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ENVIRONMENT
Goals Accomplishments Scope Comple-
tion date
Progress
General
Formalisation of the materiality matrix Formalisation of the materiality matrix, which is a map
that lists the issues related to the company’s corporate
social responsibility policy in order of importance.
This matrix is validated externally by stakeholders
(tenants, suppliers, investors, etc.).
Cofinimmo 2014 New
Asset management
Achievement of a better energy performance
than that required by Law for new buildings.
See page 99.
The property built for the Federal Police in
Dendermonde was delivered in 2012. This is a passive
building with an energy performance E-level of 12 and a
thermal insulation K-level of 19. The town-planning and
environmental permits required for the redevelopment
of the Science/Wetenschap 15-17 building were granted
in January 2014. This project won the “2011 Exemplary
Building” competition of the Brussels Capital Region
and is considered a passive building. Construction will
begin as soon as a pre-letting has been agreed upon.
Global
portfolio
2015 Ongoing
Improvement of the budgetary process
related to sustainability
Improvement of the monitoring of the budget allocated
to improving the environmental performance of
buildings.
Global
portfolio
2014 25%
Implementation of global
energy accounting
An energy accounting software was implemented.
The software compiles all the consumption data
for the common areas of the buildings managed
by Cofinimmo Services, as well as some private
consumption data.
Offices 2013 100%
Expanding the energy accounting to
the healthcare real estate segment
In order to have a more thorough understanding of its
portfolio, Cofinimmo will expand the data collection to
include the healthcare real estate segment. Operators of
healthcare properties will have a choice as to whether
or not participate in this data collection process.
Healthcare real
estate
2018 New
Energy consumption reporting in accordance
with the recommendations of the European
Public Real Estate Association (EPRA)
Data was collected in order to obtain the private
consumption data of tenants whose meters are not
managed by Cofinimmo Services.
Offices 2013 100%
Energy consumption reporting for property
of distribution networks
Collection of consumption data in the property of
distribution networks segment on the basis of a
sample (+/-5%).
Property of
distribution
networks
2014 New
Obtaining an external statement of assurance
for the indicators published in the Annual
Financial Report
Obtaining an external statement of assurance for
the indicators published in the 2013 Annual Financial
Report. The indicators in question are the 11 GRI
indicators recommended by the European Public Real
Estate Association: energy consumption, water, CO2
emissions, etc.
Cofinimmo 2013 100%
Measurement and monitoring of the energy
performance of the existing offices through
the progressive installation of remote-read
meters
The number of energy meters that can be read
remotely is gradually increasing, enabling real-time
monitoring of consumptions and quicker responses to
adjust energy-intensive technical installations.
Offices 2018 5%
«Nearly Zero Emissions» buildings Properties built in the Brussels Capital Region will have
to be passive as from 2015. This obligation applies to
all types of buildings: offices, housing, schools, etc.
Additionally, government buildings throughout Belgium
will have to be “nearly zero emissions” by 2018. The
same obligation will apply to all new buildings effective
from 2020.
Global
portfolio
2015-2020 New
Renewal of the ISO 14001:2004 Environmental
Management System certification for the
global office portfolio under management and
for the Project Management
Renewal of the ISO 14001:2004 certification after three
years of existence, as stipulated by the standard. The
details of Cofinimmo’s commitments can be found
in its environmental policy, which is available on the
website
Offices 2014 New
SCOREBOARD
This table details Cofinimmo’s accomplishments in relation to the previous years’ goals and lays out the company’s new goals for 2014 and beyond.
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