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CLEAN CITY Broadgate, AWARDS 2009 Gold Awards for 155 Bishopsgate (Special Commendation), 201 London EC2 Bishopsgate, 1-2 Broadgate, The Broadgate Tower and Exchange House. Merit Award for 10 Exchange Square.
Broadgate Estates and Knightsbridge Guarding In 2009, British Land formed a Joint Venture with the won a Lord Mayor’s Dragon Blackstone Group for this 32-acre, fully-managed estate Award for their ‘Reaching Out’ in the heart of the City of London. The estate offers 4.8 programme at Cambridge House. million sq ft of office, retail and leisure accommodation. Better Buildings Partnership Award 2009 Owner Occupier Partnership Major occupiers include Deutsche Bank, Henderson Global Investors, at 201 Bishopsgate and The Herbert Smith, ICAP, Mayer Brown, Reed Smith, Royal Bank of Scotland Broadgate Tower: Alpari, and UBS. The estate is home to over 30,000 workers and is managed by British Land, Broadgate Estates, Henderson Global an on-site team from Broadgate Estates, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Investors, Landesbank Baden- British Land. Württemberg, Mayer Brown and Reed Smith.
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Delivering value Going green Broadgate Estates We used 5% less energy at OUR LIKE-FOR-LIKE worked with occupiers PROPERTIES AT Broadgate, saving 2.4 million to identify ways to cut kWh of power and 1,135 tonnes of carbon, costs whilst maintaining as well as cutting energy bills for our high standards across occupiers by an estimated £180,000 IN TOTAL. the estate. We identified opportunities to save energy through 24-hour lighting audits, often by reducing unnecessary lighting use 9.8m overnight. We also continued to optimise litres of water saved settings on building management as well as an estimated £12,500 saved systems, making sure that they reflect on water bills. changing building usage. We installed motion sensors on lighting systems, for We also considered the costs and benefits instance at Exchange House, and replaced of reverse osmosis for all buildings at traditional lightbulbs with energy efficient Broadgate. This water-treatment process alternatives, including on our Christmas pushes cooling-tower water through a They generated significant savings by trees. Well maintained equipment tends semi-permeable membrane to remove retendering contracts for utilities and to run more efficiently and so we work contaminants so that it can be re-used, services such as cleaning, security and with our service partners on a rigorous reducing mains water use and cutting landscaping, as well as by reviewing maintenance schedule. When essential water bills. Installation is already complete working hours. They also used the scale equipment, such as air handling units, in 6 Broadgate, with a further system of the portfolio they manage to negotiate chillers and generators, needs replacing ordered for Broadwalk House. In a number lower rates for occupiers’ own energy bills. we also investigate energy efficient of buildings we installed water saving sani- Gas rates are now 37% lower than last options. In March 2010, large areas of sleeves on urinals, flush-saving devices year and electricity rates 10% lower, at Broadgate went dark for Earth Hour, as in toilets and low-flow shower heads. We a time when prices are rising for many lights were switched off to show support also re-used cut ice from the ice rink to businesses elsewhere. for this global campaign. resurface the rink. “From January 2010, occupiers at Broadgate have benefited from lower rates for security services. We achieved this by tendering contracts for the estate and seven buildings as a single package, an approach which will now be considered on all tenders. We also achieved savings on service provider labour costs, following a time, motion and skill study which led to a reallocation of personnel.”
Mark Evans Estate Director at Broadgate We continue to harvest rainwater in our 6,000 litre tank, re-using it for landscaping.
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Going green Continued 99.5% of managed waste diverted from landfill recycling 1,850 tonnes and incinerating 1,905 tonnes.
We continued to recycle waste cardboard, glass and paper generated by occupiers. Paper comprises around 60% of our office occupiers’ waste. Occupiers at Broadwalk House and 155 Bishopsgate agreed to a wet and dry recycling scheme, following a successful three-month trial. We also introduced a battery recycling scheme across the estate and trialled food composting at a number of buildings, including 4 Broadgate, 10 Exchange Square, 199 Bishopsgate, Exchange House and 20 retail units.
Supporting good causes Charity events at Broadgate raised over £100,000 for good causes, thanks to the efforts and generosity of occupiers, staff, service providers and visitors to the estate.
With 150,000 people passing through Some of the teams even got the chance the estate every weekday, it offers an to train with members of the Great Britain ideal venue for charities and community Beach Volleyball Team, getting tips from groups to raise both funds and awareness. pros Gregg Weaver and Steve Grotowski. Charities that benefited this year included Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International took Action for Kids, Community Links, Crisis, home the prestigious winners’ trophy. The Greater London Fund for the Blind, the event was so successful we will be hosting Royal British Legion, the Royal National our second tournament in 2010. Lifeboat Institution, Sands, Sense, Victim Support and XLP. Watch a video filmed at Broadgate on how to play beach volleyball - with Team GB. In June 2009, the beach came to Broadgate for a charity volleyball tournament in Wheelchair basketball players from aid of Action for Kids. 16 teams from London’s finest clubs, Force and Raiders, organisations all over London competed battled it out on Finsbury Avenue Square, in the event, which raised £50,000 for as well as encouraging able-bodied people young people with physical and learning to have a go at playing in a wheelchair. disabilities from around the UK. Virgin Active gave players fitness sessions to help them to prepare for the day.
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Supporting good causes Continued
In August, we hosted a three-day charity Other fundraising events included a basketball event in partnership with firewalk in aid of Victim Support, raising occupier, ICAP. This raised £20,000 for £18,000, and the Corney and Barrow Duck XLP, a charity which helps young people in Derby, which raised over £500 for Sands, nearby Lewisham to build their self-esteem, the still-birth and neonatal charity. Shelter make good lifestyle choices and achieve and AskJeeves.com provided a free lunch their goals, as well as positively contributing to people on the estate, with donations to their communities. ICAP held its annual going to Crisis, a charity for the homeless, charity day in December in 50 countries raising £1,000. around the world, raising an impressive total of £11.5 million for their charities. We At Christmas time, occupiers donated We held two collections for the Lord offered ICAP’s volunteers free time on the 400 toys to the Community Links appeal, Mayor’s Appeal, raising £1,300 for this good ice rink to show our support for their efforts. building on Henderson Global Investors’ cause. In 2009, thanks to the Lord Mayor’s long-term support for the initiative. Appeal, St John’s Ambulance was able to Occupiers also donated books to raise install 1,000 defibrillators into offices in the funds for Cancer Research UK, and clothes City. We were pleased to host the launch as part of the Suit into Loot appeal. In early at 4 Broadgate, with local press and the 2010, we provided free use of the ice rink Lord Mayor in attendance. for the Sense in the City Ice Skate, raising £4,000 for deaf and blind people. We also donated five pairs of skating season tickets to local causes and schools to use as raffle prizes.
Young carers British Land funded a series of creative arts projects for 71 young carers in Hackney.
In looking after a family member, young group of young carers creating rings and carers assume adult responsibilities. necklaces using shells and wooden beads. They are often at risk of social isolation, Another group learnt new skills in collage, being bullied and underachieving. The creating small fortune tellers and large children worked with professional artists collage compositions for the activity room. in workshops delivered by Create, in partnership with Hackney Young Carers In February 2010, we ran our third series Service. of workshops, with opportunities for young carers to work together to create a play, In April 2009, one group learnt new skills compose a musical track or decorate photo in block printing, decorating canvas bags frames using craft materials. The music “I learnt that you can be and creating wallpaper for the activity room workshop was particularly successful. anything in the world as long at Hackney Young Carers Service. Another as you put your mind to it.” group used high quality digital cameras to British Land is also supporting Arts for All, explore different ways of seeing London. a creative centre in Shoreditch which runs 89% of the participants said that they ‘loved’ exciting clubs and classes for children, “I loved it because I made a or ‘liked’ the project. working in many different art forms and new friend and I learnt new materials. The team at The Broadgate Tower During the summer, popular projects has already hosted the first event for creative things.” included a jewellery workshop, with one young people, with more activities planned. Young carers
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Learning in action Over 50 young people were taken on tours of the estate, BRINGING classroom learning alive.
Ten students from Eastlea School in Civil engineering students at Imperial Over Newham went on a tour of the estate, College, London, were given 90 minutes through our partnership with the East to make a short film about an engineering London Business Alliance. They gained aspect of a London building. One group of 2,000 insights into a range of roles, from Events first year students chose to focus on 201 children from 12 schools and Communications Manager, Christine Bishopsgate and The Broadgate Tower. enjoyed free skating sessions on Tona, and Fabric Manager, Simon Attwood. They were helped by second year students the ice rink. Christine won British Land’s Community and supervised by those studying for Contribution Award 2010. PhDs, following an introductory lecture on filmmaking and engineering. Over Another group of 16 children visited the estate as part of the Camden Holiday Watch their video on 201 Bishopsgate Festival. They spent time looking at the and The Broadgate Tower 100 public artworks before returning to the classroom to create a costume inspired In December, the team at Broadwalk local schoolchildren by what they had seen. They then came House hosted Facilities Management had fun trying beach volleyball for back to Broadgate the next day, posing for trainees from Paris, on behalf of occupier, the first time. photographs as human sculptures next to Calyon, providing them with a tour and their chosen pieces of artwork. presentation. Head of Property and Corporate Services at Calyon, Andrew In November, Estates Administrator, Allenby, commented: “They all went away Veronica Costa, and Property Managers, with a lot of information and a slightly Angela Hays and Marijke Hinnekint, different perspective.” participated in the Head-to-Head interview programme at Central Foundation Girls’ School. This is a Tower Hamlets Education Business Partnership initiative which gives students the opportunity to experience a structured mock interview with somebody in business, receiving constructive feedback afterwards.
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RESOURCE reduction partnerships Christmas spirit We are now working in partnership with 13 occupiers Over 100 gifts were donated across five buildings at Broadgate to reduce carbon by staff and occupiers for emissions from energy use in both common parts and the elderly members of A occupied areas. LOCAL community centre.
Electricity saving initiatives that have and The Broadgate Tower. Occupiers For the second year running, volunteers already been implemented are expected participating comprise Alpari, Ashurst, from Broadgate Estates and our service to reduce annual usage by 140,000 kWh in Calyon, Close Asset Management, F&C providers, Jaguar Engineering Services, participating buildings, saving £11,000 Asset Management, Henderson Global Office Concierge, Principle Cleaning and and 78 tonnes of carbon each year. Investors, Herbert Smith, Landesbank Shield Guarding, helped to decorate and Baden-Württemberg, Legg Mason serve up Christmas lunches at the Finsbury In a recent initiative, we provided Herbert International Equities, Mayer Brown and Clerkenwell Community Centre. Smith with clip-on meters to monitor real- International, Reed Smith, Société time electricity use at Exchange House Générale and Western Asset Management. Around 60 elderly residents from under varying conditions, from business as Shoreditch also enjoyed special Christmas usual through to complete shutdown of all lunches, thanks to funding from British lighting and non-essential equipment. This Land. They all went out to the Waterhouse will help to identify opportunities to save Restaurant, an environmentally friendly power out of hours. restaurant run by the Shoreditch Trust, a regeneration charity. One resident Other initiatives include introducing commented: “We all take part in different lights-off policies, installing solar and activities at the community centre and motion sensors, reducing run times for air today has given us a rare occasion for us all conditioning systems, applying solar gain to get together - we’re having an amazing film to windows and adjusting timings on time.” sensors so that lights are on for less time after motion detection. “All of us at Finsbury and British Land and Broadgate Estates are Clerkenwell Volunteers can’t working in partnership with environmental consultant, Arup, as well as occupiers in thank you enough for providing Exchange House, 10 Exchange Square, so many wonderful gifts and 201 Bishopsgate, Broadwalk House, Western Asset Management, occupier at 10 Exchange Square, received British Land’s such terrific help at our party Award for Sustainability Collaboration. “We have held a series of yesterday.” Green Meetings with occupiers Judy Gould Volunteers Organiser at the Finsbury and to identify pragmatic ways Clerkenwell Community Centre to achieve real reductions 1,329 in energy and water use. cycle spaces With rising utility bills, these We worked with the City of London to install initiatives will help to control another 36 cycle spaces at Broadgate, service charge costs, as well bringing the grand total to 1,329. During the summer, the estate hosted a Dr Bike as saving precious natural session run by the City of London, offering resources and cutting carbon occupiers and local people free bicycle emissions.” maintenance. Our latest travel survey shows that, of the 30,000 people based at Anna Govier Broadgate, 97% travel to work by public Senior Sustainability Consultant at Arup transport, walking or cycling.
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Regenerating east London British Land and Broadgate Estates continue to work in partnership with the East London Business Alliance (ELBA) to help local people to develop employability skills and gain employment.
Broadgate and the City are bordered by the “Delivering the 2010 Real London Boroughs of Hackney, Newham and Tower Hamlets, areas which suffer Apprenticeship training in 34 from the highest unemployment rates The Broadgate Tower was unemployed east Londoners nationally. phenomenal for the young have received employment with Broadgate Estates and our service partners. Since April 2008, 34 unemployed east people, as it gave them the Londoners have received employment opportunity to experience with Broadgate Estates and our service working in the City. The ELBA also helped us to support a number partners, Advance Cleaning, GBM, Building Managers really of community groups in East London. Five Lancaster Cleaning, Lynx and Shield large concrete planters worth £500 found Guarding. This year, we appointed an ELBA made the trainers and a good home at Spitalfields City Farm. Legacy 2020 Job Link candidate to the ice trainees feel at home, which Office furniture worth £1,000 was donated rink team for the second year running, is essential to the trainees, to First Fruit, a charity which supports providing Abdul Kayum, a Newham unemployed and homeless people in resident, with full-time employment during as this is a new world to them. Newham. 155 Bishopsgate also hosted the the winter. Thank you.” Changing Lives Photography Exhibition, a community photography exhibition In 2009, local student, Wasif Hossain, joined Elicia Morrison focusing on the voluntary sector. the Broadgate Estates team for ten weeks Employment Project Manager at ELBA to gain important work experience and Technical and Environmental Director at a reference. Wasif commented: “I have Broadgate, Rob Fisher, joined the new gained valuable experience working at ELBA Jobs and Enterprise Board, which Broadgate. It was my first job and the first aims to influence theG overnment’s key day was quite scary as I didn’t know what employment strategies. Representatives to expect. The team was very welcoming from British Land and Broadgate Estates and supportive. They showed me how to also joined a new group to provide do things.” In September, Wasif started opportunities for apprenticeships in studying a National Diploma in Business at Hackney. The team will also be joining Tower Hamlets College. with British Land and Broadgate occupiers to support The Shoreditch Trust, a community-led regeneration agency We provided ELBA with space in The dedicated to improving the Shoreditch area Broadgate Tower to deliver an intensive for all those who live or work there. two-week training programme to young people aged 18 to 24, as part of the Real Apprenticeship scheme. This scheme helps young people to gain skills and experience within a real working environment, with the two-week training programme followed by a ten-week work experience placement.
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Business Policing Team Over 50 occupiers have benefited from the on-site policing support and new drop-in police centre at 4 Broadgate.
The Business Policing Team, which was counter-terrorism, business continuity and “The Broadgate Business the first of its kind, was set up in 2009 economic crime. They also worked with to improve policing services available to the Metropolitan Police to stage the media Policing Team has made businesses at Broadgate, as well as to launch for National Identity Fraud Week significant strides in bridging people who live nearby or pass through the at the Head Office of Herbert Smith at the gap that had previously estate. Specialist police officers and other Exchange House. staff are now on site every weekday to help existed with the police and the with counter-terrorism, economic crime, Police Officer,D onna Murdoch, comments: business community. I see business continuity, physical security, “We are pleased that other forces are also the deployment of not only crime prevention and personal safety. coming to talk with us to find out how they can improve business policing services in regular police officers but also We provide space free of charge to make their areas.” subject-matter specialists on this initiative possible. We also offer use of the estate for police scenario training days. This initiative is part of a research site in the areas of counter- project exploring the quality of policing terrorism and financial crime The Business Policing Team held two services available to businesses, which as hugely beneficial to the roadshows in the Broadgate Circle, worked involves London First, City of London and with occupiers to communicate the Metropolitan Police, and Cardiff University. business community.” Christmas Safety Campaign and organised a conference on key issues including Clement Abrew Security and Risk Manager at UBS
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