Back in the nineties I was cross-examined once by no less than Jonathan Porritt about Bennetts Associates' knowledge and commitment to the cause of sustainability, but I'm glad to say we came out reasonably well and we were appointed by the company he was advising - Wessex Water - to design their new HQ. But that was the better part of 20 years ago when our sense of direction was a mixture of long-held conviction combined with hard-earned experience from a few pioneering buildings. We're far more systematic now and can point to a substantial track record of "green" buildings, which means we routinely expect our projects to achieve high standards of sustainability. Indeed, sustainability is one of the key sections in our business plan - alongside design excellence and more conventional financial targets - and we are the first UK architect to have registered under level 4 of the Global Reporting Initiative.
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