We’re focused on what is good for business and for a sustainable future. This progressive approach leads to responsible investment decisions with healthier, safer, more engaged people, and increased value for all of our stakeholders - Building a Better Tomorrow everywhere we can.
Materiality reviews have laid the foundations for Building a Better Tomorrow. We execute our vision through four Pillars: Clients, People, Workplaces and Communities. These Pillars are built on the Foundations of governance, thought leadership and innovation.
Our Materiality Matrix sets out the key issues to JLL. Click through to view the priority actions to 2020 that we are taking to respond to these issues over the short, medium and long term.
Specialist energy and sustainability advice
Embedded sustainability in the core real estate services
LaSalle sustainable property investing
Health & safety
Diversity and inclusion
Personal and career development
Rewards and recognition
Health and well-being
Energy and resource use
Healthy and sustainable buildings
Business travel
Responsible procurement
Employee volunteering
Charitable contributions
We are fully supportive of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and committed to contributing to their successful delivery via Building a Better Tomorrow. In 2017, in support of the goals, and to ensure that we are doing everything we can to contribute to their delivery, we went through a thorough exercise to determine the most relevant SDGs to JLL. They are:
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Two sustainability groups, both chaired by Richard Batten, report into the Global Executive Board:
The Building a Better Tomorrow strategy is set at the global level with extensive collaboration with local teams. Each JLL country is at a different stage in their sustainability journey, which is why we have developed a flexible, staged approach to implementation:
JLL’s eight largest countries
Other countries
JLL is pleased to announce that its efforts to tackle climate change have been recognized by non-profit group CDP, which scores companies based on the environmental data that they voluntarily disclose on its platform.
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Read moreForbes and JUST Capital ranking tracks largest U.S. firms on key issues including fair pay, ethical leadership, good benefits and work-life balance
Read moreHealthy buildings promote healthy occupants, which correlates to improved productivity.
Read moreFirm recognized for leading environmental, social and governance practices.
Read moreNew report details how Building a Better Tomorrow supports clients, adds value for shareholders, and benefits employees and communities
Read moreThrough its CaterCares program, JLL has provided 500,000 meals for people in need, halfway to its goal of creating 1 million meals
Read moreFor the eighth consecutive year, JLL has received the ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Sustained Excellence Award
Read moreFor the fifth consecutive year, JLL has earned a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Corporate Equality Index.
Read moreJLL Senior Director of Global Sustainability Sarah Nicholls has been chosen by World Economic Forum to join its Forum of Global Leaders
Read moreJLL has been named one of the Top Companies for Executive Women, reinforcing the company's diversity commitment and acknowledging its effectiveness in moving women to senior ranks.
Read moreEthisphere Institute honors companies that drive positive change and foster ethical corporate cultures.
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