Together with higher education institutions, we develop the knowledge environments of the future. Get a quick overview of who we are and what our properties look like around the country.
That our campus areas develop and provide higher education institutions with the right conditions over time is crucial for us as a company. The key to success is to find close and good forms of collaboration with our customers where we can translate visions into concrete development and action plans.
Our knowledge environments are dynamic places where the core focuse is on education and research, but also on entrepreneurship and innovation. We have modern labs and offices for rent at several of our campuses.
Akademiska Hus is one of Sweden's largest real estate companies. Our mission is to provide universities and colleges with the right conditions for their activities through future-proof and appropriate knowledge environments.
Together with higher education institutions, we develop the knowledge environments of the future. Get a quick overview of who we are and what our properties look like around the country.
That our campus areas develop and provide higher education institutions with the right conditions over time is crucial for us as a company. The key to success is to find close and good forms of collaboration with our customers where we can translate visions into concrete development and action plans.
Our knowledge environments are dynamic places where the core focuse is on education and research, but also on entrepreneurship and innovation. We have modern labs and offices for rent at several of our campuses.
Akademiska Hus is one of Sweden's largest real estate companies. Our mission is to provide universities and colleges with the right conditions for their activities through future-proof and appropriate knowledge environments.
Together with higher education institutions, we develop the knowledge environments of the future. Get a quick overview of who we are and what our properties look like around the country.
That our campus areas develop and provide higher education institutions with the right conditions over time is crucial for us as a company. The key to success is to find close and good forms of collaboration with our customers where we can translate visions into concrete development and action plans.
Our knowledge environments are dynamic places where the core focuse is on education and research, but also on entrepreneurship and innovation. We have modern labs and offices for rent at several of our campuses.
Akademiska Hus is one of Sweden's largest real estate companies. Our mission is to provide universities and colleges with the right conditions for their activities through future-proof and appropriate knowledge environments.
Together with higher education institutions, we develop the knowledge environments of the future. Get a quick overview of who we are and what our properties look like around the country.
That our campus areas develop and provide higher education institutions with the right conditions over time is crucial for us as a company. The key to success is to find close and good forms of collaboration with our customers where we can translate visions into concrete development and action plans.
Our knowledge environments are dynamic places where the core focuse is on education and research, but also on entrepreneurship and innovation. We have modern labs and offices for rent at several of our campuses.
Akademiska Hus is one of Sweden's largest real estate companies. Our mission is to provide universities and colleges with the right conditions for their activities through future-proof and appropriate knowledge environments.
Sustainability
Our sustainability work is based on the UN Global Compact's 10 principles on human rights, labour rights, the environment, and anti-corruption, as well as the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. We report annually in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines, as well as the EU Taxonomy and TCFD (Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure).
The Board of Directors has the overall responsibility for the company's sustainability work. The CEO and management, in close cooperation with the company's Head of Sustainability, set strategic goals and plans. The operational work is driven and coordinated by a development group with a focus on sustainability but with a responsibility for operational implementation directly assigned to the various parts of the organization. All employees have a responsibility and are encouraged to actively contribute to sustainability work through their daily work.
Internal audits are carried out regularly and in such a way that all of Akademiska Hus' operations are audited at least every three years. Compliance with the law is checked every year. Akademiska Hus conducts activities that require a permit in accordance with the Environmental Assessment Ordinance. The permits are followed up continuously and outcomes are reported to authorities according to requirements. Our environmental management system is certified according to ISO 14001.
For us, it is self-evident to work to ensure that sustainability permeates all our operations. Therefore, we have also chosen to integrate the sustainability report into the overall structure of our annual report.
EU Taxonomy
The Taxonomy Regulation – also known as the EU Taxonomy – is a classification system that establishes criteria for when an economic activity is considered environmentally sustainable. The assessment is made based on technical screening criteria and that the company needs to meet certain minimum social protection measures.
In the annual report, Akademiska Hus reports how sustainable our operations are according to the taxonomy, which we have done since 2022.
The report consists of KPIs linked to our financial outcome, which also take into account how well our buildings meet the taxonomy criteria. To ensure compliance with the requirements of the taxonomy, we use the energy performance of buildings, which contributes significantly to environmental objective 1 (Climate change mitigation) while at the same time conducting climate risk analyses for the entire stock (Climate change adaptation).
We continuously analyze our property portfolio and compare our buildings to the so-called top 15 level, based on a study of Sweden's total property stock commissioned by Fastighetsägarna. To report and steer the portfolio towards a larger proportion of green buildings, we have a systematic process in place for monitoring this, and more than half of our revenue comes from green buildings. We also have a well-established process for energy management, which includes annual energy plans with measures aimed at reducing energy consumption.
GOAL 1.
Limiting climate change (CCM)
GOAL 2.
Adaptation to climate change (CCA)
GOAL 3.
Sustainable use and protection of water and marine resources (WTR)
GOAL 4.
Transition to a Circular Economy (CE)
GOAL 5.
Prevention and Control of Pollution (PPC)
GOAL 6.
Protection and Restoration of Biodiversity and Ecosystems (BIO)
1. Our significant contribution to environmental objective 1 is clearly defined by the limits of energy performance in the real estate industry.
2. Our activities related to environmental objectives 1 and 2 are found in Chapter 7, Construction and Real Estate Activities, where we are primarily part of economic activities 7.7, Acquisition and ownership of buildings. Our core business and our main income comes from rental income and is recognized within this economic activity.
3. We also report under 7.1 for investments in new production and under 7.6 for our significant investments in solar cells. The other parts of Chapter 7 are included in our revenue-generating activities and are therefore not reported separately.
For each activity, there are technical requirements that must be met in order for it to be considered sustainable. In addition, the activity must not have a Do No Significant Harm (DNSH) impact on any of the other environmental objectives to be classified as Taxonomy-aligned. For the assessments under 7.6 and 7.7, we have determined that DNSH requirements for adaptation to climate change are met through a climate risk analysis of all our properties. This analysis includes risks related to temperature, water, solid mass and wind. We have carried out an overlay analysis where the properties are superimposed with risk areas to identify the objects that are located within these areas. The results of the analysis have led to a classification of risk levels for each object. Data for the risk analysis has been obtained from various sources, mainly public sources such as MSB (the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency), SMHI (Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute), SGU (Geological Survey of Sweden) and Lantmäteriet.
