Board of Directors’ Report and Financial Statements
2023
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Hallituksen toimintakertomus ja tilinpäätös
On 15 February 2023, Kojamo’s Board of Directors resolved
on the long-term incentive plan’s performance period of 2023–
2025. The possible rewards for the performance period are
based on the Group’s revenue (%), Funds From Operations
(FFO) per share and apartment-specific CO2 emission reduc-
tion target for years 2023–2025, and Loan to Value ratio. The
rewards to be paid on the basis of the performance period cor-
respond to the value of a maximum total of 178,000 shares in-
cluding the proportion to be paid in cash.
If the three ongoing earning periods were accrued in full, the
maximum bonus would be a sum corresponding to 385,211
Kojamo shares, of which part of would be paid in Kojamo
shares and part of in cash. More information on the long-term
incentive plan is provided in Kojamo’s Remuneration Report
for 2023.
On 15 February 2023, Kojamo’s Board of Directors approved
to establish a new restricted share programme for the years
2023–2025. The programme will be used in specific situations
decided by the Board of Directors separately. The programme
consists of individual, annually commencing maximum three-
year long restricted share plans within which the participants
have the opportunity to receive a fixed number of shares as a
long-term incentive and retention award.
2023–2025 commitment period will last until the end of 2025
and the possible reward will be paid during the year following
the expiry of the period partially in shares in the company and
partially in cash. The maximum gross number of shares to be
granted is 50,000 shares.
Statement of non-financial information
Ta
xonomy reporting
Since 2021, we have voluntarily reported on the EU taxonomy
eligibility and, in 2022, we also included alignment in our tax-
onomy reporting. For the year 2023, we have revised our tax-
onomy reporting in accordance with the EPRA’s (European
Public Real Estate Association) taxonomy reporting recom-
mendations updated in November 2023 (EU Taxonomy Align-
ment in Listed Real Estate, Nov 2023 Edition).
Of the seven economic activities included in the EU taxonomy,
according to EPRA's recommendations, only 7.7 Acquisition
and ownership of buildings is relevant to our business when
reviewing objectives related to climate change. Regarding the
four environmental goals – transition to a circular economy,
sustainable use and protection of water and marine resources,
pollution prevention and control, protection and restoration of
biodiversity and ecosystems, EPRA states that only the goals
related to circular economy are relevant in the real estate sec-
tor. However,
EPRA does not connect the five circular eco-
nomic activities defined in the taxonomy at all to the acquisition
and ownership of buildings.
Therefore, we have interpreted that our taxonomy reporting
should only cover 7.7. Acquisition and ownership of buildings
in terms of climate change mitigation and climate change ad-
aptation. Accordingly, our taxonomy alignment reporting for
2023 covers the acquisition and ownership of buildings and
substantial contribution to climate change mitigation. The exist-
ing portfolio makes up the majority of our business operations.
EPRA's recommendations divide the existing portfolio into two
different categories according to the date of construction: prop-
erties built before 31 December 2020 and properties built after
31 December 2020.
To
the properties built before 31 December 2020, the taxon-
omy applies an energy efficiency criterion according to which
the energy rating of the property must be A or the property
must represent the best 15 per cent of national building stock
in terms of primary energy demand. To determine the best 15
per cent, we have used as the threshold energy rating of 119,
referring to the study commissioned by Finnish Association of
Building Owners and Construction Clients (Rakli ry), titled “As-
sessment of the primary energy consumption of the best 15
per cent of property stock” (in Finnish:
Rakennuskannan 15
prosentin parhaimmiston primäärienergian kulutuksen määrit-
tely
). For properties that were built before 31 December 2020,
we have reported properties with an energy class of A or an E
value of 119 or below as aligning with the taxonomy.
For properties built after 31 December 2020, in accordance
with EPRA's recommendations, we have used a criterion that
determines the energy efficiency to be at least 10 per cent
lower in terms of primary energy demand than the threshold
value for nearly zero energy buildings. This sets the E value
threshold to 81. For properties built after 31 December 2020,
we have reported as aligning with the taxonomy properties
with an E value of 81 or below, and which are 5,000 m
2
in size.
The EU taxonomy's only “do no significant harm" criterion for
the acquisition and ownership of buildings is the implementa-
tion of property-specific climate risk mapping. We have carried
out property-specific climate risk mapping in accordance with
the taxonomy requirements for 80 per cent of the properties
that meet the criteria mentioned above. Only a few individual
properties were found to currently have a medium level risk re-
lated to climate change. These risks were related to heat
waves and floods. Even in the medium term, only less than
twenty properties were found to have a medium level risk.
These were mainly related to heat waves. RCP 2.6 and RCP
8.5 scenarios were used in property-specific risk mapping.
We report total revenue, capital expenditures and operational
costs as described above for properties that we have owned in
2023. Capital expenditures include all repair costs for proper-
ties that align with the taxonomy, as well as the costs of reno-
vations and energy improvements for properties for which a
capital expenditure plan has been drawn up to achieve taxon-
omy alignment. With reference to EPRA's recommendations,
we have used the date of entry into force of the building permit
to determine whether the property was built before or after 31
December 2020. We don’t produce fossil gas or nuclear en-
ergy.