Corporate responsibility

In 2006/7 Land Registry joined Business in the Community, which comprises more than 700 of the UK's top companies committed to improving their positive impact on society. Extensive discussions with Business in the Community have led to the preparation of our own action plan.

We were awarded the Charter Mark for the fifth successive time in 2004. An interim assessment in 2005 saw independent assessors looking at evidence of continuous improvement demonstrating that our service continues to meet the Charter Mark standard, particularly in terms of diversity and our work with local communities.

Our sustainable development action plan commits us to the responsible use of non-renewable resources, the protection and enhancement of the environment, social inclusion and socio-economic growth.

We are working towards reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 12.5 per cent by March 2011. Similarly, we continue to make good progress to improve the energy efficiency of our buildings by 15 per cent by 2010. These are both central government targets relating to sustainability. The assessment is made by measuring electricity and gas consumption against square metreage.