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DGAP-News: Deutsche Wohnen AG: Sustainability Report 2015 - Deutsche Wohnen demonstrates its sustainability performance once again with increased transparency
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Deutsche Wohnen AG: Sustainability Report 2015 - Deutsche Wohnen
demonstrates its sustainability performance once again with increased
transparency
21.06.2016 / 10:00
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Sustainability Report 2015
Deutsche Wohnen demonstrates its sustainability performance once again with
increased transparency
Frankfurt am Main/Berlin, 21 June 2016. Today, Deutsche Wohnen published
its sustainability report for the financial year 2015. The report
complements the annual report and provides comprehensive information about
the sustainability activities of the company and about ecological, social
and employee-related indicators. It is guided by the standards of the
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), which are recognised worldwide.
Leading role within the residential housing sector in Germany
For the first time, the report meets the G4 version of the GRI guidelines.
On the basis of the principle of "materiality" and taking into
consideration a stakeholder survey, Deutsche Wohnen prioritised the
sustainability topics that determined the contents of the report and its
strategic direction. It also further developed its sustainability programme
and furnished it with much more detailed aims and objectives. In comparison
to previous reports, Deutsche Wohnen also provided significantly more
detail in order to meet the sector-specific requirements of the European
Public Real Estate Association (EPRA). As Michael Zahn, CEO of Deutsche
Wohnen AG, explains, "Deutsche Wohnen wants to take on a leading role in
the residential property sector and also promote transparency and
comparability with regard to sustainable performance. This is why we are
providing information in today's report for the fourth time in accordance
with the globally recognised GRI standard as the first publicly listed
German residential property company."
Investments in the quality and energy efficiency of our holdings
In 2015 Deutsche Wohnen won the German Developers' Award for Modernisation
[Deutscher Bauherrenpreis Modernisierung] for its complete refurbishment of
the listed railway workers' estate in Elstal, Brandenburg. The jury gave
particular recognition to the fact that Deutsche Wohnen had succeeded in
restoring the original historic character of the estate whilst carrying out
a wide-ranging energy-efficient refurbishment. Numerous projects will
follow. In order to make further improvements to the quality and energy
efficiency of its holdings, Deutsche Wohnen has expanded its extensive
modernisation programme from EUR 280 million to an investment volume
totalling EUR 400 million until the end of 2018. In all of this, the
company's strategic cooperation with G+D Gesellschaft für Energiemanagement
mbH (a company specialising in the management of energy resources) plays an
important role. G+D reorganises the energy management of our holdings in
order to improve the energy efficiency of our generating facilities and to
achieve a sustainable reduction in CO2 emissions and energy costs.
Pioneer in sustainability certification for new building projects
Deutsche Wohnen was also consistently guided by the principle of
sustainability in the case of the 103 new apartments that it completed in
Potsdam-Babelsberg at the beginning of 2016 for a total of approximately
EUR 20 million. The terraced houses were given the preliminary certificate
of the German Association for Sustainable Building [Deutsche Gesellschaft
für Nachhaltiges Bauen - DGNB] and achieved the Gold Standard. In February
2016, Deutsche Wohnen's Westend Estate [Stadtquartier Westend] project in
Berlin was given a Platinum Award - the highest award possible - by the
DGNB. This makes the estate, which is planned in Charlottenburg-
Wilmersdorf, one of the first estates with a focus on housing for rental in
Germany to be pre-certificated by the DGNB. Deutsche Wohnen also wishes to
initiate further new building projects.
More intensive dialogue with residents, politicians and society at large
Deutsche Wohnen stands for high-quality housing, residential estates with
good liveability, and stable neighbourhoods. Accordingly, the company
further intensified its contact with residents, politicians and social
agencies in the reporting year. When large-scale refurbishment or
modernisation projects are planned, Deutsche Wohnen actively seeks to enter
into dialogue with its tenants. Moreover, it strengthens its neighbourhoods
through its social engagement on a variety of fronts. At the beginning of
2016, Deutsche Wohnen also became a founding member of the "We're in this
together" [Wir zusammen] initiative with the aim of working together with
other companies to provide inspiration in the search for solutions to the
challenges created by increasing migration. With the measures it takes
in its core business, Deutsche Wohnen creates added value for tenants,
cities and society.
The current Sustainability Report is available for download via the
following link: http://www.deutsche-wohnen.com/html/en/sustainability.php
Deutsche Wohnen
Deutsche Wohnen is one of the largest publicly listed property companies in
Germany and Europe with a business focus on managing and developing its
residential property portfolio. As at 31 March 2016 the portfolio comprised
a total of 160,108 units, of which 157,948 are residential units and 2,160
commercial properties. The company is listed in the Deutsche Börse's MDAX
and is also included in the leading indices EPRA/NAREIT, STOXX(R) Europe
600 and GPR 15.
Important Notice
This publication represents neither an offer for sale nor request for
purchase of securities.
Any statements regarding the future in this document do not represent any
facts and use terms such "will", "expected", "believe", "estimate",
"intend", "strive", and "assume" and other similar phrases. The statements
express the intention, views and current expectations and assumptions of
Deutsche Wohnen and parties acting in concert with Deutsche Wohnen. The
statements directed at the future are based on current planning, estimates
and forecasts, which Deutsche Wohnen and the parties acting in concert with
Deutsche Wohnen have made to the best of their knowledge but do not contain
any statement about their future validity. Future-based statements are
subject to risks and uncertainties, which are generally difficult to
predict and are generally not in Deutsche Wohnen's sphere of influence or
that of the parties acting in concert with Deutsche Wohnen. Please note
that the actual results or events may deviate substantially from those
provided in or removed from the future-based statements.
Contact:
Phone +49 (0)30 897 86-5413
Fax +49 (0)30 897 86-5419
[email protected]
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Language: English
Company: Deutsche Wohnen AG
Pfaffenwiese 300
65929 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)30 89786-0
Fax: +49 (0)30 89786-5419
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: http://www.deutsche-wohnen.com
ISIN: DE000A0HN5C6
WKN: A0HN5C
Indices: MDAX
Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated
Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munich,
Stuttgart; Terminbörse EUREX
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