Mr. Paul Donnelly

Paul Donnelly, environmental manager at Crest Nicholson, co-ordinated his company's report.It was then vetted by Business in the Community.

Mr Donnelly said that the firm's environmental achievements included setting up eco-friendly homes.About 200 homes were certified by the Building Regulations Establishment as being above the legal standard for saving energy and water, reducing noise and general energy efficiency.

He said: "We are very proud of our achievements over the past two years.There is a group of five leaders within this sector."

Mr Donnelly said the ranking would help to attract more clients in the long term.

Paul Donnelly, Group Environment Manager at Crest Nicholson, added: "At an early stage in planning the Sustainability Checklist can set the agenda for optimising community and environmental improvements.

Paul Donnelly, Crest's group environmental manager, acknowledges that they, Berkeley and Taylor Woodrow are probably "in a leading pack" in this area.
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Donnelly adds that developers are already having to meet this 10% level "simply in order to win the bid.

Paul Donnelly

Crest Nicholson

Mr Paul Donnelly (Environmental Manager)

Paul Donnelly, environmental manager at Crest Nicholson, co-ordinated his company's report.It was then vetted by Business in the Community.

Mr Donnelly said that the firm's environmental achievements included setting up eco-friendly homes.About 200 homes were certified by the Building Regulations Establishment as being above the legal standard for saving energy and water, reducing noise and general energy efficiency.

He said: “We are very proud of our achievements over the past two years.There is a group of five leaders within this sector.â€

Mr Donnelly said the ranking would help to attract more clients in the long term.

Developers Crest Nicholson are using Sustainability Works as a management tool on the development of about 10 projects. 'We have found it very useful and easy to use', says Environmental Manager Paul Donnelly, who has used the web-site to help write the company's environmental policy.

The project reports will support planning applications and marketing strategies.Producing a report needs input from several disciplines, says Donnelly, including architects, engineers and project managers. 'Get them around a table, and you can produce a report in about three hours with the help of Sustainability Works'.

Paul Donnelly, Group Environment Manager at Crest Nicholson, added: "At an early stage in planning the Sustainability Checklist can set the agenda for optimising community and environmental improvements.

Paul Donnelly, Environmental Manager, Crest Nicholson, said: "Crest Nicholson is very pleased to be recognised for their commitment to sustainable development within the Surrey business community.