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Sustainability Report 2021

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  • Homes
  • Sustainability
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  • Sustainable
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  • Environmental
  • Communities
  • Completed
  • Keepmoat
  • Developments

SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND

SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES Sustainability Report 13 Delivering a better tomorrow for everyone As well as creating safer, more sustainable places for people to live, we’re working with our partners to create and improve places, which in turn improve economic, environmental and social outcomes. Throughout the development process positive outcomes for communities, partners and our other stakeholders enable us to develop strong relationships with public sector partners, purchase brownfield land at low cost and deliver positive environmental social and economic outcomes creating thriving new communities. £200.8m SOCIAL VALUE GENERATED 69% 58% 39% Completed home sales on brownfield land Home sales completed in regeneration areas (the bottom two deciles of Indices of Multiple Deprivation) Homes are affordable Our goals • To address the national housing shortage through the construction of affordable homes • To deliver sustainable community and regeneration initiatives around Keepmoat Homes developments. Our progress in FY21 • 39% of our homes sold to affordable housing providers at a discount worth £49.9m • New social value reporting system introduced. £200.8m social value generated • Level 1 Social Value Management certification achieved. “We use the term social value to describe the environmental, social and economic benefits generated through the outcomes of our business activities both locally and nationally over the short, medium and long-term.” Our strength in this area comes through our team of expert Social Value Managers that understand local priorities and focus on engaging stakeholders at all stages to understand and deliver the outcomes they want to see. Over the past year we have focused on moving from local level excellence on key projects to furthering national consistency in our delivery of social value outcomes. During the year: • We created a Social Value Working Group that shares best practice and implements national-level improvements • Created national Social Value Standards incorporating best practice approaches • Set up a sustainability and social value reporting tool to improve the way we collect data – showing £200.8m in social value generated through all our business activities • Delivered training on social value to the industry, via the Supply Chain Sustainability School • Successfully upgraded to the Social Value Management Certificate Level 1.