We've published our first report on our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance.
The aim of the report is to demonstrate our performance and the positive improvements it’s making for its customers, the environment and how it’s managing our business to the highest standards.
Rose Bean, Interim Executive Director of Assets and Sustainability at Abri commented;
“Making positive improvements to the communities in which we operate and for the customers we serve is embedded everything we do. We can only make a significant impact and bring real change if we’re totally transparent on our ambitions, strategy, what we’ve delivered and how we’ve done it. It’s right that we’re held to account on what we’re doing to make the world a better place.
“Our first ESG report shows the impact Abri has made against both the new Sustainability Reporting Standard for Social Housing and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It’s these standards that anchor and guide us and provide a constant source of accountability and consistency for our environmental, social and governance issues.”
Caroline Moore, Chief Financial Officer added;
“The aim is that the standard will provide consistency across the sector in terms of ESG reporting, thereby attracting greater investment in the sector from new sources of finance, such as ethical investment funds. ESG is about recognising where you are and having a strategy for where you’re going. It’s about a journey and improvement and knowing there is always more to learn and to be done.”
