Ventas Named to Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index; Ranked #1 Healthcare REIT by GRESB
September 18 2017 - 5:07PM
Business Wire
Ventas, Inc.’s (NYSE: VTR) leadership in sustainability has been
recognized by two prominent global ESG (environment, social,
governance) benchmarking organizations, the Dow Jones
Sustainability™ North America Index (DJSI) and GRESB.
Included in the DJSI for the first time and highlighting the
Company’s enhanced focus across all elements of ESG, Ventas ranked
in the top quartile of real estate companies in North America,
outperforming industry peers across a broad spectrum of ESG
metrics.
In the GRESB real estate ESG assessment, Ventas ranked first
among the three listed healthcare real estate company participants,
retained its Green Star designation for the fourth consecutive year
and improved its score by nearly 10%. Ventas also achieved an “A”
ranking, the highest possible score, on the new GRESB Public
Disclosure Assessment, recognizing the Company’s focus on
transparency and public reporting.
“Ventas is incredibly proud of our ESG performance. Our deep
commitment to corporate responsibility is evidenced by our
inclusion in the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability Index and our
#1 ranking on GRESB among our healthcare REIT peers,” said Debra A.
Cafaro, Ventas Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “The Ventas
culture and company policies promote strong governance and ethics,
engaged corporate citizenship and minimized impact on the
environment. These are essential elements of our commitment to
sustained excellence for all of our stakeholders.”
About DJSI
Since its launch in 1999, the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices
have been a globally recognized independent benchmark measuring a
company’s ESG performance based on RobecoSAM’s analysis of
industry-specific ESG factors and the robust index methodology of
S&P Dow Jones indices. The DJSI North America index tracks the
performance of the top 20% of the 600 largest North American
companies in the S&P Global Broad Market Index that lead the
field in terms of sustainability.
About GRESB
GRESB is an investor-driven organization that assesses the ESG
performance of real estate investments (public, private and direct)
around the world. GRESB benchmarking data and analytical tools are
used by institutional and retail investors representing more than
$17 trillion of institutional capital.
Ventas, Inc., an S&P 500 company, is a leading
real estate investment trust. Its diverse property portfolio of
more than 1,200 assets in the United
States, Canada and the United Kingdom consists
of seniors housing communities, medical office buildings, life
science and innovation centers, inpatient rehabilitation and
long-term acute care facilities, health systems and skilled nursing
facilities. Through its Lillibridge
subsidiary, Ventas provides management, leasing,
marketing, facility development and advisory services to highly
rated hospitals and health systems throughout the United
States. References to “Ventas” or the “Company” mean Ventas,
Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries unless otherwise
expressly noted. More information about Ventas and
Lillibridge can be found
at www.ventasreit.com and www.lillibridge.com.
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Ventas, Inc.Louise AdhikariVice President Marketing &
Corporate CommunicationsTel: +1 312 660
3816louise.adhikari@ventasreit.com
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