VGP NV: Commits to be Carbon Neutral by 2025
02 Março 2021 - 03:00AM
VGP NV: Commits to be Carbon Neutral by 2025
PRESS RELEASE
2 March 2021, 7:00am, Antwerp (Berchem),
Belgium: VGP NV (‘VGP’ or ‘the Group’), a European
provider of high-quality logistics and semi-industrial real estate,
is committed to further implementing comprehensive and sustainable
measures along its sustainability strategy in the next years to
achieve carbon neutrality by 2025. To this end the company has now
set itself new and ambitious targets.
VGP has conducted a comprehensive carbon
footprint analysis to better asses the climate impact of its
operations. Based on this analysis, VGP has derived several targets
that will allow the company to achieve carbon neutrality by 2025.
In addition, VGP commits to reduce Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by
50 percent by 2030 from the base year 2018. More details on VGP’s
approach to Scope 1-3 emissions and targets can be found in the
Corporate Responsibility Report which has been published today.
Founded as family business and at the interface
of construction, logistics, industry, and transport, VGP wants to
make an impactful contribution to a more sustainable economy and a
more mindful use of natural resources. The publication of its
second Corporate Responsibility Report shows comprehensively how
VGP's sustainability strategy has developed over the past years and
what its future focus will be to reach the goal of carbon
neutrality.
Jan Van Geet, CEO of VGP, stated: “Our
commitment to become carbon neutral by 2025 is a very personal
concern for me. I want to realize the necessary changes that are in
our hands now to best preserve existing resources for future
generations. I am also convinced that all our actions towards a
more sustainable future will have a positive impact and strengthen
our ties with all our stakeholders such as tenants, municipalities,
investors, business partners, and employees.”
VGP’s Corporate Responsibility Report 2020
underscores the company’s progress and commitment to strengthening
sustainability efforts across its day-to-day business amid the
COVID-19 pandemic. The protection of the health and wellbeing of
VGP’s employees has been a top priority in 2020 while ensuring a
minimum impact on the construction progress of the VGP parks at the
same time.
Another important step on the way to carbon
neutrality has been the accelerated BREEAM (Building Research
Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) certification
efforts with 35% of the portfolio now certified, as well as the
considerable expansion of the green power generation capacity of
VGP Renewable Energy’s business to 42.5 MWp, with another 53.3 MWp
in the pipeline. The VGP Foundation, founded in 2019, received a
contribution of €3 million from VGP in 2020 and identified 16
initial projects for which over € 1 million has been spent.
Furthermore, VGP has committed to provision an additional €4
million contribution for 2021.
Further details on VGP’s sustainability measures
and initiatives as well as its overall strategy can be found in the
detailed Corporate Responsibility Report at the following link:
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CONTACT DETAILS FOR INVESTORS AND MEDIA
ENQUIRIES
Martijn Vlutters (VP – Business Development & Investor
Relations) |
Tel: +32 (0)3 289 1433 |
Petra Vanclova (External Communications) |
Tel: +42 0 602 262 107 |
Anette NachbarBrunswick Group |
Tel: +49 152 288 10363 |
ABOUT VGP
VGP is a pan-European developer, manager and
owner of high-quality logistics and semi-industrial real estate.
VGP operates a fully integrated business model with capabilities
and longstanding expertise across the value chain. The company has
a development land bank (owned or committed) of 7.65 million m² and
the strategic focus is on the development of business parks.
Founded in 1998 as a family-owned real estate developer in the
Czech Republic, VGP with a staff of over 260 employees today owns
and operates assets in 12 European countries directly and through
its joint ventures. As of Dec 2020, the Gross Asset Value of VGP,
including the joint ventures at 100%, amounted to €3.84 billion and
the company had a Net Asset Value (EPRA NAV) of €1.35 billion. VGP
is listed on Euronext Brussels and on the Prague Stock Exchange
(ISIN: BE0003878957).
For more information, please visit:
http://www.vgpparks.eu
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