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Strategy, measures and goals

Our comprehensive sustainability strategy aims to incorporate the key issues for developing our business activities in the long term and includes the following1):

Economic sustainability

and steady growth

Environmental sustainability

and reaching net-zero targets

ESG integration

across the entire value chain

Stakeholder engagement

based on partnerships and trust

ESG risk
management

in compliance with regulations

Innovation and digitalisation

for efficient ESG processes

Economic sustainability

Ensure steady growth and profitability in all business areas and real estate portfolios by means of optimal risk-return profiles and appropriate diversification.

Environmental sustainability

Focus on optimising energy efficiency and reducing CO2; use more renewable energies and conserve resources to reach the net-zero climate target by 2050.

Integration of ESG

Include sustainability criteria in the value chain of all business areas to implement all aspects of the sustainability strategy.

Stakeholder engagement

Maintain a dialogue with all stakeholders, in particular by building trust-based relations with employees, promote human capital development, health and well-being to meet their needs and exceed their expectations.

ESG risk management

Consider sustainability risks to minimize potential value losses from physical environmental and climate-related transition risks.

Innovation and digitalisation

Promote innovation and digitalisation to optimise efficiency and productivity, increase competitiveness and achieve optimal resource efficiency.

Our overarching sustainability goals:

  • Achieving the net-zero climate goal by 2050
  • Optimising energy efficiency by 20% by 2030
  • Reducing CO2 emissions by 20% by 2030
  • Expanding renewable energy by 20% by 2030
  • Achieving 100% building certification by 2030
  • Reaching 100% ESG data transparency by 2030

Our sustainability actions and performance results2):

  • Expansion of the tenant survey to include commercial tenants
  • Expansion and annual re-certification of 100% of the existing portfolio with SSREI
  • Implementation of operational optimizations for approximately 10% of the properties
  • Portfolio optimization through centralized electricity and energy procurement
  • Participation in the annual PRI reporting
  • 4 Green Stars in the GRESB Assessment

1) All properties in which our managed or advised investment vehicles are invested generally comply with the three-pillar model applied by us (1. Labels/Certificates, 2. Energy efficiency and CO₂ emission optimisation, 3. Benchmarking/Reporting). We would like to point out that the related criteria are currently not part of the fund documentation or subject to regulatory review.

2) Related to reporting year 2024