GRI-referenced report highlights commitment to Environmental,
Social and Governance (ESG)
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 26, 2018--
Healthcare real estate investment trust Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) today
published its inaugural Corporate Sustainability Report (CSR), which
showcases the Company’s leadership in its environmental, social and
governance (ESG) policies and practices.
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“As an organization founded on integrity, transparency and trust, we are
extremely proud to launch our first CSR report and demonstrate our
commitment to ESG,” said Debra A. Cafaro, Ventas Chairman and CEO. “We
firmly believe there is an unbreakable bond between business performance
and corporate responsibility and, with ESG principles woven into our
decision-making process, our enterprise is built for long-term
sustainable success.”
The inaugural Ventas CSR report covers the period of 2017 through early
2018, and references criteria from the Global Reporting Initiative
(GRI), the world’s most widely-used sustainability reporting framework.
Ventas has engaged an independent firm to lead a comprehensive
materiality assessment in 2018 which will inform our 2019 CSR Report in
accordance with GRI.
The Company is honored to have been rewarded with many international
efforts for its ESG leadership:
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The only healthcare REIT to be included as one of Fortune’s Most
Admired Companies (January 2018)
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Received Nareit’s Leader in the Light award for the second time in 2017
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First time inclusion on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI)
North America in 2017, and remaining on the DJSI in 2018
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Named the top performing healthcare REIT for the second consecutive
year by GRESB in 2018, retaining our Green Star Ranking for the past
five years
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Named a “Corporate Champion” by 2020 Women on Boards, recognizing our
commitment to board gender diversity with one-third female board
members
The full Ventas CSR report and additional information about the
Company’s ESG initiatives is available online at www.ventasreit.com/corporate-responsibility
Ventas, Inc., an S&P 500 company, is a leading real estate investment
trust. Its diverse portfolio of approximately 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.
The Company routinely announces material information to investors and
the marketplace using press releases, Securities and Exchange
Commission filings, public conference calls, webcasts and the Company’s
website at www.ventasreit.com/investor-relations.
The information that the Company posts to its website may be deemed to
be material. Accordingly, the Company encourages investors and others
interested in the Company to routinely monitor and review the
information that the Company posts on its website, in addition to
following the Company’s press releases, Securities and Exchange
Commission filings and public conference calls and webcasts.
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Ventas, Inc.
Louise Adhikari, +1 312 660 3816
VP Marketing &
Corporate Communications
louise.adhikari@ventasreit.com