{"id":166355,"date":"2020-05-12T12:31:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T11:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theindustry.beauty\/shaftesbury-appoints-new-head-of-sustainability\/"},"modified":"2022-01-13T09:42:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T09:42:27","slug":"shaftesbury-appoints-new-head-of-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theindustry.beauty\/shaftesbury-appoints-new-head-of-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaftesbury appoints new Head of Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

West End landlord Shaftesbury has announced the appointment of Matt Smith to the newly created role of Head of Sustainability.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smith joins following an extensive career across the construction, property development and asset management sectors.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With over eight years spent in sustainability roles, most recently he was the Interim Head of Sustainability for Real Estate at The Crown Estate.<\/p>\n

Shaftesbury said the new Head of Sustainability will focus on further developing and implementing the company\u2019s sustainability strategy<\/strong> and its community engagement.<\/p>\n

Among other things, the company intends for its entire portfolio to use 100% renewable electricity in the future.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brian Bickell, Chief Executive Officer commented: \u201cWe are delighted to welcome Matt to Shaftesbury. His extensive experience will be extremely valuable to us as we continue to address all aspects of sustainability across our business.<\/p>\n

\"We are committed to operating in an environmentally sustainable way and minimising the environmental impact of both our operations, and those of our occupiers\u201d.<\/p>\n

Matt Smith added: \u201cI am excited to be joining Shaftesbury, a business which I have respected for some time. I am very much looking forward to working with the team to continue to develop the business and build on its already extensive sustainability credentials<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since 2015, Shaftesbury has supported the UN Global Compact principles of sustainability and in 2019, integrated the UN Sustainable Development Goals into their sustainability strategy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Shaftesbury has announced a village-wide programme of digital initiatives<\/a> to provide support for consumers, residents and operators\u00a0during coronavirus.<\/p>\n

Bringing-to-life virtually Chinatown, Seven Dials<\/a>\u00a0and Carnaby with a programme of unique digital content created by tenants to entertain, educate and inform<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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