to express interest today! Find material to promote your organisation’s involvement in the charter on the toolkit here: Promotional materials and branding.