DIC Asset Aktiengesellschaft · Real estate company
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Sustainability
As a real estate company with a long-term investment horizon, we are geared to dealing with resources and the environment in a sustainable manner. this minimises risks, promotes existing business and opens up new business opportunities to us. in our entrepreneurial decisions and processes, we take account of ecological and social requirements and, wherever possible, forego the opportunities for short-term gains in favour of fundamental options for optimisation.
Our strategic approach combines ecological, social and economic aspects and helps us with decisions and business efficiency.
We use various systems and indicators, starting with company statistics, sector-wide benchmarks, best-practice
examples and right through to environmental aspects, building efficiency, employees, tenant satisfaction and other economic and financial indicators.
Our strategic approach includes
- gearing ourselves to environmental, safety and social standards;
- integrating sustainability issues into our business processes;
- maintaining good, long-term relationships with all interest groups;
- open and transparent communication.
We strive to further develop and optimise the strategic and organisational approach to sustainability step by step, which also includes implementing sustainability targets in our business processes and consequently making them achievable for employees in their day-to-day work. this will be a lengthier process in some areas, which we will regularly document in our Sustainability Reports.
Our first Sustainability Report 2010/2011 can be found here: (PDF; 2MB) >>
Archive
Before, we reported on our sustainability activities in the contex of our annual reports:
Financial year 2010: (PDF, 170 KB) >>
Financial year 2009: (PDF, 30 KB) >>
Some concrete examples of our projects
with sustainable and positive outcomes
Economic sustainability
Optimisation of waste disposal
We made significant improvements to the waste disposal at properties managed by one branch. Following an analysis of the quantities of and frequency with which waste was disposed of at the properties, we are able to save time and the number of trips by optimising the logistics of the waste disposal process.
This allows waste to be disposed of in the most efficient and environmentally
friendly manner possible. The system is to be
gradually expanded to further properties.
Corporate and social sustainability
- Support of cultural organisations
As a Frankfurt-based company which also benefits from the diversity of the city, we generally support cultural life by sponsoring museums as well as supporting up-and-coming young artists. 2011, Maintor served as a temporary exhibition site for the MMK Museum of Modern art that was celebrating its 20th anniversary and was exhibiting part of its collection to more than 100,000 visitors. DIC was the main sponsor of the special anniversary exhibition "MMK 1991-2011. 20 years of presence". We made one of the buildings on the Maintor site available for this exhibition.
Ecological sustainability
- Sustainable development of a city quarter
Consideration is given to extensive sustainability issues when developing a major quarter such as the MainTor project. In second half of 2011, first construction measures start: the Primus building shell, which by then will have been completely gutted, will be redeveloped – only its cubature will remain the same, and it will be fully modernised with a new facade, new building services, etc., in accordance with the highest sustainability standards of the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB).