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Exciting to see the progress of the SHIFT Innovation Roadmap and report developed by Rose Jump and Will Temple to drive innovation around the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

Empowering Future Leaders in Sustainability 🌍✨ This week, our Associate Director, Carolina Eboli, had the privilege of guest lecturing at ESCP Business School, sharing real-world insights on: 🔄 Practical applications of Circular Economy principles 🚀 Overcoming challenges in sustainable business models 🌱 Success stories of impactful sustainability initiatives   She highlighted projects where PRD has been at the forefront of driving regenerative solutions: 🔹 Supporting Hackney Wick to become UK’s first Circular Creative Enterprise Zone – Conducting a waste needs assessment and fostering collaboration among 30+ local businesses to drive circular economy initiatives and develop a growing network of circular businesses in the area. 🔹 Enabling Newham’s Green Economy – Developing a strategic roadmap to address social, economic, and environmental challenges in Beckton and North Woolwich, leading to a successful Innovate UK grant for Newham Council. 🔹 Supporting Hackney’s sustainability ambitions – Helping the Council to understand specific challenges and opportunities businesses face when implementing circular practices, and creating Hackney’s first Circular Economy Toolkit to support businesses in this transition.   Carolina engaged with over 80 students, guiding them in developing actionable ideas for sustainable business transformations.   At PRD, we believe in sharing our knowledge generously to drive real impact. If you're interested in our integrated approach to sustainability, let’s connect!

🎉 We are delighted that PRD has been appointed to the Homes England Strategic Research, Economics and Evaluation Framework 2024-28 with our friends and regular collaborators, Volterra Partners LLP 🎉 Through the Framework, we will provide economic and regeneration advice to Homes England, local authorities, and other public sector bodies. Our partnership with Volterra provides technical expertise across:   - Socio-economic research, strategy, and case making - Green Book-compliant business cases - Social value - Project and programme evaluation - Property, viability, and routes to delivery.   We are looking forward to working with Homes England and its partners to unlock more impactful delivery and regeneration over the next four years. Photo by Benjamin Elliott on Unsplash  

It's great to see important projects come to life! We are really proud to help places think and act differently to deliver successful, inclusive economies, communities and places. We'll be writing more on all this in the new year.

🚀 Excited to see PRD director Daniel Partridge take the stage at the #DCConf2024! 🌟 Dan was part of the panel discussing innovative approaches to attracting capital and the potential for transformation in Croydon. Croydon is clearly at the forefront of urban innovation, and kudos to the organisers for bringing together such a rich programme with insights into the various transformation works happening in the borough! #DCConf2024 #UrbanDevelopment #CroydonTransformation

🌟 Thrilled to see Rose Jump and Victoria S.'s article on women's football and its impact on footfall in high streets featured in The Autumn issue of AoU's Here & Now e-journal! 🙌 Congratulations to all the contributors, for their thoughtful contributions to this important conversation about urbanism and its intersections with sports.

The next award for the night is Consultancy of the Year – Small! The winner is PRD 🎉 An outstanding submission showing breadth and depth of work, a deep commitment to ESG integration across the industry and thought leadership. The commitment to an 'intentional approach, based on good evidence, with measurable outcomes" is exactly what makes for a strong ESG strategy. #ESGEdgePW #Propertyweek

🌟 PRD Wins ESG Award! 🌍 🌟 We are incredibly proud to have won the Property Week ESG Awards - Small Consultancy of the Year, recognising our commitment to driving social and environmental impact in the built environment. This achievement reflects the hard work, vision, and dedication of our incredible team over the last few years. At PRD, we believe meaningful impact starts with fairness and environmental responsibility woven into every project. Over the past 18 months, we’ve been at the forefront of shaping the future of ESG in property development across the UK, in places such as King’s Cross, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Bristol Temple Quarter, and more. Highlights from our journey: ♻️From advising major institutional investors to developing circular economy frameworks, we’ve championed innovative approaches to embed sustainability and equity in every phase of development. 💒 We believe profit and returns, and social impact are not mutually exclusive. We design social impact into the projects on day one, recognising that social capital, wellbeing and life satisfaction are the foundations of successful developments. 🫂 Our engagement and participation strengthen community trust and puts communities at the heart of decision-making. This approach not only informs strategy but drives outcomes tailored to each community’s needs. A heartfelt thank you to our partners, clients, and communities who share our vision for a sustainable and equitable future. Here’s to making an even greater impact together! #PRD #ESGEGDEPW #ESGAward #SustainableDevelopment #ESG #SocialImpact #EnvironmentalStewardship #BuiltEnvironment #CircularEconomy #CommunityEngagement #SustainableFuture

We're so pleased there's been so much interest in supporting the development of a fair and inclusive music economy through the establishment of a Bristol Music Fund - with the report launched last week at Bristol Beacon. We worked closely with Carly Heath, Bristol Nights, and a music sector working group to understand the feasibility of collecting a locally-generated music fund using 1% fees on all ticket sales and establishing a community benefit society to not only manage the fund but to also drive the guiding principles for Bristol venues, artists, industry professionals and music makers. The launch has been covered by BBC, NME, UK Music Ltd, Bristol24/7, Music Ally, and RouteNote. The work has proposed a community benefit society to put the future of the sector in the hands of the music community, aiming for wide collaboration around the 'Bristol Sound'. The study was led by Mary-Helen Young and Chris Paddock, with support from Ben Stephenson and Tim Chambers. It's an example of how restorative economics can be generated and managed locally, rebuilding an increasingly fragile music ecosystem. Download the report here: https://lnkd.in/eqgDgkCu

We were excited to attend the launch of the Thames Estuary’s Five Point Plan for Fair Growth and Investment this morning at the Houses of Parliament. We have been working alongside Chris Clarke for the past 3 years to understand the experience of residents within the Estuary, and support the Growth Board to respond to this. It is great to see this data and insight underpinning the work of the Growth Board going forward, and we hope to see other areas follow this approach. Rose Jump Will Temple