The Peel Group Living our Values Corporate Social Responsibility Report The Peel Group Contents Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2015 “At Peel we remain true to our values. This approach has not Contents only established a highly Vision and Values 4 Chairman’s Statement 5 successful commercial A History of Delivering Our Vision 6 enterprise but, just Long Term Vision, Long Term Investment Ocean Gateway 8 Rebalancing the UK economy 10 as importantly, has Shaping the future 12 brought wealth creation, Excellence in Delivery Developing Excellence 14 improved quality of Maintaining Excellence 16 life and opportunities Award Winning 18 3 Regeneration Delivering for the communities in Sustainable Growth From concept to creation 20 which we operate.” Aspirations for places, aspirations for people 22 John Whittaker Bridgewater Way and Gloucester Quays 24 Chairman, The Peel Group Leaving a Lasting Social Legacy Contributing to our communities 26 Volunteering 28 Our charity partners 30 Art and culture 32 Adding Value for All Our Stakeholders Statistics and Investing for the Future 34 Vision and Values and Chairman’s Statement Chairman’s Statement Welcome to Peel's achieved and what 2015 Corporate we continue to seek Responsibility Report. to achieve can only At Peel we have a rich be realised through a history of delivering transparent and open Our Vision what we say we will partnership approach deliver. The Peel and we look forward Group is proud of this to working with the record and similarly public sector in To create we are proud of bringing forward the remaining true to our Northern Powerhouse. values throughout As a strategic sustainable the process. private investor that reinvests and recycles At Peel ‘living our capital in the North, values’ means our prosperity and environments creating environments wellbeing is inherently which we want to be linked to the North. part of. It also means where people creating opportunity We value the and prosperity for both feedback from public 4 local communities, consultations, the 5 and businesses the regions in which commitment our 5 we operate and partners bring and the increasingly the UK skills and experience economy as a whole. of the talented people can flourish. Investments in our who work for us. Port operations, in MediaCityUK, in Peel remains a thriving Gloucester Quays commercial enterprise and Glasgow Harbour where our strategy Our Values are creating exciting of reinvesting and environments for recycling capital in Long term vision, long term investment. generations to come. communities has Our plans for Trafford a transformational Excellence in delivery. Waters can create effect and creates Regeneration delivering sustainable growth. residential, leisure the opportunity for and community employment, training Leaving a lasting social legacy. space where, true and an improved to our vision, people quality of life. Adding value for all our stakeholders. and businesses can flourish. At Peel we live our values every day. Collaboration is also central to all we I hope you enjoy —Determination do. What Peel has the report. —Perseverance John Whittaker —Patience Chairman, The Peel Group The Peel Group A History of Delivering Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2015 Our Vision A History of Delivering Our Vision Planning permission Peel acquires the Peel takes a majority Planning permission agreed given for Mersey Bridgewater Estate stake in Liverpool Airport, Peel acquires Clydeport for MediaCityUK, the Waters, Wirral Waters with a portfolio of subsequently renamed PLC and its associated largest purpose built media (2012) and Liverpool 12,000 acres of land. Liverpool John Lennon Airport. west coast ports. community in Europe. Waters (2013). Gloucester Quays John Whittaker brings Designer Outlet Investing for together Peel Mills with The Whittaker family Mall opens. the future. his own businesses of began buying shares Peel acquires Mersey textiles, farming and in the Manchester Ship Docks and Harbour Peel propose a 50 quarrying as the basis Canal in the mid 80’s Following a long Company making Peel year, 50 project, £50bn of the Peel Group securing its future before planning process The Ports the second largest investment strategy Investment we know today. Peel acquired it in 1991. Trafford Centre opens. Port operator in the UK. named Ocean Gateway. 6 7 1971-83 1983 1991 1997 1998 2003 2005 2007 2008 2009 2012/13 2015/16 The foundation is The Manchester Ship The Trafford Centre Port of Liverpool, ten In the first five years Wirral and Liverpool laid for one of the Canal is brought back to brings the opportunity years on, provides the Ocean Gateway has Waters well established most influential and life through vastly increased for 8,000 jobs primarily foundation for Liverpool2 delivered over £2bn as major investment transformational freight transport and for local people, growing the deep water container of investment with opportunities and they companies in the UK. provides the backbone to 10,000 today. terminal, a project 32 projects already contribute £100,000 to the of Ocean Gateway. recognised by the Prime completed or underway. International Festival Minister as rebalancing of Business. the UK economy. Liverpool2 is expected to This includes the acquisition Liverpool John Lennon Clydeport becomes a create 5,000 direct and 3,000 jobs delivered and Adding value for of the Bridgewater Airport plays a strategic focal point of maritime indirect job opportunities. Gloucester Waterfront our stakeholders. Canal, which, through role in the success training in collaboration transformed. the Bridgewater Way of the Liverpool City with Glasgow College. programme, has brought region and becomes 6,000 people 26 miles of waterside a hub of public art. already employed at back into public use and MediaCityUK with the Environmental and Social Value Environmental consciousness, revitalising potential for a further a world class asset. 20,000 new jobs. The Peel Group Long Term Vision Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2015 Long Term Investment Ocean Gateway Long Term Vision Long Term Investment Ocean Gateway 8 9 Ocean Gateway, launched in 2008 targeting AMION’s independent review* of the first five the renaissance of the strategic corridor years progress of Ocean Gateway established: between the City Regions of Liverpool and Manchester, is an excellent example of Peel’s vision, values and approach, translating into Capital Permanent Gross Value New Homes Ocean Gateway Oceaneconomic, environmental and social reality. Investment Employment Add (GVA) The construction Gateway of over £2bn, of 8,650 to the economy of some 1,300 Over a 50 year period the The vision for £50bn investment over 50 years is part of Peel’s contribution to of which £955m permanent, full of £466m housing units projects within the Ocean rebalancing the UK economy. It is truly has been time equivalent per annum Gateway proposal offer the pioneering in its approach and scale. Version using the seal, Version using the seal and Version using the seal and invested by Peel (FTE) jobs (net) alongside bespoke typeface. divisionalpotential signifier device for. 100,000 new jobs.divisional signifier device. Type in red to differentiate Type in red to differentiate32 of the 56 projects currently identified in the Note: This option technically contravenes from divisional logos. from divisional logos. the clear space guidelines set up for use of the seal, due to the wording needing Ocean Gateway written Ocean Gateway writtenportfolio are already completed or underway. to connect closely enough to the seal. over one line over two lines Projects such as EventCity are already Key projects such as Liverpool2, Liverpool flourishing, MediaCityUK has already Waters and MediaCityUK anchor the potential put down the roots of a media and of Ocean Gateway’s extensive vision. The creative industries hub of worldwide mix of transport, leisure, renewable energy significance and substantial investment and residential projects will create an has been made on residential schemes at CLIENT PEEL exciting, sustainable environment delivering PROJECT OCEAN GATEWAY Ellesmere Port and Warrington Quays. future prosperity, job creation and low carbon growth on a scale never before witnessed in the North of England. *Ocean Gateway – Economic Impact Assessment – AMION Consulting March 2014. The Peel Group Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2015 Long Term Vision Long Term Vision Long Term Investment Long Term Investment Rebalancing the UK Economy Rebalancing the UK Economy Contents Peel in the Northern Powerhouse with Powerful Partnerships working together to deliver Foreword 2 150 projects in the North Introduction 3 Joint objectives 4 10 What we bring 5 150 Projects 6 Our past 7 150 OurLiverpool2 present 8 OurA key future driver shaping the Northern 9 Powerhouse, announced by George Osborne in June 2014 I have just seen for myself at the 11 Sharedas a way agencyof rebalancing the UK 10 economy, is Port of Liverpool the new container Jointincreased benefits investment in transport 11 infrastructure terminal...This is a massive to assist the movement of people and freight rebalancing of the economy. more efficiently. Peel Ports has invested over £350m in a central element of this David Cameron vision. Liverpool2 is part of a strategic low UK Prime Minister carbon approach to UK transport logistics which creates a more efficient distribution network for the North of England. Currently a huge amount of goods destined Port Salford for the North of England