Corporate Responsibility

At Newmark, corporate responsibility is embedded into how we operate and grow

Through our framework, Our Shared Purpose, we set out how we advance meaningful outcomes for our clients, people, and communities, while working to reduce our environmental impact. Our framework is built around four core pillars – Serving Our Clients, Empowering Our Employees, Bettering Our Environment, and Engaging with Our Communities – which, underpinned by strong governance, guide our efforts across the business.

Serving our Clients

Empowering clients by developing strategies that align with their business and sustainability goals.

Empowering our Employees

Fostering an inclusive culture of employee engagement, opportunity, supporting development, success and excellence to enable all our people to reach their potential.

Bettering our Environment

Collaboratively reducing energy demand and carbon emissions, both internally and with clients, to minimise environmental and climate impact.

Engaging with our Communities

Uplifting communities through philanthropy and engagement, creating meaningful positive contributions.

Serving our Clients

As we expand globally, our comprehensive range of offerings - including sustainable business solutions - ensures we add value to our clients and support them on their own sustainability journeys. We seek to empower our clients by developing strategies that align with their business and sustainability goals.

Recent projects demonstrate our expertise in advising and guiding clients on Corporate Responsibility priorities, helping them integrate sustainability into their core operations.

6 Bevis Marks, Aldgate, London

LED lighting upgrade

Newmark’s UK Property and Asset Management team completed a full LED lighting upgrade at 6 Bevis Marks, a 16-story office building in London, replacing 442 fixtures across communal and plant areas. To maximize energy efficiency, all new fixtures were fitted with Passive Infrared (PIR) lighting motion sensors.

The project, completed between October 2023 and December 2024, is expected to save approximately 64,079 kg of CO₂ and £22,463 over 10 years. This initiative demonstrates how targeted upgrades, and smart technologies can drive operational efficiency and support long-term environmental performance goals.

Fenwick Department Store, 63 New Bond Street, London

Sensitive restoration

Newmark UK supported Lazari Investments Limited in repurposing the iconic Fenwick Department Store on New Bond Street, Mayfair, into world-class retail and office floorspace.

The project retained over 45-50% of the existing structure and around 75%of the historic façades, carefully lifting and aligning floorplates to deliver high-quality spaces while preserving the building’s heritage. With upfront carbon measures of 463-495kgCO₂e/m², the scheme exceeds industry sustainability targets, demonstrating how sensitive restoration and modernisation can reduce carbon and extend building life. Planning permission was unanimously granted in April 2024, and construction is underway, with delivery anticipated in 2027.

Brunswick Centre, Bernard Street, London

Sustainable hotel development

Newmark UK supported Lazari Investments Limited in converting the underused lower ground car park of the Grade II listed Brunswick Centre into a 207-room Premier Inn hotel.

The existing basement slab was retained and lowered, avoiding demolition and cutting embodied carbon by 98%, while PV panels and air source heat pumps reduce operational emissions. Sensitive heritage interventions preserve the Brutalist character, and stakeholder engagement ensured minimal disruption. Resolution to Grant was received with formal approval was received in August 2025.

The project delivers a modern, sustainable hotel that benefits the community and respects the historic site.

Bromley-by-Bow Industrial Park, Tower Hamlets

Industrial campus development

Newmark UK advised Fabrix on the transformation of circa five acres brownfield site in Tower Hamlets, previously home to derelict buildings and an asbestos waste facility.

Working with Haworth Tompkins Architects and through extensive local consultation, the scheme secured a resolution to grant planning permission in September 2024. It will deliver 135,000 sq ft of flexible industrial space, including 10% affordable workspace, alongside the retention and reuse of an MOT garage as an innovative circular economy hub. With new site access, high-quality sustainable design, and a biodiversity net gain of 3,988.86%, the development demonstrates how underutilised land can be repurposed into a modern, resilient and community-focused industrial campus.

SEGRO, Industrial Portfolio, Greater London

EPC Uprating Assessments

Since 2022, Newmark UK has undertaken EPC Uprating Assessments for 128 SEGRO assets across Greater London, totalling more than 4 million sq ft of industrial space.

Our approach combines on-site inspections with the creation of digital twins, enabling us to model a range of improvement scenarios and identify the most practical, cost-effective ways to achieve higher EPC ratings. This process not only supports compliance with Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards but also ensures buildings remain resilient to future regulatory changes, avoiding the risk of stranded assets. To date, our advice has guided around £32m of EPC improvement works, helping SEGRO enhance portfolio value while driving significant carbon reduction and energy efficiency across their estate.

Pegasus House, Hatfield, Hertfordshire

Sustainable refurbishment

Newmark led the sustainable refurbishment of Pegasus House, a 19,000 sq ft industrial site in Hatfield.

Instead of carbon-intensive redevelopment, the project focused on re-use, with decontamination and selective demolition, reducing waste. The building was upgraded to modern energy standards with high-performance insulation, efficient glazing and doors, enhanced natural light, and improved accessibility. A strengthened roof allows for future solar PV, ensuring the site not only achieves an EPC ‘A’ rating but also embodies long-term sustainability in industrial design.

Empowering our Employees

As we continue to develop our business growth strategy, we want to embed a culture of learning, development and personal growth. We are fully committed to providing both technical, professional and personal development to help all of our people to be the best that they can be.

In the UK, our key ambitions include:

Embrace and benefit from all forms of diversity, by expanding representation across dimensions of diversity.
Strengthen employee voice and engagement. Actively responding to employees using data to drive our strategy & policies.
Build upon internal governance and accountability. Maintain structured reporting and progress tracking across our Networks.
Embed diverse perspectives in decision-making. We seek fresh perspectives that challenge the status quo to develop our talent.
Continuously learn and build our awareness and understanding of sustainability.
Investing in our Managers and Leaders. We invest in the capability of managers and leaders, ensuring that we increase the baseline knowledge of sustainability for our leadership population.

Bettering our Environment

We work collaboratively to reduce energy demand and carbon emissions, both internally and with our clients and value chain, to minimise environmental and climate impact.

"Our reporting journey has evolved from basic data collection to strategic insight, enabling more effective action. Through transparent reporting, alongside our Planet Mark certification and incoming Net Zero target, we ensure that our efforts to drive measurable progress and reducing our climate impact remain credible."

Lea Vavrik - Head of ESG, UK & Europe

84%

of directly procured electricity in UK and Europe from renewable sources

2024

GHG emissions baseline for Newmark UK and Europe

2025

Updated Net Zero targets will be published

Engaging with our Communities

We have a strong tradition of community support, with philanthropy deeply woven into our corporate culture. Through charitable practices and active engagement, both Newmark and its employees contribute to uplifting communities by making meaningful, positive impacts.

Giving back to our Communities

Through initiatives like our Give Back Day, we encourage all colleagues to volunteer their time and skills annually through a paid volunteering day. Recent projects including local litter-picking, conservation efforts, and support for local community organisations - demonstrating our ongoing commitment to making a tangible difference.

Target: For financial year 2025/26, we have committed to achieving 500 Give Back days across our UK business.

Engaging the next generation

Our Schools Outreach Program is a vital initiative through which we collaborate with mainstream schools to inspire the next generation to pursue a career in the property industry. Whether its volunteering at secondary school careers fairs, giving presentations or hosting insight days and work experience for sixth form students, we are ensuring Newmark UK is giving back to communities in which we operate, as well as encouraging new and diverse voices and ideas into the industry.

In 2024, we delivered:

42

School careers events (a 40% increase on the previous year’s total)

19,000

Students engaged with

550

Hours of volunteer time

We continued to receive glowing feedback from the students we’ve engaged with in 2024, having inspired the possibility of a career in the built environment to students who were not aware of what ‘surveying’ was prior to our engagement.

Charity partners

We are proud foundation partners of LandAid, the charity that seeks to youth homelessness in the UK. In addition to our annual donation, we engage in numerous fundraising activities with LandAid and fundraise directly for LandAid.

We also formed a two-year partnership with a smaller charity and currently we are supporting Andy’s Man Club, a men’s suicide prevention charity, offering free peer-to-peer support for those in need, and their families.

Newmark's Social Value Contribution 2024

£603,597

People: Apprenticeships, diversity and inclusion training, mental health and wellbeing access and programmes.

£47,648

Community & Volunteering: Volunteering time, school outreach, and student placements.

£16,849

Charitable donations: Donations and/or in-kind contributions to local community projects.

£386,680

Environmental Impacts: Sustainable transport initiatives, our commitment to continuous carbon reduction, and employee engagement and training.

Key People

Lea Vavrik

Head of ESG, UK & Europe

London – West End

Cecilia Scapinelli

ESG Reporting Coordinator

London – West End