Menta is committed to the principles of sustainable development and is focused on balancing the social, environmental and economic benefits through the design and development of its projects. Only by creating this balanced approach will a project be sustainable in the long term.

To achieve this balanced approach Menta’s design teams are created from the very best suppliers who can demonstrate a commitment to developing high quality developments which achieve challenging sustainability targets. The team run a series of intensive design sessions to create appropriate targets for its projects.

The balanced approach is achieved by considering the following three areas:

Economic sustainability
Each Menta project must be wealth creating as a project for the local community and for the area it is being developed in. By developing key economic drivers such as transport infrastructure and social housing as an integral part of the project this facilitates long term economic development. The project must also be economically secure and viable in the long term, Menta is an investor in, as well as a developer of, its projects and this provides more economic security to the project itself. Only by securing this first principle will true long term sustainability be achievable.

Social sustainability
Schemes of the scale and nature of Menta projects have the potential to have a positive impact on the local community. From the outset Menta aims to establish with the community what positive influence the project can have and what benefit the project can bring. This is determined prior to the formal planning process so that through this process positive community benefit can be developed as part of the project rather than as an add on.

Environmental sustainability
It is accepted that projects must minimise their environmental impact and where possible enhance the environment in which they are being developed. This is not just about compliance, Menta aims to create projects that are a positive influence on the environment and go beyond compliance to deliver excellence in environmental performance. Menta project teams focus effort on achieving the aims through the following:

• Designing in public realm
• Minimising material use
• Reducing energy consumption
• Encouraging efficiency in use of resources
• Reducing carbon dioxide emissions
• Increasing the use of natural light and energy
• Limiting the need for air conditioning
• Designing beyond compliance