PILLAR 3 CORPORATE PERFORMANCE Focus Areas Targets Status Corporate Governance Maintain a strong Corporate Governance culture • 100% employee endorsement of ESR Group Code of Conduct. • 100% employee trained with “Anti-Bribery and Corruption, Third-party Due Diligence and Supply Chain Risk Management” by ComplySci® in 2021. • 100% director trained on corporate governance standards, including topics on anti-corruption. Risk Management 100% of employees receive annual training • Enhanced Third-Party Due Diligence workflow has been fully implemented. • One new function added to Compliance Desktop where requestor can order an Enhanced Due Diligence report. Responsible Investment US$15 million Social Investment Programme by 2030 • In early November, 2021, ESR successfully closed the Group’s first Sustainability-Linked Loan (“SLL”) of US$700 million, which was subsequently upsized to US$1 billion within the same month. • On track to become a signatory to the UN-PRI in the coming year. Disclosure & Reporting 3-Star average rating from GRESB — The Global ESG Benchmark for Real Assets • ESR tops the lists of 2021 GRESB Assessment for the second consecutive year. • ESR achieved outstanding results with the Group’s funds in South Korea, Japan and China in particular, topping multiple GRESB ranking lists. CORPORATE EXCELLENCE HIGHLIGHTS 2021 PERE GLOBAL AWARDS • Deal of the Year: Asia Acquisition of ARA Asset Management • Industry Figure of the Year: Asia Jeffrey Perlman, Chairman, ESR / Managing Director, Head of Asia Pacific Real Estate and Southeast Asia, Warburg Pincus EY ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEARTM 2021 – REAL ESTATE CATEGORY • Jinchu Shen and Stuart Gibson, Co-founders & Co-CEOs, ESR AUSTRALIA’S TOP FIVE PROPERTY PLAYERS IN 2021, THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW MAGAZINE • Philip Pearce, CEO, ESR Australia PERE 2021 APAC FUND MANAGER GUIDE • 5th of “Asia’s Top Fundraisers” To ESR, it is at the heart of sustainable development to enhance shareholders’ value through a responsible investment approach, with a strong corporate governance and risk management culture. This pillar focuses on governance impacts arising from our business operations. IREI GLOBAL INVESTMENT MANAGERS 2021 SPECIAL REPORT Largest Investment Managers by Region: • 3rd of “Top 10 Managers Based on Asia Assets (US$ million)” Total Assets Rankings: • 44th of “Total Gross Value of Real Estate Assets Under Management (US$ million, as of 31 Dec 2020)” • 48th of “Advisory Separate Accounts by Investor Domicile (gross, US$ million, as of 31 Dec 2020)” • 36th of “Value and Number of Vehicles Under Management (gross, US$ million, as of 31 Dec 2020)” Indices Inclusions • Constituent of Hang Seng Composite Index from 15 March 2021 • Constituent of Shanghai-Hong Kong and Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect programmes from 15 March 2021 ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE REPORT 2021 33 PILLAR 3: CORPORATE PERFORMANCE
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