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ESG Strategy
Sustainability Policy
The policy is approved by the Board of Trustees and monitored by the Governance and ESG Committee. The following outlines Killam’s commitment to ESG:
- Invest in technology and new initiatives to increase sustainability and lower its carbon footprint across the portfolio, with a focus on energy, water and waste consumption and management.
- Support and invest in its employees through training and development.
- Enhance diversity and inclusion policies and practices to continue to foster a safe, inclusive, and equitable workplace.
- Provide outstanding customer service and build an inclusive community at its properties.
- Support initiatives in the communities in which Killam operates, with an emphasis on affordable housing through community partnerships, subsidized rents and discounts.
- Establish and implement measurable governance policies and practices.
- Report annually on its ESG programs, highlighting new initiatives, and Killam’s performance against targets.
- Review our annual ESG benchmark ratings(1) and target areas for improvement each year.
(1) Currently the benchmark rating focus is GRESB.
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Material ESG Topics
To ensure Killam is focused on the most significant ESG issues for its business, a materiality assessment identifies and prioritizes the ESG topics that are most significant to Killam, its employees and trustees, and the external stakeholders.

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Killam's ESG Targets
Killam has committed to ambitious but realistic ESG targets to work towards in the medium-term. These goals aim to mitigate Killam’s carbon footprint, maintain good corporate citizenship and create long-term value for its stakeholders. ESG and climate-related issues continue to evolve quickly and the need to continuously adapt is evident. Killam is scoping out its long-term carbon emission targets and developing a plan to move to net-zero carbon emissions and will disclose details as technology and innovation evolve.

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