To safeguard transparent, accessible and consistent reporting in accordance with the ESG criteria, SBB has resolved to adhere to a number of global frameworks and standards. It is in SBB’s interests to provide stakeholders with sustainability data meeting the best standards available. Examples of external partnerships and frameworks that SBB has joined and/or supported are listed below:
- UN Global Compact
- The Paris Agreement
- The Global Goals
- GRI
- EPRA’s guidelines on sustainability reporting
- CDP
- The TCFD recommendations
- Sweden Green Building Council (SGBC): Environmental certification of properties
- Green Bond Principles, Social Bond Principles, Sustainability Bond Guidelines, Green Loan Principles
Economic Sustainability and Governance
SBB’s objective is to achieve good economic growth which engenders conditions for investing in the climate and the social environment. Being profitable provides opportunities to drive and develop sustainable property management and construction. SBB’s objective is to recover an investment grade rating and to increase its sustainable financing, in the long term achieving 100-percent sustainable financing. All employees, partners and suppliers shall observe good business ethics in line with SBB’s Code of Conduct and Supplier Code of Conduct.