Bill Hughes, managing director of Legal & General Property (LGP), has assumed the chairmanship of the Green Property Alliance, an umbrella organisation that provides the voice for a collection of property organisations collaborating to achieve a more sustainable built environment.

Hughes, who takes over from Martin Moore of Prupim, joined LGP in November 2007, having previously held the position of UK head of Real Estate at RREEF, the real estate fund management business of Deutsche Bank.

The Green Property Alliance is an offshoot of the Property Industry Alliance and comprises the Better Buildings Partnership, British Council for Offices, British Council of Shopping Centres, British Property Federation, British Retail Consortium, CoreNet, Investment Property Forum, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and UK Green Building Council.

Over the last year, the Green Property Alliance has produced guidance for both landlords and tenants on their responsibilities under the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme. It has also sought to establish consensus on a series of common metrics to measure the sustainability performance of rented buildings.