Our creative and holistic approach to place-making protects the environment where our estates are based. We have established an Environmental Committee which includes participants from across the business and is developing our environmental policy and ensuring consistency of implementation across the Group. Our 2011 data was approved as compliant with the requirements of the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy Efficiency Scheme.

Environmental Policy

EC&O Venues has its own sustainability policy, which is promoted to its customers and subject to regular review. This can be viewed on the website at www.eco.co.uk/sustainability.

In 2011, EC&O Venues launched the first sustainable travel system of its kind worldwide in association with Carbon Voyage.

Recycling

At Covent Garden we appointed a new refuse contractor, and aim to achieve zero landfill waste from the Market Building. All non-recyclable waste will be taken to an Energy Recovery Plant or Material Recycling Facility (MRF).

Waste segregation from our Covent Garden construction sites is being logged using online programme ‘Smartwaste’ to minimise landfill. At The Henrietta development we implemented robust segregation of waste, allowing 85 per cent to be recycled.

At our head office we have installed desk-side recycling boxes and recycling bins on each floor. Our recycling company uses an MRF site to maximise recycling opportunities. Any non-recyclable waste is used as fuel for energy recovery by incineration.

Renovation of existing properties

During our development work at The Henrietta in Covent Garden, we preserved as much of the existing building as possible, including most of the structure, wall tiles and windows. Fireplaces were retained for use on future projects.

LED lighting was introduced in areas of The Flower Cellars development in Covent Garden to reduce electricity consumption.

The new West Hall at Olympia has one of the most efficient heavily loaded suspended floor slabs in the country, providing a saving of 15 per cent on its carbon footprint compared with other forms of construction.

Sustainability and the environment continue to sit at the heart of the Masterplan for the ECOA and leading environmental consultants Beyond Green are an integral part of the design team.