Abacus Property Group – Sustainability Report 2017

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O u r
approach
SUSTAINABILITY
AND ENVIRONMENTAL
POLICY
At Abacus, our approach to
sustainability is underpinned by
our Sustainability and Environmental
Policy, which is focused on
supporting growth across the
business by recognising that we
have responsibilities to all our
stakeholders and the environment
in which we operate.
This approach is aligned to six
guiding principles that are at the
core of what we do:
Incorporating environmental
issues in our decisionmaking
processes on a
case-by-case basis.
Managing our buildings
efficiently to conserve
the use of limited natural
resources
Governance
Abacus recognises that
risk management, including
environmental, social and
governance risks, is the
responsibility of everyone within the
Group and hence is integrated into
our day to day operations as well as
within decision making processes.
Our robust governance policies and
procedures provide the framework
for managing sustainability across
the business. Further information
on our governance and risk
processes, including with respect
to our approach for managing
sustainability risks; is discussed
within ‘Our Material Issues –
Governance and Risk’.
Ongoing communication
with our stakeholders on
environmental, social and
governance issues.
Supporting and developing
our employees to use their
skills and expertise to
respond to the sustainability
challenges
Facilitating the identification
and implementation of
environmental, social and
governance legislative
requirements as well as
ongoing compliance with
relevant legislation and
regulation.
Maintaining a safety-aware
culture ensuring proper
standards of workplace
health and safety for our
employees and other key
stakeholders visiting, or
working, at our properties
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