2023 Carbon Performance Data Pack

1) The underlined values were subject to limited assurance

2) Change compared to prior reported figure due to entities that had wrongly been allocated a grossed up heating fuel amount.

3) Considerations for the evaluation of the scope 1 emissions: Scope 1 is set up in accordance with the GHG protocol and reflects the fuel use and district heating used for the heating of VGP offices and the fuel use of the company cars. The Scope 1 emissions that come from fuels used for heating and are calculated in accordance with the GHG protocol. For Austria, Denmark, France, Latvia, Luxembourg, Serbia and Slovakia the fuel use has been based on extrapolation. The extrapolations were made by making an average between Romania’s, Belgium’s and The Netherlands's VGP office surface and natural gas consumption. The remainder of Scope 1 emissions come from the emissions of company cars. To calculate the emissions from company cars the KM's driven (estimates derived from lease contracts or employee statements) and the used liters of fuel consumed were used. One extrapolation was made to come to the fuel use of the company cars in the Seville office in Spain. The extrapolation was made by multiplying an average of other sites that have evidence, and the number of employees of the respective site. The 0,2% decrease y-o-y on the one hand reflects the transition in the car fleet from a fuel based fleet to an electrical or hybrid car fleet. This effect is offset by the increase of emissions that come from office heating, this increase is mainly caused by increase of 15% surface area of the offices.

4) Considerations for the evaluation of the scope 2 emissions (Market based & Location based): Scope 2 is set up in accordance with the GHG protocol and reflect the emissions from the electricity consumption in the offices and the electricity used to charge the electric company cars. The Scope 2 emissions that reflect the energy consumption of offices are calculated in the following manner: For the calculation of the total emissions, extrapolations were made for the offices in Austria, Denmark, France, Latvia, Luxembourg, Portugal (Lisbon) Serbia, and Spain (Madrid, Sarragosse, Seville). The extrapolation was made based on surface area of the offices multiplied by an average that was calculated based on all the other offices that have evidence for their consumption. The Scope 2 emissions that reflect the electricity used for electric vehicles have been calculated without the use of extrapolations. In 2023 VGP saw a significant increase in the amount of EV's in the company’s fleet. As the VGP Offices have a PPA for green energy, the KWh amounts charged at office charging facilities have been included under this arrangement and are considered to use green energy. The 27% y-o-y increase in the location based scope 2 emissions is explained by the 25% increase in energy usage compared to the 2022 period (the 15% increase in office size being a main driver together with office charging of the EV fleet). Another minor driver for the increase in location based emissions are the y-o-y changes in emission factors. The 13% increase in market based scope 2 emissions is caused by the increase electric vehicles and their charging outside of the office facilities. The KWh’s charging are considered to be grey energy.

5) Considerations for the evaluation of the Scope 3, Category 13 emissions: The emissions in this category consist of Indirect emissions from energy consumption and fugitive emissions due to leaks of refrigerant gas/fluid in tenant’s operations in VGP’s standing portfolio. The 20% YoY increase of emissions can be explained due to a ca. 13% growth of the m2 in the portfolio combined with part of the portfolio that was delivered at the end of FY22 being taken in full use over FY‘23. The total amount of buildings considered in the 2022 sample was 197 and in 2023 there were 222 buildings considered. From this 222, 91 buildings used full or partial extrapolations for the Fuel use and 42 buildings used full or partial extrapolation for the Electricity use. The extrapolations are based on the averages per industry segment that have been determined out of the available data for the applicable year. We have identified the following segments: Industrial: Non-refrigerated warehouse, Industrial: Refrigerated warehouse, Industrial: Manufacturing, Office: Corporate: Low-Rise Office, Other: Parking (Indoors). For further details on the evolution of the tenant in – use emissions please refer to section 3.1.2.3

Energy consumption

Energy consumption within the own organisation

Energy consumption within the portfolio

Waste production

Waste: own organisation

(1) Waste emissions for FY2023 are mainly calculated based on an extrapolation of data from offices with known data

(2) Total waste emissions are 0.6 tCO2e, or 0.03% of total emissions. 97% of waste emissions result from residual waste, paper waste caused 2% of waste emissions and 28% of waste generation 

Waste: portfolio

(1) Waste emissions for FY2023 are calculated based on an extrapolation of tenant disclosed data (data coverage FY2023 4 and 14 % respectively based on floor area)

Waste: portfolio

Waste generation: construction sites

Portfolio Water Management

In 2023, water consumption in our parks, including water used for vegetation, increased by 21 % compared with 2022 due to growth of the overall portfolio and more rainwater being retained and used in our parks. On a like-for-like basis grid water usage decreased year-over-year by 13% and grid water usage intensity decreased by 3% year-over-year, reflecting the effect of more water saving measures (in compliance with EU Taxonomy “Do No Significant Harm”– requirements) being deployed at new developments and refurbishments.