Sustainability

Sustainability Policy

The Manager shares the Sponsor’s fundamental approach to asset management and has included ESG considerations in its real estate investment management operations. As such, the Manager has established the following sustainability considerations as guidance in respect of its real estate investment and management responsibilities.

Prevention of
global warming

Harmony with
the environment

Conservation of natural resources (reducing waste, protecting water resources)

Prevention of chemical pollution

Establishment of internal framework and initiatives for employees

Building of trust relationships with external stakeholders

Promotion of communication through information disclosure

Compliance with laws and regulations, and risk management

Sustainability Action

Along with the Sustainability Policy, the Manager continues to maintain and improve high standards of green building certifications. In collaboration with Property Manager, the Manager will incorporate the ESG perspectives in both the management of properties and investment decisions, including the conduct of capital expenditure work. For ESG oriented investors, the Manager will take into consideration green financing (debt and bond). As the result of continuous effort through daily operation, the Manager aims to obtain a high ESG rating at the portfolio level (e.g. The Global ESG Benchmark for Real Assets) for DHLT in the mid- to long-term. The Manager will consider the economic rationale behind decisions on sustainability investment and/or green financing.

Green Certified Properties

The table below shows the properties that are certified green by the DBJ Green Building Certification Programme, the leading programme in Japan which evaluates and measures the environmental and social awareness characteristics of real estate properties. The DBJ Green Building Certification Programme assesses “green” characteristics of a building based on metrics such as energy & resources, resilience, amenity, community & diversity and partnership. Buildings certified green by the DBJ Green Buildings Certification Programme are deemed to have demonstrated high environmental and social awareness.

Notes
  1. Under the DBJ Green Building Certification Programme, only top 20% of the assessed investment grade properties in Japan are certified green. The top 20% of the assessed properties which qualify for the green certification will subsequently be assigned a star rating of one to five stars according to the score from the assessment.
Star Rating Description Percentile of scores amongst certified properties
Highest-end-level environmentally and socially friendly building Top 10%
Extremely superior-level environmentally and socially friendly building Top 30%
Highly superior-level environmentally and socially friendly building Top 60%
Fairly superior-level environmentally and socially friendly building Top 85%
Satisfactory superior-level environmentally and socially friendly building Top 100%
For more information on the DBJ Green Building Certification Programme, please refer to DBJ Green Building Certification Program’s official webpage at http://igb.jp/en/index.html.

Additionally, properties shown in the table below are equipped with solar power generation systems operated by Daiwa Energy. If such opportunities arise in the future, the Manager also intends to further equip the portfolio with solar power and other renewables energy generation capabilities and lease the roof-tops and/or other available spaces to solar power and other renewable energy operators. This will serve to enhance the environmental friendliness of the properties while generating an additional source of income for DHLT through the leasing of roof-tops and/or other available spaces to solar power and other renewable energy operators.