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Developer British Land believes a focus on 鈥榳ellness鈥� will give it a competitive advantage, the firm鈥檚 sustainability and wellbeing executive Matthew Webster has said.

Webster told the 黑洞社区 Live conference yesterday that wellbeing was the 鈥渞esponsibility of everyone鈥� and British Land was looking to position themselves at the forefront of wellbeing in the built environment.

Webster added that British Land was starting to see clients 鈥渇orce us as a developer to move on this鈥�.

John Alker, campaign and policy director at the UK Green 黑洞社区 Council, defined the issue of wellbeing in the built environment as 鈥減utting people back in the heart of buildings,鈥� adding that 鈥渢his particular journey鈥� was just beginning.

Caroline Paradise, head of design research at Atkins, questioned whether we are actually fully 鈥渁ware of the impact of the built environment on us鈥�. She added it was a 鈥渃hallenge to define what wellbeing actually means鈥�.

Jonathan Shifferes, public services and communities associate director at the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, said the built environment was 鈥渙ne app away鈥� from occupiers being able to rate buildings as consumers already do with retail stores.