Launch of External Assessment ESG Report service
At a RITTERWALD-convene esg lunch meeting in London, RITTERWALD presented its new External Assessment ESG Report service.
RITTERWALD has selected 14 SRS criteria both quantitative and qualitative in nature, that show a relation to climate risk, social impact, and good governance. Most of these criteria are also part of the Certified Sustainable Housing Label, the externally verified ESG accreditation for housing providers, issued by RITTERWALD. This has resulted in the well-informed selection of 6 environmental, 4 social and 4 governance criteria as the evaluation overview shows.
Quality and verification of ESG data of UK housing associations was on the menu of the lunch meeting on February 21 kindly hosted by convene esg in their London Borough Market offices. RITTERWALD and ESG work successfully together with convene’s ESG data platform.
UK housing associations are well positioned for accessing sustainable finance through bonds and loans. Better quality data on climate risk, social impact, and good governance must be demonstrated to lenders and investors to retain and grow social and affordable housing as an investment grade risk adjusted asset class. Inevitable condition: verified ESG reporting of the Sustainable Reporting Standard (SRS).
The External Assessment of ESG reports that RITTERWALD is now offering can serve as a validated baseline for annual improvements in the data quality of the SRS.
With this new offering, RITTERWALD is expanding its range of sustainability services for real estate companies. RITTERWALD currently also advises on Climate Transition Planning, Sustainability Strategies, the Certified Sustainable Housing Label, Urban Redevelopment and serves as a Limited Assurance Provider in a linked load context.
We thank all participants for a productive discussion among lenders, investors, and housing associations with active input from Chair of the SRS Board.
A PDF of the presentation is provided in the library section on sustainable-housing.eu
