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Design for long-term community needs

We collaborate with people and organizations in communities whose lives and livelihoods may be affected by the places we shape, taking long-term needs into consideration. This involves designing sustainable, low-cost homes and areas that are inclusive and encourage outdoor activity.

Listening to community needs and using our core business as a tool, we can create solutions that have a positive social impact. Examples are as varied as multifunctional green spaces, youth housing concepts to youth internships. We are developing ways to measure impact of these initiatives.

Striving for a positive social impact

Listening to community needs and using our core competence as a tool, we can create solutions that have a positive social impact. International certification schemes for buildings and infrastructure include social topics in their sustainability assessments. These are often connected to certifications for environmental sustainability. In the Commercial Property Development, many of our projects are certified with WELL, which has a strong focus on tenant health and wellbeing. In Central Europe all our commercial properties are WELL certified. BREEAM Infrastructure and Envision are certification tools for infrastructure projects, recognizing projects that engage in activities and programs to expand their positive social impact on the community.