Better Buildings Partnership

What Better Buildings Partnership does

Better Buildings Partnership (BBP) is a UK-based, member-led collaboration of leading commercial property owners established to improve the sustainability of commercial buildings. It is incorporated in the United Kingdom as a nonprofit organization and is governed by its member companies. As of the 2024/25 financial year, BBP had 56 member organizations and 19 Managing Agents Partnership (MAP) members, plus 32 Climate Commitment signatories representing £360BN AUM and 11,000+ properties (as of 2025). It is led by CEO Sarah Ratcliffe.

BBP does not develop proprietary technology products. Its core surface area is a library of guidance documents, toolkits, benchmarks, and frameworks delivered as publications and member resources—most notably the Real Estate Environmental Benchmark (REEB, a public operational benchmark of energy/carbon/water/waste for UK offices, shopping centres and retail/leisure parks), the Design for Performance initiative (closing the design-vs-actual performance gap in new offices), the BBP Climate Commitment (collective net-zero pathways by 2050 with TCFD-aligned resilience), and toolkits covering Green Leases, Acquisitions Sustainability, Managing for Performance, and Better Metering. Recent additions include the Carbon Credit Procurement Guide (Nov 2025), EPC Procurement Principles (Dec 2025), Nature & Biodiversity / TNFD guidance, and Life Sciences and Nature insights. BBP also convenes the Owner & Occupier Forum, Benchmarking Working Group and runs 40+ member meetings per year.

BBP's business model is subscription/membership recurring revenue: enterprise property owners, managers, institutional investors and asset managers pay undisclosed annual fees to participate in working groups, access toolkits and benchmarks, and align with the Climate Commitment. Distribution is direct membership engagement (single-country/UK), supported by content marketing (news, blogs, case studies), events/site visits, and social channels (LinkedIn, Twitter @bbpuk, email newsletter BBP Momentum). Key named members/select customers span SEGRO, Schroder Real Estate (£15.5bn portfolio), Savills Investment Management (€24bn AUM), Royal London Asset Management (£153bn total AUM, £8bn property AUM), and CBRE Investment Management ($144B+ AUM), alongside BlackRock, Blackstone, British Land, Brookfield, Canary Wharf Group, and others. Strategic partners include UKGBC, BRE (NABERS UK and Design for Performance scheme administrator), Revo (shopping-centre benchmarks), Greengage Environmental (TNFD), and the French counterpart OID.

Name

Better Buildings Partnership

Legal name

Better Buildings Partnership

Website

https://betterbuildingspartnership.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Better Buildings Partnership is a UK nonprofit membership collaboration of 56 leading commercial property owners (plus 19 Managing Agents Partnership members) that develops sustainability benchmarks, toolkits and frameworks—including REEB, Design for Performance, and a Climate Commitment covering £360BN AUM—to help members deliver net-zero commercial buildings.

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GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: BBP generates revenue through annual membership fees from property owners, managers, and investors in the UK commercial real estate sector. Members include major property companies, asset managers, and institutional investors who pay for access to BBP's collaborative platform, resources, toolkits, events, and working groups.

Go-to-market motion1 record

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Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Better Buildings Partnership (BBP) is a membership collaboration of leading UK commercial property owners and managers that delivers sustainability frameworks, operational benchmarks, toolkits, and guidance to help members improve the environmental performance of their commercial real estate portfolios. Its core offerings include the Real Estate Environmental Benchmark (REEB) for performance measurement, the Design for Performance initiative for closing the building performance gap, the BBP Climate Commitment collective net zero programme, and a suite of toolkits covering green leases, acquisitions sustainability, metering, retrofit, climate resilience, and EPC procurement.

Product overview

Better Buildings Partnership (BBP) is a collaboration of leading UK property owners working together to improve the sustainability of commercial buildings. BBP operates as a member organization offering a suite of sustainability frameworks, toolkits, benchmarks, and guidance publications rather than a unified software product. The core offerings include the Real Estate Environmental Benchmark (REEB) for portfolio performance measurement, the Design for Performance initiative for closing the building performance gap, and the Climate Commitment programme for net zero pathways. Supporting these are various toolkits including the Green Lease Toolkit, Acquisitions Sustainability Toolkit, and Better Metering Toolkit, alongside guidance publications on topics such as Carbon Credit Procurement, EPC Procurement, Climate Resilience, and Nature & Biodiversity. BBP also facilitates the Owner & Occupier Forum and the Managing Agents Partnership (MAP) as member collaboration mechanisms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Managing Agents Partnership: A collaboration of the UK's leading Property Managers committed to improving the sustainable management of commercial property assets.

Products and services

• Real Estate Environmental Benchmark (REEB)

Quantifiable outcome

• 15% reduction in energy consumption for AC Offices shown in latest benchmarks
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• RevocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024BBP partnered with Revo (the industry body for shopping centres and retail places) to develop energy benchmarks for large UK shopping centres. The project helps drive energy performance improvement in shopping centre assets and supports compliance with regulatory requirements.
• OID (Observatoire de l'Immobilier Durable)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 October 2015OID is BBP's French counterpart organization focused on improving sustainability of the French built environment. BBP and OID engage in cross-channel collaboration to share best practices and exchange knowledge on benchmarking, investor engagement, and occupier engagement strategies. The partnership includes annual exchanges and joint events between member organizations.
• BRE (Building Research Establishment)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBRE works with BBP on the NABERS UK scheme development and Design for Performance initiative. BRE serves as the scheme administrator for NABERS UK Energy for Offices and hosts the Independent Design Review Panel.
• UK Green Building Council (UKGBC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBBP collaborates with UKGBC on the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Framework and other industry guidance. UKGBC's framework aligns with BBP's Climate Commitment objectives for delivering net zero buildings by 2050.
• GRESBcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSavills Investment Management, a BBP member, has been a GRESB signatory since 2012. BBP supports members in GRESB assessment and benchmarking activities, with all funds submitted by Savills IM achieving Green Star ratings.
• UN Principles for Responsible InvestmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRoyal London Asset Management and other BBP members are signatories to the UN PRI. BBP Climate Commitment aligns with international frameworks including TCFD and PRI requirements for climate disclosure and responsible investment.
• Aitchison DevelopmentsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSavills Investment Management partnered with Aitchison Developments as Development Manager for the Bourn Quarter project in Cambridge. This is an example of member collaboration on a specific development project.
• WorkmanminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerWorkman's Projects division serves as an implementation partner for ESG retrofit projects. BBP member CBRE Investment Management commissioned Workman for the 10 Brindleyplace retrofit project in Birmingham.
• Greengage EnvironmentalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGreengage Environmental partnered with BBP to develop the TNFD framework guidance for UK commercial real estate. Brookfield Properties sponsored the publication. Greengage provided technical expertise for implementing the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures framework.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• BRE (Building Research Establishment): UK building science and standards body (BREEAM), and an active BBP partnership partner for NABERS UK and the Design for Performance initiative. Plays a parallel, enabling role in commercial real estate sustainability rather than competing directly for BBP's membership base.
• British Property Federation: UK membership body representing commercial property owners, investors and developers. Overlaps BBP on stakeholder base and policy advocacy across UK real estate, though it does not focus specifically on sustainability toolkits and benchmarks.
• CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project): Global environmental disclosure system used by corporates and investors including real estate participants. Competes for mind-share on climate benchmarking alongside BBP's REEB but operates globally and across sectors rather than focusing on UK commercial real estate.
• GRESB (Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark): Industry-led ESG benchmark covering real estate funds and portfolios globally. Highly comparable to REEB in function and target audience but investor-facing rather than asset-operations-facing, and accessed via partner members such as Savills Investment Management.

Broad incumbents

• World Green Building Council: Global umbrella for national green building councils, including the UKGBC. Operates the same member-based sustainability convening model as BBP but at a much broader, multi-region scope, offering overlapping capability without specialising in UK commercial real estate.
• World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD): Global CEO-led organisation convening businesses on sustainability. Comparable to BBP in member-convening and policy-influence mechanics but operates across all sectors, not just real estate, and at much larger scale.

Regional players

• U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC): US-based membership body running LEED and broader building sustainability programmes. Operates a recognisably similar model to BBP — member-based, framework-setting, convening-focused — but serves the United States market rather than the UK.
• Better Buildings Initiative (US Department of Energy): US Department of Energy programme improving energy efficiency in commercial buildings. A strong thematic analogue to BBP — same sector focus and behaviour-change aim — but a government programme serving the US market, not a private membership association.

Direct peers

• UK Green Building Council (UKGBC): UK industry body for sustainability in the built environment. UKGBC is BBP's closest domestic peer — both convene property stakeholders on net zero and ESG, with BBP formally collaborating with UKGBC on the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Framework and shared member overlap.
• Observatoire de l'Immobilier Durable (OID): France's leading sustainability-focused real estate industry body and BBP's formal French counterpart partner. Operates the same collaborative membership-model playbook (benchmarking, investor engagement, occupier engagement) in a different geography, with annual bilateral exchanges and joint events.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance7 records

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Profiles3 records

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