Looking after our green spaces

The UK is one of the world’s most nature depleted countries, its nature is only continuing to decline due to human activity and human-driven climate change.

Having healthy green spaces builds our resilience to the impacts of climate change and improves our health and wellbeing. It is also important that we recognise the intrinsic value of nature and our responsibility for its protection.

Trees for Cities

Trees for Cities offers corporate volunteer opportunities to motivate employees and demonstrate your organisation's commitment to creating positive change for people and the planet.

Making Business Greener Scheme

Making Business Greener is a joint initiative launched by Wandsworth Council in partnership with Green Mark. It offers businesses the opportunity to understand and improve their environmental impact and develop a structured framework for fostering sustainable business growth.

Find out more about the Making Business Greener Scheme.

Greening the BIDs

Greening the BIDs (business improvement districts) is an innovative public-private sector programme that combines the strategic overview of the Mayor with the delivery capacity of BIDs and their members to ‘green’ business districts in central London.

Any BID, employer partnership, or other owners/managers of public or private estate can undertake a green infrastructure audit with financial support from the GLA.

Enhancing or increasing the number of trees, parks, gardens and living roofs make areas more attractive to visit and work in. It also helps urban areas become more resilient to extreme weather events, preserving economic sustainability.

Find out more about Greening the BIDs.