The Crown Estate owns and manages land, property and the seabed across England, Wales and Northern Ireland and is aiming to redevelop the Cambridge Business Park, creating a place where innovation, communities and nature thrive. This project is based on three important pillars – the desire to be sustainable, inclusive, and innovative – and has resulted in The Crown Estate becoming Cambridge Cleantech’s latest Strategic Innovation Partnership member.
Cambridge Cleantech is an innovation network organisation that was founded 13 years ago and has a proven record of activities enabling the acceleration toward net zero. Through the experience of its team and impressive expertise of its members, Cambridge Cleantech will support the Crown Estate’s vision, reinforcing Cambridge’s reputation as a centre of excellence for cleantech and sustainability.
Cambridge Business Park sits in a strategic location central to the emerging North East Cambridge Area Action Plan, as well as being close to one of the world’s leading science and research universities. This provides a major opportunity to transform the surrounding area into a leading innovation district that contributes to local and national economic renewal.
Crown Estate Regeneration Director Matthew Sampson notes: "There’s an opportunity for Cambridge to be central to the UK’s innovation and growth ambitions. At The Crown Estate we want to be part of creating an ecosystem where businesses, communities and nature can flourish together to help the region thrive.”
Sam Goodall, CEO of Cambridge Cleantech, is delighted to welcome such a prestigious new member to the network. He said: “The Crown Estate manages property worth over £15 billion nationwide, and it is gratifying to see such a large and influential organisation putting sustainability, community and innovation at the heart of its plans. Property is a key part of the UK economy, and we need everyone associated with it, from developers and builders to property managers, to take a more progressive approach where sustainability is concerned.”
For more information about the partnership, contact Cambridge Cleantech COO, Sylvie Russell via email at: sylvie.russell@cambridgecleantech.org.uk