Our mission

Ethical Property is an international family of organisations with the common aim of making the best use of property for society and the environment. The family consists of the two companies The Ethical Property Company and Ethical Property Europe, and the UK charity The Ethical Property Foundation. We work to define what Ethical Property means, to demonstrate it in action and to inspire others to put it into practice.

Since its incorporation in 1998, The Ethical Property Company (the UK company) has pioneered property investment with genuine social, environmental and financial returns. The aim of the company is to strengthen and facilitate the work of the social change sector in the UK and abroad, by providing fair and affordable rents and services to organisations working to achieve social change.   

The work of the company is first and foremost driven by the ethical values shared by our shareholders and our Board of Directors. Decisions on operations and governance of the company always include careful consideration of the ethical, social and environmental consequences of our actions, and we will always consider these as equally important as the financial results of our work. 

Our accounts, which are published annually and can be read in full in our Annual Reports, are divided into social, environmental and financial accounts, making Ethical Property a company with a genuine, honest and transparent triple bottom line.   

Our shareholders have consistently proved to us their willingness to invest not only in a financially successful company, but also in one which puts ethical values at its core. Tenant satisfaction is considered by our staff as the most important part of their work, and the driving force behind the flexible, friendly and open way we work with our tenants.

As the company grows, maintaining our core values is of particular importance – especially in a changing economic climate. The company’s Board of Directors attributes particular importance to safeguarding our ethicality, as well as that of the Ethical Property Family, encompassing The Ethical Property Foundation and Ethical Property Europe. 

Our strategy for new investments, both in property and other services, is always driven by an expressed need for our brand of property management or service, and our model for development will remain people and values-driven, collaborative and transparent.