Seven European listed property firms took Gold at the EPRA Sustainability BPR Awards, presented for the first time at the industry body's annual conference in Berlin on Thursday.
Seven European listed property firms took Gold at the EPRA Sustainability BPR Awards, presented for the first time at the industry body's annual conference in Berlin on Thursday.
British Land, Citycon, Cofinimmo, Hammerson, Klepierre, Shaftesbury and Unibail-Rodamco were awarded the gold medal, while a further four companies received silver and four bronze awards.
EPRA's Sustainability BPR are a set of recommendations to help property companies product comparable and best-in-class annual sustainability reports, by providing a consisten way of measuring sustainability performance.
'We hope their example will inspire many others to review their sustainability reporting for compliance with EPRA's guidelines,' said Philip Charls, CEO of EPRA.
He added: 'With 66% of the index by market cap already adopting these guidelines, it is clear that the listed property sector is leading a step-change in the quality of sustainability reporting.'
Asset manager APG sponsored the award.
