Foreword

Dear readers,

As one of Europe’s leading private residential real estate companies with a portfolio comprising almost 540,000 apartments in around 63,000 buildings in Germany, Austria and Sweden, and a fair value of almost € 82 billion, we provide a large number of people with homes.

We are aware of the particular responsibility towards our shareholders, tenants and society at large that comes along with this. We are passionately and systematically committed to greater climate protection, senior-friendly apartments and a positive community spirit in our neighborhoods. And we are equally committed to building new apartments to create the homes that are urgently needed.

Despite the current political headwind for sustainability issues, sustainability is non-negotiable for us and we want to live up to our responsibility. This is why the various aspects of our sustainability strategy remain an integral component of our corporate strategy.

In the 2024 fiscal year, we faced the exciting task of adapting our reporting to reflect the new European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). These standards promise greater transparency and comparability in sustainability reporting. We hope that they will enrich the world of sustainability data. This will make the Annual Report even more important as a central source of information.

ESRS reporting is also, however, very complex and technical. As such, it does not always reflect Vonovia’s sustainability issues effectively and concisely. This makes us all the more delighted to be able to supplement the ESRS data with this ESG Factbook, our corporate website and other formats. The Factbook provides in-depth data insights, while the website allows you to explore the sustainability issues that are important to us.

You will find a comprehensive set of figures in the ESG Factbook to serve as an additional source of information, further explanations and inspiration. All of the tables can be downloaded as Excel files, which is ideal for in-depth analyses. Find out how our company is moving towards its sustainability goals, how our most important performance indicator – the Sustainability Performance Index (SPI) – is developing and what sort of progress we are making in key sustainability areas.

Your feedback is important to us. If you have any further questions, we will be happy to help. Be inspired by the data and take a look behind the scenes of our commitment.

Catrin Coners

Head of Sustainability