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ESG
Blaricum, 01-02-2024

 

Koelman B&C BV and The Hotel Interiors BV (the companies) recognise our operational impact on the communities we serve and on our environment.

Through our commitment to responsible and sustainable Interior Projects and management, we seek to deliver enhanced interior projects, become a partner of choice and maintain our position as a practitioner of good corporate citizenship to all our stakeholders. - clients, partners, employees, and the communities in which we operate.

Our ESG policy (the “Policy”) provides a framework of guidelines and principles in managing our projects responsibly by actively and consistently incorporating ESG factors into all aspects of our decision-making processes.

This Policy forms the core of our responsible development and project management beliefs. 

 

Scope 

This Policy applies to all of our employees and representatives and all must comply with the spirit and intent of the Policy. 

This Policy applies to all aspects of our operations under direct operational control. In cases where the company does not have direct operational control, it will use its position to influence and encourage appropriate ESG practices. This policy is subject to all applicable local laws and regulations. 

 

Policy 

We believe that responsible development and project management support our commitment to deliver on service, enhance client retention, and deliver quality interiors. 

As such, the company is embedding consideration of ESG factors through all stages of its decision-making processes to promote healthy and inclusive workplaces, community benefits, environmental stewardship and sound corporate governance. 

This mission is supported by  industry best practices. 

 

Our ESG Commitments 

As we strive to integrate ESG best practices throughout our interior projects, we commit to:

· Comply with both the letter and the spirit of the law, wherever it applies. 

· Act with integrity at all times, in all our dealings. 

· Treat all stakeholders as partners on our ESG integration journey. 

· Operating lawfully, ethically and with integrity and have zero-tolerance for all forms of corruption, including bribery as per our Anti-Corruption Policy. 

· Seek out guidance from and listen to investors’ ESG-related concerns and respond by managing ESG-related risks and opportunities as they arise. 

· Act responsibly by our business operations on the environment, employees, communities, and society, as well as the potential impact of climate-related risks. 

· Consider and, where applicable, comply with and inform industry standard ESG guidelines and best practices, and actively manage ESG considerations and risks effectively. 

· Promote sustainable investment and operating practices through participation in industry groups, events, programs, and conferences. 

· Provide employees of the company with the necessary training and resources required to effectively adhere to this Policy. 

 

Integrating ESG Measures 

To meet our ESG commitments, the company will seek to integrate ESG measures into our day to day business operations within our operational control or influence, including  development and purchase, asset management, stakeholder engagement and monitoring and reporting processes, where feasible, as follows: 

DEVELOPMENT and PURCHASE

· Seek to minimise the environmental impacts of the company’s purchases

· Capture and incorporate new opportunities arising from the change in climate, new customer preferences, technology evolution, and the regulatory response relating to these trends. 

· Further develop and enhance tools to support ESG integration, such as due diligence processes and checklists. 

ASSET MANAGEMENT 

· Within the annual budgeting process, feasibility and viability assessments will be conducted to identify and implement environmental and socially responsible practices and technologies where acceptable payback exists. 

· Conduct energy, water and waste audits where appropriate. 

· Set operational performance targets and support the measurement and reporting on the Group’s impacts. 

· Implement incentives to stimulate continuous improvement and excellence. 

· Conduct health, safety and environmental assessments as required by applicable local laws and regulations.

 

STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT 

· Engage the company’s supply chain partners in sustainability discussion to promote the adoption and implementation of sustainability practices, including the respect and protection of human rights, diversity, inclusion, and equity. 

· Strive to engage our residents, communities and supplier partners through raising awareness, collaboration and joint target-setting to evolve the ESG strategy collectively. 

 

MONITORING AND REPORTING 

· Report annually on our ESG progress through our  ESG report and other communications where we publish our ESG materials. 

 

Responsibilities 

It is the responsibility of all company employees and the company’s partners to adhere to the Policy and keep current on all applicable policies and procedures. The company will make the policy publicly available on the corporate website to support uptake. 

 

Review & Revisions 

We will  review the Policy annually and revises as necessary.

 

Rolf Koelman, Director

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