Better Health for All
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LEG Immobilien SE's core business of providing affordable housing for approximately 500,000 tenants, with 98.7% of its property portfolio undergoing health and safety reviews in 2024, demonstrates a fundamental positive health impact.
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The company reports an extremely low injury rate of 0.0001% in 2024 for its users (tenants), indicating an outstanding safety record.
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Average rents are €7 per sqm, or around €450 per apartment per month, which is well below national averages, making housing highly accessible.
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Approximately 17% of units are rent-restricted, supported by state subsidies for low-income households, and the company aims to support the integration of immigrants and refugees by providing housing.
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LEG maintains excellent data protection standards, including a data protection management system, policy, and procedural guidelines, with all calculated data checked for consistency.
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The company organizes community betterment activities in 100% of its properties, promoting social cohesion and responding to social challenges.
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However, the company's only explicit mental health initiative is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board serving on the board of a foundation for children of addicted parents, which is a limited and indirect contribution to mental health and addiction mitigation.
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Fair Money & Economic Opportunity
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LEG Immobilien SE is a residential property company, not a financial services provider, therefore KPIs related to lending, APRs, debt products, or financial data portability are not applicable and score 0. The company reports that 36% of its customers have a migration background, which is a minority segment.
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LEG allocated approximately €3.5 million towards social projects and initiatives in 2022.
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The company invested around €238 million in property development in 2022.
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It provides information on energy-saving and assistance with applying for housing benefit.
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The company's portfolio is primarily located in North Rhine-Westphalia, with 80% of its portfolio in this region as of 2024.
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Fair Pay & Worker Respect
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The company reports a CEO-to-median employee pay ratio of 57.4.
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Approximately 60.4% of employees are covered by collective bargaining agreements as of 2023.
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The average gross hourly salary of female employees was 6.57% higher than that of men in 2024.
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The average Trust Index from Great Place to Work surveys from 2022 and 2024 is 73.5%.
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The employee fluctuation ratio is 11.0%.
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There were 51 notifiable workplace accidents among permanent employees, with a reported rate of 17.1%.
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The company had no confirmed corruption or bribery cases in 2024.
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Approximately 3.1% of the workforce, or 65 out of 2,087 employees, are on temporary contracts.
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All employees (100%) are covered by occupational health and safety measures.
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Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing
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LEG Immobilien SE's 2024 Non-Financial Group Report stated that no significant issues or violations related to fair trade or ethical sourcing were reported.
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The company requires business partners to comply with a Supplier Code of Conduct, and suppliers breaching legal regulations or LEG's specifications are precluded from further contracts.
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LEG relies on defined purchasing and compliance guidelines,
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and approximately 35% of supplier contracts include clear ethical terms.
Honest & Fair Business
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LEG Immobilien SE reported zero ethics-related regulatory fines in 2024.
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The company scored 36.7 out of 100 on the World Benchmarking Alliance transparency index.
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It has a comprehensive digital whistleblowing system, implemented in 2005, available 24/7 for anonymous reporting by employees, customers, suppliers, and third parties.
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An external ombudsman guarantees anonymity, and a non-retaliation policy is in place.
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No material complaints were reported in 2019 or 2020.
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The company has had zero financial restatements in the past five years.
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All Supervisory Board members (100%) are independent as defined by the German Corporate Governance Code.
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LEG has a robust anti-corruption policy with zero tolerance for corruption and money laundering, including specific value limits for gifts (€40) and invitations (€80), and provides regular training.
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Its Compliance Management System is certified by the Institute for Corporate Governance in the German Property Industry.
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The company aims to accelerate tenant complaint processing time by 10% by 2027, but currently, the median resolution time is approximately 120 days.
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The extent of independent verification of ethical claims is not specified.
Kind to Animals
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LEG Immobilien SE is a residential property company focused on acquiring, managing, and developing residential properties. Its core business activities do not involve animal-derived products, animal testing, animal agriculture, or related supply chains.
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Consequently, all KPIs pertaining to cruelty-free certifications, alternative testing methods, humane certifications for animal operations, ethical substitution of animal inputs, supplier audits for animal welfare, cage-free sourcing, animal testing policies and volume, innovation in animal-free technologies, animal agriculture ethics, animal-free R&D collaboration, and public policy engagement on animal welfare are not applicable to the company's operations. No evidence was found in the provided articles to suggest any direct involvement in these areas.
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No War, No Weapons
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LEG Immobilien SE's Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence Committee meets at least quarterly.
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The company is committed to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and has been a member of the UN Global Compact since August 2021.
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LEG explicitly states it is not involved in activities related to controversial weapons.
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The company has a Group Guideline on Human Rights and a Declaration of Principles on Respect for Human Rights and the Environment, stating that violations of internationally recognized human rights and environmental protection regulations are not tolerated.
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Business partners are checked for specific human rights or environmental risks based on self-assessments, an AI-driven media analysis tool, verified certifications, and inspections or business transactions.
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The effectiveness of preventive and remedial measures is regularly reviewed by the Human Rights Officer and the Due Diligence Committee.
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Planet-Friendly Business
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LEG Immobilien SE's total Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions for 2023 were 215,896 tCO₂e (0.216 M tCO₂e), representing a 6.51% decline from 2022.
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The company has SBTi-validated targets for a 47% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030, validated on December 5, 2024.
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Its net-zero target year is 2045.
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In 2024, 27.6% of operational energy consumption was sourced from renewables.
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For 2024, 46.2% of total capital expenditure was aligned with the EU Taxonomy.
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The company analyzes climate-related risks and includes climate scenario analysis, indicating partial TCFD alignment.
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The new headquarters received DGNB Gold Certification, but only approximately 14% of the portfolio consists of EPC Class B buildings and 1% of EPC Class C buildings, with no overall percentage of green-certified buildings reported for the portfolio.
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Respect for Cultures & Communities
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LEG Immobilien SE provides a digital whistleblower system available 24/7 for employees and external persons, including tenants, to report concerns, covering over 90% of its operational sites.
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The company also has a central customer service and a Tenants' Foundation for assistance.
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For community complaints, LEG has a target to accelerate processing time by 10% by December 2027, based on average resolution times from March and September 2024, but does not disclose current average resolution times.
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A Customer Advisory Council has been established to promote direct dialogue with tenants.
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Regarding cultural training, 665 employee hours were used for intercultural projects in 2024, exceeding a target of 100 hours.
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However, the percentage of employees completing cultural sensitivity training is not specified. The company allocated €1 million to local community initiatives and infrastructure improvements in 2024, and €3.5 million to social projects in 2022.
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The 'Your Home Helps' foundation has capital of €16 million.
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Safe & Smart Tech
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LEG Immobilien SE achieved a 100% completion rate for IT security training for employees in LEG Management, LEG Wohnen NRW, EnergieServicePlus, LCS Consulting und Service, LEG Bauen, LEG Consult, LWS Plus, and Youtilly, and 99.2% for TSP employees by December 31, 2024.
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The company outlines user rights including access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection, data portability, and consent withdrawal, and provides a dedicated Privacy address for data subject queries.
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LEG's data retention policy is based on purpose limitation, data minimization, and storage limitation principles, with statutory retention periods for most data.
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The company explicitly states compliance with GDPR and the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).
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Zero Waste & Sustainable Products
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In 2022, LEG Immobilien SE achieved a waste diversion rate of 40.46%, diverting 12,502.3 tonnes of waste from a total of 30,900.6 tonnes of non-hazardous waste.
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The company reported zero monetary fines or non-monetary sanctions for waste disposal violations in 2022, 2023, and 2024.
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LEG has company-wide waste reduction targets, aiming to reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 47% by 2030 and become almost greenhouse gas neutral by 2045.
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The company engages in customer waste education through 'green nudging' programs, which include informing tenants about energy-saving measures and displaying posters on 17,000 buildings since 2022 to show potential energy cost savings.
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LEG ensures its building activities comply with disposal standards, laws, and regulations.
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The company offers durable products like the Termios Pro thermostat, which is described as robust.
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LEG has implemented waste reduction initiatives such as a shower savings project, piloting flow restriction devices to reduce hot water consumption by up to 40% for 1,400 tenants in Q1 2025.
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Circular economy is mentioned as a further environmental topic.
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