Valor Real Estate Partners LLP
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2023)
Reporting Period: 2023
Environmental Metrics
Scope 3 Emissions:3,661.04 tCO2e (2023)
Renewable Energy Share:0%
Total Energy Consumption:20,925,768 kWh (2023)
Water Consumption:33,223.16 m3 (2023)
Waste Generated:142.9 tons (2023)
ESG Focus Areas
- Energy
- Water
- Waste
- Renewable Energy
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Green Leases
- ESG Integrated Investment Process
- Net Zero Carbon
- GRESB Reporting
- SFDR and EU Taxonomy
- Climate Change and Resilience
- Health, Safety and Wellbeing
- Corporate Governance
- Employee Wellbeing
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Environmental Achievements
- Achieved BREEAM Excellent for Canning Town asset and BREEAM Good for Limeil.
- Incorporated multiple sustainable initiatives into 5A Canning Town, leading to an 81% reduction in regulated emissions compared to the Part L 2013 baseline.
- Installed PV panels at several assets.
- Installed electric vehicle charging points exceeding London Plan requirements.
- Improved data capture across the portfolio to build a strategy for future action.
Social Achievements
- Issued employee satisfaction survey.
- Representation at a careers fair at Harris Academy, Greenwich.
- Supported the Academy of Real Assets and volunteered an employee to support their Youth Board.
- Supported Year 12 students with mock job interviews.
- Achieved a 50:50 gender ratio of all internal hires since September 2023.
Governance Achievements
- Successfully appointed an ESG committee.
- Hosted regular topic-specific ESG training sessions.
- Improved End of Year employee reviews by implementing self-evaluations, peer reviews, and manager reviews.
Climate Goals & Targets
Long-term Goals:
- Net zero carbon by 2050.
Medium-term Goals:
- Develop and launch an asset-level health and wellbeing framework.
- Create a supplier’s code of conduct.
- Develop portfolio-level decarbonisation pathways and targets.
Short-term Goals:
- Improve GRESB score and peer position.
- Finalise and implement minimum standards and guidelines for developments and refurbishments.
- Finalise and distribute sustainable fit-out guide to tenants.
- Create a formal tenant engagement programme.
Environmental Challenges
- Improving ESG performance, data quality and coverage.
- Increasing tenant data coverage for energy, water, and waste.
- Managing transition climate risk across the VIQR portfolio.
- Increasing gender and ethnic diversity in the workforce.
Mitigation Strategies
- Use of dedicated ESG software to collate and manage data collection.
- Automated utility data collection and tenant engagement.
- Created a structured sustainability checklist for acquisitions.
- Developed a standardised approach to managing developments and refurbishments.
- Diversified recruitment strategy by using LinkedIn to reach a broader range of candidates.
Supply Chain Management
Responsible Procurement
- Ethical and responsible supplier selection
- Due diligence on suppliers
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: INREV, GRESB
Certifications: BREEAM
Third-party Assurance: S&P Global Inc.