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GRI Guidelines

International standards

This report contains standard disclosures from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G4 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines (core) and use the GRI Construction and Real Estate Sector Supplement (CRESS). The report is also aligned with the European Association for Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate Vehicles (INREV) Sustainability Reporting Recommendations.

Inrev sustainability performance measures - absolute measures

Broad issue type

Sustainability performance measure

Units of measurement

Energy

Total energy consumption from electricity

kWh

 

Total energy consumption from district heating and cooling

kWh

 

Total energy consumption from fuels

kWh

Greenhouse gas emissions

Total direct GHG emissions

Metric tonnes CO2e

 

Total indirect GHG emissions

Metric tonnes CO2e

Water

Total water withdrawal by source

Cubic metres (m3)

Waste

Total weight of waste by disposal route

Metric tonnes

 

Percentage of waste by disposal route

Proportion by weight (%)

Inrev sustainability performance measures - intensity measures

Broad issue type

Sustainability performance measure

Intensity indicator

Energy

Building energy intensity

kWh / m2 / year

Greenhouse gas emissions

Greenhouse gas intensity from building energy

kg CO2e / m2 / year

Water

Building water intensity

m3 / m2 / year

General standard disclosure

Strategy and Analysis

Referral and/ or direct explanation

GRI

Definition

Location of Disclosure

G4-1

Statement from the most senior decision-maker of the organization.

Message from the Chairman

   

Organizational Profile

 

GRI

Definition

Location of Disclosure

G4-3

Name of the organization.

Company Profile, Strategy and progress, Corporate Governance

G4-4

Primary brands, products, and/or services.

Company Profile, Strategy and progress, Corporate governance

G4-5

Location of organization's headquarters.

Company Profile, Legal structure and principal activities

G4-6

Number of countries where the organization operates, and names of countries with either major operations or that are specifically relevant to the sustainability issues covered in the report.

Allocation by region

G4-7

Nature of ownership and legal form.

Corporate Governance

G4-8

Markets served (including geographic breakdown, sectors served, and types of customers/beneficiaries).

Key information

G4-9

Scale of the reporting organization.

Financial statements

G4-10

Workforce

ESG performance indicators, Human Resource Management, Key information

G4-11

Percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements.

Company specific terms monitored by the works council as embedded in Dutch law

G4-12

Organisation's supply chain

Responsible Investing & Corporate Responsibility

G4-13

Significant changes during the reporting period regarding size, structure, or ownership.

No significant changes

G4-14

Explanation of whether and how the precautionary approach or principle is addressed by the organization.

Risk management

G4-15

Externally developed economic, environmental, and social charters, principles, or other initiatives to which the organization subscribes or endorses.

Responsible Investing & Corporate Responsibility

G4-16

Memberships in associations (such as industry associations)

INREV, ANREV, IVBN, DGBC, GRESB, FSC, ULI

   

Identified Material Aspects and Boundaries

 

GRI

Definition

Location of Disclosure

G4-17

List all entities included in organisation's consolidated financial statement.

Financial statements

G4-18

Process for defining report content (how applied Principles)

Dialogue with stakeholders

G4-19

List all material Aspects identified in the process for defining report content.

Dialogue with stakeholders

G4-20

For each material Aspect, report the Aspect Boundary within the organisation.

ESG performance indicators (notes)

G4-21

For each material Aspect, report the Aspect Boundary outside the organisation.

ESG performance indicators (notes)

G4-22

Report the effect of any restatements of information provided in previous reports.

No restatements

G4-23

Report significant changes from previous reporting period in the Scope and Aspect Boundaries

No significant changes

   

Stakeholder engagement

 

GRI

Definition

Location of Disclosure

G4-24

Provide a list of stakeholder groups engaged by the Organisation

Dialogue with stakeholders

G4-25

Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage.

Dialogue with stakeholders

G4-26

Organisation's approach to stakeholder engagement (including frequency by type and stakeholder group, and any specific to report process)

Dialogue with stakeholders

G4-27

Key topics and concerns that have been raised through stakeholder engagement, and how the organization has responded to those key topics and concerns, including through its reporting.

Dialogue with stakeholders, Stakeholder's matrix

   

Report Profile

 

GRI

Definition

Location of Disclosure

G4-28

Reporting period (e.g., fiscal/calendar year) for information provided.

Calendar year

G4-29

Date of most recent previous report (if any).

20 March 2017

G4-30

Reporting cycle (annual, biennial, etc.)

Annual

G4-31

Contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents.

Contact information

G4-32

Report the 'in accordance' option the organisation has chosen; the GRI Content Index for the chosen option; and reference to the External Assurance Report.

International standards

G4-33

Organisation's policy and current practice with regard to seeking external assurance for the report.

External assurance for financial performance only and readiness assessment

   

Governance

 

GRI

Definition

Location of Disclosure

G4-34

Governance structure of the organization, including committees under the highest governance body responsible for specific tasks, such as setting strategy or organizational oversight.

Corporate governance

   

Ethics and Integrity

 

GRI

Definition

Location of Disclosure

G4-56

Description of the organisation's values, principles, standards and norms of behavior such as codes of conduct and codes of ethics

Code of Conduct, Policies, Conflicts of Interest policy

Specific standard disclosure

Economic Indicators

 

GRI

Definition

Location of Disclosure

G4-DMA

Disclosure on Management Approach

Annual report, Financial statements

G4-EC1

Direct economic value generated and distributed, including revenues, operating costs, employee compensation, donations and other community investments, retained earnings, and payments to capital providers and governments.

Financial statements, key financial information

G4-EC2

Financial implications and other risks and opportunities for the organization's activities due to climate change and other sustainability issues.

Responsible Investing & Corporate Responsibility

G4-EC3

Coverage of the organization's defined benefit plan obligations.

Personnel costs

G4-EC4

Financial assistance received from government.

No significant assistance received

   

Environmental Indicators

 

GRI

Definition

Location of Disclosure

Materials

  

G4-DMA

Disclosure on Management Approach

Responsible investment: strategy and progress

G4 -EN1

Materials used by weight, value or volume.

ESG performance indicators

G4-EN2

Percentage of materials used that are recycled and reused input materials.

ESG performance indicators

Energy

  

G4-DMA

Disclosure on Management Approach

Responsible investment: strategy and progress

G4-EN3

Energy consumption within the organisation

ESG performance indicators, Corporate Responsibility: strategy and progress

G4-EN4

Energy consumption outside of the organisation

ESG performance indicators

G4-EN5

Energy intensity

ESG performance indicators

CRE1

Building energy intensity.

ESG performance indicators

G4-EN6

Reduction of energy consumption

ESG performance indicators

G4-EN7

Reductions in energy requirements of products and services

ESG performance indicators

Water

  

G4-DMA

Disclosure on Management Approach

Responsible investment: strategy and progress

G4-EN8

Total water withdrawal by source.

ESG performance indicators

CRE2

Building water intensity.

ESG performance indicators

Emissions

  

G4-DMA

Disclosure on Management Approach

Responsible investment: strategy and progress

G4-EN15

Direct greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1)

ESG performance indicators

G4-EN16

Energy indirect greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 2)

ESG performance indicators

G4-EN17

Other indirect greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 3)

ESG performance indicators

G4-EN18

Greenhouse gas emissions intensity

ESG performance indicators

CRE3

Greenhouse gas emissions intensity from buildings.

ESG performance indicators

G4-EN19

Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions

ESG performance indicators

Effluents and Waste

 

G4-DMA

Disclosure on Management Approach

Responsible investment: strategy and progress

G4-EN23

Total weight of waste by type and disposal method.

ESG performance indicators

Supplier Environmental Assessment

 

G4-DMA

Disclosure on Management Approach

Responsible investment: strategy and progress

G4-EN32

Percentage of new suppliers that were screened using environmental criteria

Responsible Investing & Corporate Responsibility, risk management

   

Labour practices

 

GRI

Definition

Location of Disclosure

Employment

  

 G4-DMA

Disclosure on Management Approach

Human resources management, Corporate culture, Number of employees (FTEs)

 G4-LA1

Total number and rate of new employee hires and employee turnover by age group, gender, and region.

ESG performance indicators

 G4-LA2

Benefits provided to full-time employees that are not provided to temporary or part-time employees, by major operations.

All benefits are open to all employees regardless of full-time, parttime or duration of contract

 G4-LA3

Return to work and retention rates after parental leave, by gender.

Dutch law provides adequate framework. When asked for, Bouwinvest strives to accommodate any requests for adapted working hours

Occupational health and safety

 

 G4-DMA

Disclosure on Management Approach

Human resources management

 G4-LA5

Percentage of total workforce represented in formal joint management-worker health and safety committees that help monitor and advise on occupational health and safety programs.

Incorporated in elaborate Dutch laws and regulations. The Works Council, a Prevention Employee, Facility Management and general management are involved in Safety, Health, Wellbeing and Environment issues (VGWM).

 G4-LA6

Type of injury and rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, and absenteeism, and number of work-related fatalities by region and by gender.

ESG performance indicators

 G4-LA8

Health and safety topics covered in formal agreements with trade unions.

Incorporated in elaborate Dutch laws and regulations, translated to company policy, monitored by several external parties and internally by the Works Council and Prevention Employee.

Training and education

 

 G4-DMA

 Disclosure on Management Approach

Human resources management

 G4-LA9

Average hours of training per year per employee by gender, and by employee category.

Employees and results satisfaction survey

 G4-LA10

Programs for skills management and lifelong learning that support the continued employability of employees and assist them in managing career endings.

Human resources management

 G4-LA11

Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews, by gender.

Bouwinvest has no record of gender discrimination in remuneration nor career possibilities.

Diversity and equal opportunity

 

 G4-DMA

 Disclosure on Management Approach

Dutch management and supervision act, Human resources management

 G4-LA12

Composition of governance bodies and breakdown of employees per employee category according to gender, age group, minority group membership, and other indicators of diversity.

Dutch management and supervision act, ESG performance indicators

Equal remuneration for women and men

 

 G4-DMA

Disclosure on Management Approach

Human resources management

 G4-LA13

Ratio of basic salary and remuneration of women to men by employee category, by significant locations of operation.

Bouwinvest has no record of gender discrimination in remuneration nor career possibilities. Diversity is however a topic to be looked in to in a broader perspective and this is an HRM target for the next 3 years.

Supplier Assessment for Labour Practices

 

 G4-DMA

Disclosure on Management Approach

Responsible Investing & Corporate Responsibility, risk management

 G4-LA14

Percentage of new suppliers that were screened using labour practices criteria

Responsible Investing & Corporate Responsibility, Stakeholders’ matrix

 G4-LA15

Significant actual and potential negative impacts for labour practices in the supply chain and actions taken

Responsible Investing & Corporate Responsibility, Stakeholders’ matrix

   

Society indicators

 

GRI

Definition

Location of Disclosure

Local communities

 

G4-DMA

Disclosure on Management Approach

Community engagement and sponsoring

G4-SO1

Percentage of operations with implemented local community engagement, impact assessments, and development programs.

Community engagement and sponsoring

Anti-corruption

 

G4-DMA

Disclosure on Management Approach

Risk management, Corporate governance

G4-SO3

Percentage and total number of operations assessed for risks related to corruption and the significant risks identified.

Risk management, Corporate governance

G4-SO4

Communication and training on anti-corruption policies and procedures.

Corporate governance, Risk management

G4-SO5

Confirmed incidents of corruption and actions taken

Corporate governance, Risk management

Supplier Assessment for Impacts on Society

 

G4-DMA

Disclosure on Management Approach

Responsible investment: strategy and progress

G4-SO9

Percentage of new suppliers that were screened using criteria for impacts on society

Responsible investment: strategy and progress

G4-SO10

Significant actual and potential negative impacts on society in the supply chain and actions taken

Responsible investment: strategy and progress

   

Product Responsibility Indicators

 

GRI

Definition

Location of Disclosure

Product and service labelling

 

G4-DMA

Disclosure on Management Approach

Responsible investment: strategy and progress

CRE8

Type and number of sustainability certification, rating and labelling schemes for new construction, management, occupation and redevelopment.

ESG performance indicators, Responsible investment: strategy and progress

G4-PR5

Results of survey measuring customer satisfaction.

Responsible investment: strategy and progress

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