About this report

Content of report

This report is published on an annual basis and covers information from 1 January 2023 through 31 December 2023. Our previous Annual Report (2022) was published on 12 April 2023. The aim of this report is to inform Vesteda’s most important stakeholders. By identifying the parties that Vesteda influences and the parties that exert influence on Vesteda, the company has defined the following key stakeholders: tenants, participants, employees, lenders/debt investors, partners/business partners, advisors/real estate experts and local authorities.

Financial and non-financial information

The financial information included in this report is derived from or in line with the financial statements. The Vesteda annual report is drawn up in accordance with IFRS accounting policies, unless otherwise stated. However, for transparency purposes, Vesteda deems it important to provide investors with insight into the fund’s net asset value and metrics on the basis of the INREV principles, which is included in the ‘Vesteda Residential Fund FGR financial overviews in accordance with INREV valuation principles’ section of this report. The non-financial information relates to areas such as market developments, portfolio and organisational developments, tenants, sustainability, corporate governance, compliance and integrity, and risk management. These data are the result of Vesteda’s own analyses and systems, market research and legislation and regulations. There are no significant restatements regarding non-financial information.

Material topics

This report has been prepared in accordance to GRI Universal Standards. A key requirement for conforming with GRI guidelines is the execution of a materiality analysis and the translation of the outcomes of this in the annual reporting. Vesteda executed a materiality analysis in 2020, resulting in a list of 12 topics, eight of which are considered material topics by its stakeholders.

All Vesteda’s entities are within scope for all material topics and their indicators. Vesteda reports quantitatively on the eight most material topics. Whenever possible, these topics have been combined with and linked to (GRI) aspects included in the previous year’s reporting. The results of the materiality analysis are shown in the following matrix. The GRI table in Annex 5 of this report shows the link between the material topics and the GRI aspects and indicators.

Materiality matrix

Dialogue with stakeholders

The table below gives an overview of the structural dialogue between Vesteda and its key stakeholders.

INREV Guidelines Compliance Statement

The European Association for Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate Vehicles (INREV) published the INREV Guidelines incorporating industry standards in the fields of Governance, Reporting, Property Valuation, Performance Measurement, INREV NAV, Fees and Expense Metrics, Liquidity and Sustainability Reporting. The assessments follow these guidelines.

INREV provides an Assessment Tool to determine a vehicle’s level of compliance with the INREV Guidelines as a whole and its modules in particular.

The overall INREV Guidelines Compliance Rate of the Vesteda Residential Fund is 97%, based on eight out of nine assessments. The table below shows the compliance rate for each completed module of this self-assessment.

Compliance with the INREV Guidelines Assessment Results

Assurance

This report has been provided with external assurance. You will find the assurance report of the independent auditor and their conclusion in the Assurance report of the independent auditor section of this report. Vesteda believes this assurance is important as it provides additional certainty regarding the accuracy of the information included.