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18/11/2011
Willmott Dixon Achieves Second In League Table
The sustainable progress of Willmott Dixon's housing business has seen it achieve its best ever position in NextGeneration’s benchmark report that ranks the UK’s top 25 homebuilders according to their sustainability performance.
In NextGeneration's report "Delivering on the ground - the UK home building sector's contribution to a sustainable future", released on 17 November, Willmott Dixon achieved joint second place after topping many of the different assessment categories.
According to NextGeneration, Willmott Dixon's high ranking came after it topped the categories of climate change, management systems, construction site management, considerate construction, R&D, commitment to sustainable building standards and governance.
This gave Willmott Dixon an overall score of 75%, up from sixth place last year. NextGeneration secretariat contact, Philip Hirst, said: "Willmott Dixon's commitment to building a sustainable business and testing itself with new challenges is admirable and evident in the range of sustainability awards, initiatives and schemes they participate in.
"This commitment, combined with delivering highly sustainable homes, has seen it progress to joint second place in the NextGeneration benchmark in 2011. The challenge now for Willmott Dixon, and other leading homebuilders, is maintaining their performance and redefining what is achievable in terms of sustainable housing in the UK."
A company's position is based on information gleaned by NextGeneration's auditors from publicly available information and interviews with the management team, enabling them to assess that company’s progress in several categories.
The aim of the NextGeneration benchmark is to provide a valid assessment of each house builder’s annual performance and commitment in social, economic and environmental sustainability.
Willmott Dixon Capital Works divisional CEO John Frankiewicz said: "The challenge we face to drive the sustainable agenda in an economically constrained market is the biggest we have seen. We will not let it undermine our ambition for year-on-year progress and this past year we're delivered Code for Sustainable Homes housing at levels five and six, the UK's largest solid timber development, in Hackney, and we have started the UK’s largest Passivhaus residential scheme, in Camden.
(CD)
In NextGeneration's report "Delivering on the ground - the UK home building sector's contribution to a sustainable future", released on 17 November, Willmott Dixon achieved joint second place after topping many of the different assessment categories.
According to NextGeneration, Willmott Dixon's high ranking came after it topped the categories of climate change, management systems, construction site management, considerate construction, R&D, commitment to sustainable building standards and governance.
This gave Willmott Dixon an overall score of 75%, up from sixth place last year. NextGeneration secretariat contact, Philip Hirst, said: "Willmott Dixon's commitment to building a sustainable business and testing itself with new challenges is admirable and evident in the range of sustainability awards, initiatives and schemes they participate in.
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"This commitment, combined with delivering highly sustainable homes, has seen it progress to joint second place in the NextGeneration benchmark in 2011. The challenge now for Willmott Dixon, and other leading homebuilders, is maintaining their performance and redefining what is achievable in terms of sustainable housing in the UK."
A company's position is based on information gleaned by NextGeneration's auditors from publicly available information and interviews with the management team, enabling them to assess that company’s progress in several categories.
The aim of the NextGeneration benchmark is to provide a valid assessment of each house builder’s annual performance and commitment in social, economic and environmental sustainability.
Willmott Dixon Capital Works divisional CEO John Frankiewicz said: "The challenge we face to drive the sustainable agenda in an economically constrained market is the biggest we have seen. We will not let it undermine our ambition for year-on-year progress and this past year we're delivered Code for Sustainable Homes housing at levels five and six, the UK's largest solid timber development, in Hackney, and we have started the UK’s largest Passivhaus residential scheme, in Camden.
(CD)
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