Our Impact
We are on a mission to create new sustainable rental housing solutions which meet the needs of an aspirational & technology enabled generation.
We intend to be a real estate market leader in sustainability committed to reducing our environmental impact, fostering social responsibility, and upholding the highest standards of governance. Through innovation, transparency, and collaboration, we aim to create spaces that enhance the well-being of our communities while ensuring a resilient and prosperous future for all.
We believe in a better tomorrow and the power of giving. This means the developments we design and deliver must work harder and our ESG strategy outlines how we will do just that.
Our Commitments
Reshape are committed to developing sustainable rental housing solutions that work harder through environmental stewardship, social responsibility and governance and transparency. Our ESG framework specifies the actions and processes necessary to oversee the sustainability performance of our projects through design, construction, and operation.
Environmental Stewardship
+ Integrating sustainable practices from project inception to reduce environmental impact.
+ Investigating energy-efficient technologies and renewable energy sources.
+ Promoting resource conservation and waste reduction.
Social Responsibility
+ Increasing supply of affordable housing to tackle inequalities by providing inclusive, sustainable housing options and delivering shared spaces.
+ Fostering safe, inclusive, healthy and community centric living environments.
+ Helping to build or maintain the social cohesion of the community offering high levels of ‘local employment’, training and mentoring and supporting community events.
Governance & Transparency
+ Empowering residents’ voices in management and operation.
+ Enhancing accountability through regular reporting and performance reviews.
+ Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards.
Global Framework Alignment
UN Sustainable Development Goals
ReShape’s wider ESG aspirations focus on 9 of the SDG’s, acknowledging the call to action and striving towards assets that are exemplar in ESG.
Science Based Targets Initiative
Science-based targets provide a clearly-defined pathway to reducing GHG emissions, helping prevent the impacts of climate change.
UK Green Building Council
The UKGBC NZC Framework sets in place a path to achieve net zero carbon buildings in both construction and operation (in-use energy consumption), whilst beginning to provide direction for addressing whole life carbon.
UK Net Zero Building Standard
The UK NZC Buildings Standard sets out metrics by which net zero carbon performance is evaluated, as well as performance targets that need to be met.
Third Party Certifications
B Corporation
We were certified in November 2025 and align with the mission to use business as a force for good.
BREEAM
Each project will achieve a minimum of BREEAM Excellent.
Fitwel
Eeach project will achieve a minimum of Fitwel 2 Star Rating.
Impact Charter
Re:shape have created an Impact Charter which provides a framework to implement and monitor our ESG, social impact and community empowerment activities. This helps us to drive forward the delivery of alternative, more affordable, sustainable buildings and communities.
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+ Housing affordability: Increasing supply of affordable housing to tackle inequalities by providing inclusive, sustainable housing options and delivering shared spaces.
+ Design quality: Improving the quality of housing for those who can’t afford to build, buy, or rent homes that meet their basic needs and provide decent, adequate housing.
+ Environmentally sustainable: Improving the building’s performance, reducing waste, reducing consumption (water, electricity, gas), and using environmentally minded materials.
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+ Community-led: Increasing levels of community participation and management and enabling local people to experience a greater sense of personal agency and empowerment.
+ Preserving heritage: Recognising that local heritage, culture and the arts contribute to people’s lives in ways that are meaningful to them.
+ Connectivity: Increasing physical and social connectivity through improving access to metropolitan locations, transport hubs and public amenities.
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+ Wellbeing: Improving physical and mental health by promoting an active lifestyle and reducing loneliness.
+ Social cohesion: Helping to build or maintain the social cohesion of the community through ‘softer’ supporting activities such as community events.
+ Economic prosperity: Offering high levels of ‘local employment’, training and mentoring through reciprocal engagement with local business and social enterprises.
Community Investment Programme (CIP)
Re:shape’s Community Investment Programme (CIP) is devised in collaboration with local stakeholders and is our approach to ensure that local community groups, resident groups, charities, social enterprises and SMEs are always the direct beneficiaries of new developments in the short, medium and long term. Committed to social impact and delivering on our promises, re:shape request that Planning Authorities always secure our Community Investment Programme (CIP) commitments via a S106 obligation, which in turn provides Councils, politicians and community stakeholders with the confidence that we are developers who keep their promises.
Our genuine passion for social value combined with the support of such a wide ranging hyper local network of community partners, provides re:shape with a distinct advantage to deliver ground up community led destinations, long lasting value proposition and optimise social impact.
Below are a few testimonials from local charities we have worked with through our CIP to deliver social value across our projects.