A London-based housing association has been awarded the ‘Certified Sustainable Housing’ label for a second time by pan-European residential real estate consultancy, Ritterwald.  

 

The label is an accreditation recognised by companies and investors across Europe and helps ratify and benchmark Peabody’s sustainability performance and environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials. 

 

Ritterwald assessed Peabody’s performance against ESG metrics that are aligned with the UK Sustainability Reporting Standard. As part of the process, Peabody went through a rigorous process, bringing together data from across the group and providing a materiality analysis which looked at sustainability and ESG issues and their potential impact on the organisation. 

 

For two areas of the ESG dimensions, social and governance, Peabody was awarded the highest ‘Frontrunner’ status and ‘Ambassador’ status for environmental.  This is the first Ritterwald accreditation for the new Peabody Group, following its merger with Catalyst in April 2022. 

 

Anthony Marriott, Peabody’s director of treasury & corporate finance said: “The Ritterwald accreditation is important to us as it recognises our commitment to strong performance across all three of the ESG dimensions; Environmental, Social and Governance. The new group, with more homes and residents, will continue to create a positive impact in our communities, providing safe, secure and affordable homes and making sustainability a priority in everything that we do.” 

 

Ad Hereijgers, Ritterwald’s director of business development and sustainability lead said: “Peabody does demonstrate excellent ESG credentials and is consistently improving itself. This result deserves extra credits, because we raised the bar this year with an updated ESG criteria catalogue aligned with global disclosure frameworks and reporting standards and of course with the UK Sustainability Reporting Standard”.