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Creating sustainable value

We are a responsible business and we take our environmental stewardship, climate risk, health and safety and social responsibilities very seriously. We have put in place a governance structure to ensure we continue to develop our action plans and scrutinise progress against our sustainability strategy and goals.

The Board of Directors has overall responsibility for our Sustainable Building Framework and the company’s performance on climate- and other ESG-related matters, with delegated responsibility to the Sustainability Committee. The Committee provides oversight across the business and our supply chain and is responsible for ensuring the Board has the detailed understanding needed to inform its decision-making.

Executive oversight

Sustainable operations

- Oversight of necessary transformation
- Science-based targets
- Land strategy for biodiversity
- Zero carbon homes
- Operational emissions
- Data capture for reporting
- Overview of climate science

Compliance

- GHG emissions reporting and methodology
- Monitoring and assessment of climate change regulation, law and standards
- Company ESG policy and procedure changes

Impact

- Talent attraction
- Diversity and inclusion
- Employee and community
- Employee development
- Climate literacy
- Staff volunteering
- Sponsorships & charitable donations
- Social value creation
- Skills & employment outcomes
- Helping customers to live sustainably
- Customer understanding of our climate change mitigation actions
- Supply chain emissions reduction
- Health & Safety

Revenue

- Balancing profit with purpose decision-making
- Climate-related opportunities
- New business models
- Low-carbon development
- Carbon pricing impact
- Offsetting strategy

Risk

- Assessment of climate-related risks across different warming scenarios
- Scrutiny of business response to environmental & social risks
- Financial risk mitigation

Our 2022 Sustainability Report

At Cora, we are determined to lead by example and find more ways to minimise our impact on the environment. It starts with being more transparent about the outcomes we deliver for our customers, our staff, our partners AND our planet.