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WRAP Halving Waste to Landfill

Aviva Investors has signed up to the WRAP Halving Waste to Landfill Commitment, which means that we ‘commit to playing our part in halving the amount of construction, demolition and excavation waste going to landfill by 2012. We will work to adopt and implement standards for good practice in reducing waste, recycling more, and increasing the use of recycled and recovered materials.’

For further information visit the WRAP dedicated website: http://www.wrap.org.uk/construction/halving_waste_to_landfill/
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BPF Regeneration & Development Committee

The Regeneration & Development Committee is one of the BPF’s four principal committees. Its principal purpose is to work up BPF policy on all aspects of development, responding to Government proposals but also initiating propositions of its own. It looks in particular at: the provision of - and barriers to - funding for development projects, focusing on what the Government considers to be regeneration projects; the most suitable management/partnership structures for achieving complex development projects, particularly in the Government’s priority areas; the role of the planning system in driving forward developments; other barriers to successful development, such as infrastructure and utility provision; the contribution that the property industry can make to sustainable development; the overall impact of proposed Government regulations on the construction of developments and their subsequent operation and use. Aviva Investors is part of this committee aiming to learn from and work with the Government to help contribute to the policy of sustainable regeneration and development across the UK.

United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)

Hoong Wey Woon, a fund manager in the Aviva Investors real estate team, is a member of and adviser to the UNEP FI Property Working Group (PWG). The group strives to encourage Responsible Property Investment through establishing best practice that aims to deliver high financial return. Hoong Wey’s contribution enables Aviva Investors to have a direct impact on new developments and best practice initiatives within the group, and ensures that Aviva Investors is at the leading edge of the global agenda on Responsible Property Investment. For further information visit UNEP FI's dedicated website www.unepfi.org

Forum for the Future

Forum for the Future is the UK's leading sustainable development charity. We work in partnership with them, receiving both support and advice so that we are always improving our performance with regards to sustainability. Working together with Forum for the Future has enhanced Aviva Investors understanding on how we can develop as a company striving to become consistently more sustainable. For further information visit Forum for the Future's dedicated website: www.forumforthefuture.org

Enviromall

EnviroMall is a partnership between environmental organisations and Aviva Investors' The Mall Fund to make shopping centres greener. We work in unison to push forward sustainability initiatives across all our shopping centres and monitor the fund’s progress using Upstream’s Sustainability Retail Operational Performance benchmarking scheme. In this way we can ensure that our year on year progress is not only monitored, but that we can make constant improvements and reduce the centres’ impact on the environment. For further information visit Enviromall's dedicated website www.enviromall.co.uk

UK GBC Gold Leaf Member

UK-GBC is an industry-led campaign for a sustainable built environment. It facilitates learning and information sharing within its membership and works closely with government, the industry and other stakeholders to develop ambitious policy, informed by expert opinion. Aviva Investors is keen to learn and help develop sustainability best practices within the UK and at present Richard Collins, a strategic project manager in the Aviva Investors real estate team, plays an active role as a member of the working party for the UK GBC guide for sustainable buildings. For further information visit the UK Green Building Council's dedicated website: www.ukgbc.org

British Council of Shopping Centres

The British Council of Shopping Centres acts as the voice to the retail property industry in Britain. In addition to endorsing the Sustainability Charter, Chris Paterson, a fund manager in the Aviva Investors real estate team, is a member of the BCSC Advisory Board, Chairs the BCSC Finance and Investment Committee and is a member of its Sustainability and Community Engagement Committee, all of which ensures Aviva Investors makes an active contribution to the British retail industry’s sustainability regulations. For further information visit the British Council of Shopping Centres' dedicated website www.bcsc.org.uk

ClimateLite

Aviva Investors has sponsored ClimateLite a Building Research Establishment funded project to develop an early stage software tool to promote the design of low carbon buildings. The aim of the project is to truly integrate low carbon design into building projects from initial design conception, rather than the more common approach of an add-on to a building in advanced design.

The British Council for Offices’

The British Council for Offices’ (BCO) mission is to research, develop and communicate best practice in all aspects of the office sector. It delivers this by providing a forum for the discussion and debate of relevant issues. Jon Ashcroft, a fund manager in the Avive Investors real estate team, sits on the BCO’s Board of Management. Widely representative of the office sector, the Board of Management steers the BCO to develop best practise, analyse developments in Britain’s office market and stimulate new thinking on design, development and the occupation of offices across the UK. One of the key areas of discussion is sustainability and the BCO continuously strives to further understand and promote better sustainability practice within the industry. For Further information please visit: www.bco.org.uk.