Growthpoint CSR | Creating Lasting Community Impact

CORPORATE SOCIAL INVESTMENT

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

As a leading listed property company in South Africa, Growthpoint Properties has values deeply embedded in our business activities and decisions. Our end goal is always to ensure that we remain a corporate citizen who can demonstrate our responsibility to our internal and external stakeholders. Our commitment to our investors, staff, tenants, suppliers, and the South African community remains our driving force to ensure that we have a positive impact.

• 60%

Female Beneficiaries

• 7316

Total Direct beneficiaries

• 1118 hrs

Staff hours volunteered

FLAGSHIP PROJECTS

Growsmart

Growsmart supports learners in Grades 4 to 6 through literacy, writing, and mathematics competitions that make classroom learning interactive and enjoyable. In partnership with the Western Cape and Eastern Cape Education Departments, the programme strengthens core skills and encourages learners to approach learning with confidence and curiosity.

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TRANSFORMATION

As the first JSE-listed REIT to achieve a Level One B-BBEE Contributor certification according to Property Sector Codes, Growthpoint Properties is committed to the principles of social and economic transformation and empowerment on all levels. We drive transformation by investing in people and skills that will grow our business, our sector and South Africa. The Property Sector Charter constitutes the framework for transformation in the property sector, and Growthpoint is committed to its implementation in our business. Going beyond this, we embrace the intention behind it.

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TRANSFORMATION SCORECARD

• 53.3%

Black ownership

• 1

B-BBEE Level

• 32%

Procurement spend on beneficiary SMMEs as a % of total spend

Enterprise Development

Growthpoint’s enterprise and supplier development initiative has established a decade-long track record of meaningful impact on growing sustainable small businesses. Property Point builds on our commitment to job creation.

Acting as a bridge between SMEs and procurement, the program unlocks real supply chain opportunities, ensuring sustainable transformation and job creation.

Or read more about the incredible successes of our beneficiaries, please visit www.propertypoint.org.za

61

SMMEs supported

13

SMMEs linked to market

33

Full-time jobs created

33

Jobs sustained

Additionally, Growthpoint and Property Point have collaborated on developing and implementing the Growthpoint Local Economic Development (LED) policy that formalised local economic development targets across all sectors.

KEY LED STATS

106

LED companies supported

50

Beneficiary Companies Awarded Contracts

Discretionary Funding

*Please note that applications for funding are closed Any decision regarding the success of a funding application is entirely at the sole and absolute discretion of the committee and/or Executive management.

Growthpoint Properties supports Corporate Social Investment (CSI) programs that promote skills development and empowerment rather than dependency. We are also focused on supporting education across South Africa because we believe that partnerships with educators will yield positive results towards our shared vision of building a better life for all.

Our educational involvement is focused on four key areas:

Early childhood development
Primary school learning
High school learning
Youth development

Exclusions

Organisations that have been in existence for less than one year.
Programs/ Projects not aligned with our focus areas
Profit-making companies, unless in the case of enterprise and supplier development.
Non-SETA accredited learnerships/programs
Animal-related organisations or programmes.
Religious organisations.
Political parties or associations with political affiliations
Labour movements/ Unions.
Individuals/ Groups in their personal capacity
Events for marketing sponsorship
Infrastructure programs