We design tomorrow’s living environments

SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2023 ACCORDING TO GRI

Zug Estates pursues a comprehensive sustainability strategy and addresses topics from across the ESG spectrum. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the operation and construction of properties – where we see the biggest impact within the real estate industry – remains at the heart of our sustainability strategy. With 1.1 kg per m2 energy reference area (Scope 1 and 2), current greenhouse gas emissions from the operation of the entire real estate portfolio remain at a very low level.

OUR PROMISE

Development of living environments

We create attractive living environments that have a wide range of uses and offer extremely pleasant experiences.

Energy and emissions

Our zero-zero strategy is aimed at achieving 100% carbon-free operation with energy from renewable sources in the region.

Materials

We promote the circular economy through forward-looking planning and the clever use of construction materials.

Economic success

We incorporate sustainability-related topics into our value chain to safeguard our company’s long-term profitability.

Innovation

We rely on innovations that help us increase the quality of our products and services, optimise our processes and reduce our resource consumption.

Our Topics

We pursue a comprehensive sustainability strategy with topics from the entire ESG area.

REDUCTION PATH

We have reduced our greenhouse gas emissions from 17.3 kg to the current level of 1.1 kg per square metre of energy reference area since 2010.

MATERIALITY MATRIX

The materiality assessment reveals the most relevant ESG topics at Zug Estates. Click here to find out how this information was derived (focus on sustainability).

SUSTAINABLE JOURNEY

We develop our properties in line with sustainable principles – and have been doing so for more than ten years now. During this time, we have set the tone across all of Switzerland and consistently followed up our words with deeds.

Grand opening of City Garden Hotel: Zug Estates’ first wooden building

June 2010

Completion of Central Switzerland’s largest wood construction project

July 2018

Start of the private consumption community at the Suurstoffi site

September 2019

Grand opening of the tallest wooden high-rise in Switzerland

November 2019

Connection of the Metalli complex to the Circulago lake water district

June 2020

Additional properties connected to Circulago

December 2023

Co-signing of the Reuse-Oriented Construction Charter

Zug Estates takes responsibility

CEO Patrik Stillhart on Zug Estates’ most important objectives and strategic focus.

Social topics are a vital component of our sustainability strategy

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