Objectives

Build high-quality, energy-efficient homes to the specification that our customers require.

Targets

To be a 5-star housebuilder on all our development sites.

Progress

Our customer recommendation score is 90.6%. This meets our target and puts us in line with the Home Builders Federation five-star rating.

Link to UN SDGs

UN SDG 11 – Our mission is to build high quality homes that provide safe and affordable housing to the people who need them most.

Objectives

Keep our homes affordable through managing build costs, sourcing responsibly and building efficiently, utilising local suppliers and subcontractors where possible.

Targets

To ensure that a couple in full-time employment
on the National Living Wage can afford to buy a home on every one of our development sites.

Progress

A couple working full time on the government National Living Wage can afford a home on 100% of our active sales sites.

Link to UN SDGs

UN SDG 11 – The cost of buying a Gleeson home is less than renting for most buyers and can be as low as £59 per week. This supports target 1 of UN SDG 11 by providing access to
affordable housing.

Objectives

Protect the environment and reduce carbon emissions for the homes that we build and sell.

Targets

To reduce our scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions by 30% to less than 1.75 tonnes per home within three years (2020: base year).

Progress

Our scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions per home sold reduced by 18% in the year.

This year we have published our scope 3 emissions and intend to set a target to reduce
these per home sold.

We have established new sustainability policies for Climate and the Environment, Procurement, Packaging, Timber and Waste Management.

98% of our construction waste is currently diverted from landfill.

Link to UN SDGs

UN SDG 13 – We set targets tonreduce carbon emissions per home sold.

UN SDG 12 – We have committed to increasing the proportion of waste diverted from landfill. We have further initiatives to reduce our impact
on the environment, including fuel and water usage, that are currently being developed.

Objectives

“Safety first, always”.

Everyone who is involved with, or affected by, our business remains free from harm and returns home safe every day.

To attract, retain and develop employees who
share the values, culture and objectives of the Group.

Targets

To reduce our health and safety incident rates (“AIIR”) to lower than the industry average.

To maintain our employee engagement score in the upper quartile of all surveyed companies.

Progress

Our AIIR rate for the year to 30 June 2021 was 556 versus the industry average of 264. We have not met our target this year, see page 42 for more details.

In our latest engagement survey we scored 89% which puts us in the top quartile of all companies from an independent survey.

Link to UN SDGs

UN SDG 8 – Our HomeSafe approach reflects our belief that everyone who is involved in, or affected by, our development work has the right to remain free from harm and return home safe every day.

UN SDG 5 – We are committed to ensuring that all of our employees are treated fairly and equitably.

Objectives

To sustainably grow our land pipeline, sourcing
land in areas that are in need of regeneration where homes can be built for sale at low cost.

Targets

To acquire land at an average cost per plot below 15% of expected selling price in order to keep our homes affordable, targeting land in areas of deprivation and in need of regeneration

Progress

64% of our active build sites are on brownfield land, with four out of five in the most economic deprived areas in England. We often choose sites which are not viable for other housebuilders.

Link to UN SDGs

UN SDG 15 – Our developments are located in
areas where there is a need for regeneration; typically brownfield sites that would otherwise remain derelict or unused. We invest in our sites, creating attractive and well-planned developments with green space and biodiversity.

Objectives

To source high-quality sites that are well located to deliver attractive residential planning consents for sustainable development.

Targets

To obtain more planning permissions in each financial year than sites sold.

Progress

We acquired a further ten sites this year with the portfolio increasing by a net three sites. The total portfolio is 71 sites, with six having the benefit of planning consent or resolution to grant.

Link to UN SDGs

UN SDG 15 – Gleeson Land invests in its portfolio and works closely with landowners, land agents, local authorities and communities to secure residential planning consents that are sustainable and sensitive to local ecology.