Hallituksen toimintakertomus ja tilinpäätös
Board of Directors’ Report and Financial Statements
2022
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Hallituksen toimintakertomus ja tilinpäätös
Kojamo shares, of which 50 per cent would be paid in Kojamo
shares and 50 per cent in cash. More information on the long-
term incentive plan is provided in Kojamo’s Remuneration Re-
port for 2022 and Kojamo’s website.
Statement of non-financial information
Kojamo plc offers rental apartments and housing services in
Finnish growth centres. The company’s vision is to be the
property market frontrunner and the number one choice for its
customers. In accordance with our mission, we create better
urban housing, using a long-term approach, focusing on the
best customer experience as well as competent, energetic per-
sonnel and sustainable development. Our goal is to create
more offering and new service solutions in rental housing.
Sustainability reporting
The statement of non-financial information describes Kojamo’s
key operating principles and the results related to the most
material sustainability perspectives. The sustainability themes
we report on are based on our sustainability programme and
materiality analysis of sustainability. The results of the materi-
ality analysis conducted in 2020 were compiled into Kojamo’s
significant sustainability themes, which formed the focus areas
of our sustainability programme. This statement of non-finan-
cial information follows the structure of these focus areas:
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A builder of sustainable cities
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delivering the best customer experience
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The most competent personnel and a dynamic place to
work
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A responsible corporate citizen.
In addition to this statement of non-financial information, we
will publish a Sustainability Report as part of the 2022 Annual
Report to describe our sustainability efforts and their results in
more detail. Our report on the year 2022 is based on the
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework and the European
Public Real Estate Association’s Sustainability Best Practices
Recommendations (EPRA sBPR, 3rd edition). The key sus-
tainability indicators have been verified by an independent
third party.
EPRA assesses the financial statements and sustainability re-
ports of European listed property companies yearly and grants
awards to the best companies. EPRA recognised our financial
statements for 2021 with a Gold award for the fourth consecu-
tive year and our sustainability report for 2021 with a Silver
award.
In 2022, we participated in the Global Real Estate Sustainabil-
ity Benchmark (GRESB) survey for the third time. We received
a score of 72/100 and two stars out of five. Our score de-
creased by five points from the previous year. Our score was
affected by higher energy consumption due to weather condi-
tions as well as a change in the scoring method concerning the
energy consumption of residents. Nevertheless, we once again
exceeded the average score (68) of our comparison group
(Europe, Listed Residential Multi-Family) and placed third in
the group.
Reporting on compliance with the EU taxonomy
Although Kojamo is not yet covered by the requirement, we
have wanted to carry out a study and report on the EU taxon-
omy eligibility and alignment of our business to frontload our
efforts. In 2021, we reported on our taxonomy eligibility and
determined that 100% of our total revenue, operational costs
and investments are taxonomically eligible. Now, we are re-
porting on the taxonomy alignment of our business operations
We have considered our business operations from the per-
spective of making a significant contribution to climate change
mitigation. The EU taxonomy includes criteria for seven differ-
ent economic activities in the construction and real estate sec-
7.1. Construction of new buildings
7.2. Renovation of existing buildings
7.3. Installation, maintenance and repair of energy efficiency
equipment
7.4. Installation, maintenance and repair of electric vehicle
charging stations in buildings (and in parking areas adjacent to
buildings)
7.5. Installation, maintenance and repair of equipment used for
measuring, regulating and controlling the energy efficiency of
buildings
7.6. Installation, maintenance and repair of renewable energy
technology
7.7. Acquisition and ownership of buildings
Kojamo has business activities related to all of these activities.
As a first step, we have started to examine the criteria related
to the acquisition and ownership of buildings, as this consti-
tutes the majority of our business operations aligned with the
taxonomy. In 2023, we will include taxonomy criteria in the pro-
cesses related to, for example, the construction of new build-
ings and the renovation of existing buildings. Our goal is to re-
port on these in the Board of Directors’ report for 2023.
With regard to the acquisition and ownership of buildings, the
EU taxonomy includes a criterion relating to energy efficiency.
We have investigated the fulfilment of this criterion in our prop-
erty portfolio with the help of a study commissioned by the
Finnish Association of Building Owners and Construction Cli-
ents (RAKLI) entitled “Assessment of the primary energy con-
sumption of the best 15 per cent of property stock”
(
in Finnish
:
Rakennuskannan 15 prosentin parhaimmiston primääriener-
gian kulutuksen määrittely)
. We have reviewed the energy cer-
tificates of our property portfolio and identified properties that
meet the EU taxonomy criteria, i.e. properties that were com-
pleted before 31 December 2020 and have an energy class A
or an E value of 119 or below in accordance with the 2018 en-
ergy certificate, and which are, therefore, among the best 15
per cent in terms of primary energy consumption, in accord-
ance with a study commissioned by RAKLI.
The EU taxonomy’s “do no significant harm” criterion for the
acquisition and ownership of buildings is the implementation of