Grainger PLC

**INDUSTRY ADVOCACY**

As the UK's largest listed residential landlord, Grainger is a market leader and committed to delivering a successful PRS market sector for the benefit of PRS residents, landlords and investors. This commitment includes ensuring the market is recognised for delivering energy efficient homes.

Grainger is a member of a number of industry bodies representing the PRS and real estate sectors, and we are working closely with some of these organisations to develop sector-level roadmaps for carbon reduction. This includes our involvement in the UK Green Building Council's Whole Life Carbon Taskforce and our contribution to the Council for Sustainable Business's project to develop a net zero carbon roadmap for the real estate sector. We are a signatory to the World Green Building Council's Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment and this pathway aligns to the best practice guidance published by the World and UK Green Building Councils. [...] **GOVERNANCE AND DISCLOSURE**

This document has been reviewed and approved by Grainger's Board of Directors. Grainger's Board of Directors and Executive Committee receive a biannual update on our progress towards achieving our net zero carbon commitment.

We are committed to reporting transparently on our progress towards our net zero carbon commitment and will publish regular updates.

An overview of the company's emissions performance is included in the Streamlined Energy and Carbon Report within the Annual Report and Accounts, with a portfolio breakdown included in the EPRA aligned Sustainability Report available to download here: https://corporate.graingerplc.co.uk/responsibility

Describe the process(es) your organization has in place to ensure that your engagement activities are consistent with your overall climate change strategy[…]Grainger's Director of Corporate Affairs oversees all engagement activity to ensure that it is aligned to the company's business strategies, and oversees the business's sustainability function which includes the business's strategy on climate change. This oversight ensures that any direct or indirect engagement activities in relation to policy are consistent with Grainger's overall sustainability strategy, and business strategy. At meetings of the business's Management Committee and Executive Committee, participants in specific engagement activities (such as those who sit on British Property Federation Committees) feedback on the engagement activities and the outcomes of these, such as discussing policy updates and the business's response to Government consultations. Actions arising from engagement activities are discussed, allocated to a
specific representative and disseminated to appropriate business divisions by the business division representative present at the meeting. We also ensure that Grainger employees are familiar with our climate change strategy by conducting sustainability training, and through communication of our policies which employees are made aware of and are available on our website and intranet. This ensures our employees act consistently with our climate change strategy when undertaking all activities, including those that influence policy.