Direct Lobbying Transparency
| Overall Assessment | Comment | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Comprehensive | Land Securities Group provides a detailed and specific picture of its climate-policy engagement. It names a wide range of concrete measures it has worked on, including the UK Government’s proposal for “EPC B by 2030” for the non-domestic private-rented sector, mandatory climate-related financial disclosure rules, the BEIS Net Zero Review (covering Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards), the UK Transition Plan Taskforce disclosure framework, proposals for a market-based mechanism to incentivise heat-pump sales, and calls to “bring forward the Future Homes Standard and Future Building Standard.” The company also explains how it intervenes: it “responded to the BEIS Net Zero Review consultation in October 2022,” participated in the Government’s Transition Plan Taskforce Sandbox exercise (described as “a series of meetings focused on each element of the disclosure framework”), and channels influence through industry bodies such as the Better Buildings Partnership, the British Property Federation and UKGBC. Finally, Landsec is explicit about what it wants from policymakers. Among its “asks of Government” it urges an “amendment to Building Regulations” to regulate embodied carbon, a “performance-based rating system” alongside EPCs to capture in-use energy performance, fiscal incentives to accelerate heat-pump uptake, and retention of the national net-zero target. By naming the specific policies, describing the consultation responses, meetings and trade-association work it uses to lobby, and clearly spelling out the legislative and regulatory changes it seeks, the company demonstrates a comprehensive level of transparency around its climate lobbying activities. | 4 |