UK Architects Declare

Tomorrow is our 4th birthday Social 🎉 Supporters, signatories and anyone curious to join us are all welcome! Tickets here: https://lnkd.in/eRbN_b9F

‼️ ACAN Ecology Public Statement on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill ‼️ The Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN) is deeply concerned about the ecological and social implications of the proposed Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Despite its promotion as a balance of large-scale development with critical nature recovery, Part 3 (Development and Nature Recovery) of the proposal in its current form raises significant questions over impacts for local communities, ecosystemic consequences and species depletion. ACAN urges MPs to pause on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill until there is more clarity on the following concerns: - How will the proposed central fund benefit local communities if it can be spent elsewhere? - How will the Bill ensure that all species are protected on development sites and beyond? - How will Natural England be adequately resourced to manage the additional responsibilities imposed by this Bill? - How will levies be calculated to guarantee they reflect the full ecological value of impacted species and ecosystems? - How will the ‘overall improvement test’ guarantee that vulnerable species and habitats are protected and prioritised?  If a developer is not charged the full cost of mitigating environmental damage due to economic viability, who will pay the shortfall? Read the full Statement on our website - link in our comment below. #NatureRecovery #PlanningBill #ACAN #Ecology #Policy Alison Proctor Ruby Sleigh Sian Berkley Cc. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Get booking! Its our Birthday Social on Wednesday 26th March, 3-6pm at Ahrend Charterhouse Bldgs London - link and further details are in our bio! We'd love to gather our signatories and anyone interested in signing our pledge. All welcome! https://lnkd.in/eRbN_b9F . . . @InteriorDesignDeclares is the climate + biodiversity crisis declaration for our industry - please join us! #bettertogether #joinus #interiordesigndeclares #climateemergency #constructiondeclares #biodiversityloss #sharingknowledge #timetoact #interiordesign #interiordesigner

The Better Business Act is pushing for a simple but powerful change to UK law – ensuring that all directors align social and environmental interests with shareholder returns in their decision making. From 300 to nearly 3,000 members in just three years – the growth of the Better Business Act coalition is proof that businesses want to see a legal shift to embed stakeholder governance in UK company law, ensuring businesses are truly part of the solution to the UK’s biggest challenges. But we need more voices. More businesses. More action. With key policymaker engagements ahead, now is the moment for businesses to step up and get behind a change that will level the playing field for all businesses. The bigger the coalition, the louder our voice in government – and the greater the impact we will make. Companies like Iceland Foods, Virgin, Lucky Saint | B Corp™, and Ben & Jerry's are already on board – will you join them? 📢 Sign up today and be part of the movement driving real, systemic change. Together, we can create an economy that works for people and the planet. 🌍 👉 https://lnkd.in/dtiQYz8 #BetterBusinessAct #BBA #BCorp #PurposefulBusiness B Lab UK | Mary Portas OBE | Portas | Douglas Lamont | Tony's Chocolonely

Last month, we hosted a very special event for our 10th session, bringing together other young professional networks from across the built environment. BEF is all about fostering collaboration, and collective action towards a better future - and so our event focused on creating connections between groups. Thank you to Allies and Morrison for hosting us in their wonderful studio. We would like to extend a massive thank you to UK Architects Declare's Student ambassadors, The Academy of Urbanism (AoU)'s Young urbanists, CIBSE YEN London, CPA's nextgen, ICE Early Careers Network (ECN) London, IStructE London YMG, RICS Matrics UK, London & South East and Royal Town Planning Institute Young Planners. Please have a read through our summary, we hope to spotlight some of the amazing people within these groups who brought fantastic energy and insights. And lastly, look out for our next event shortly coming late spring 2025!

At long last, we are pleased to share our report from the 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 that we convened on 27th November 2024! 👇 We gathered a group of about 50 people representing central and local government policymakers, civil servants, professional bodies and cross-industry experts, including leading property developers, financiers, heritage experts, architects, engineers, planners, and volunteers to discuss this important issue and potential solutions. The discussion, captured in the report below👇, centred around ideas and proposals to achieve the introduction of policy clarity, sensible regulation and financial incentives around retrofit for the real estate and construction industry. As the meeting was held under the Chatham House Rule, the report contains some high-level notes about the general discussion, without attributing any comments, as well as some specific ideas that came out of it. The Report also includes by permission the list of attendees, as well as photos from the event and copies of the discussion slides. Thank you to the 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 for hosting the roundtable at the IoD headquarters on Pall Mall. We are planning a follow-up to this roundtable – a '𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽' (working title) – in the near future to continue this push, so watch this space! Please contact us (https://lnkd.in/eEkZC2am) if you have any questions or would like to get more involved with DWB. You can also DM one of our co-founders, Richard Nelson, Leanne Tritton or Will Hurst, with any comments or questions.