Berkeley Group Holdings PLC

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Direct Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Comprehensive	Berkeley Group provides a high level of transparency about its climate-related lobbying. It names multiple concrete policies it has engaged on, including the updates to “Part L of the Building Regulations,” the “Future Homes Standard,” the “Environment Act 2021” provisions on Biodiversity Net Gain, and the forthcoming Building Regulation for non-domestic buildings, all with clear references to timing and jurisdiction in the United Kingdom. The company also describes in detail how it seeks to influence these measures: it “provided a response to both their initial and follow-up consultations,” its “Group Head of Sustainability has met with the Natural England lead for Biodiversity Net Gain,” it participates in industry workshops such as the “CIBSE Homes for the Future Group,” and it co-hosted a biodiversity conference with Natural England and the Local Government Association, thereby revealing multiple direct and indirect mechanisms and clearly identifying targets such as Defra, Natural England, DLUHC and the wider UK Government. Finally, Berkeley is explicit about the outcomes it is pursuing. It advocates for “replacing fixed CIL tariffs… with locally negotiated S106 agreements,” calls for “greater resources for severely overstretched local authorities,” supports stronger energy-efficiency standards in homes, and proposes an exemption for temporary applications within Biodiversity Net Gain to allow a “more holistic site-wide approach.” This combination of specific policy references, detailed engagement methods, and clearly articulated desired policy changes demonstrates comprehensive disclosure of its climate lobbying activities.	4

Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Strong	Berkeley Group Holdings PLC has established a strong governance process to align its direct and indirect lobbying with its climate strategy. In particular, the company ensures its responses to Government consultations are consistent with its climate objectives by having its “Group Head of Sustainability [work] with our Technical Committee and Land and Planning Committee to respond to the consultations on behalf of the company,” and it actively manages its trade-association engagement by being “a Gold Leaf member of the UKGBC and funding their climate change programme, ’Advancing Net Zero’.” Moreover, as “a Programme Partner, the Berkeley Group’s Head of Sustainability contributes to UKGBC research and outputs, further ensuring consistency with our climate strategy,” and it maintains a “public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement.” However, the company does not disclose any publicly available audit or review of its climate-lobbying activities, nor does it describe a board-level sign-off process or a regular monitoring timetable for these engagement and alignment procedures.	3