Specialist Diploma: Social Sustainability in the Property Sector.

About the course.

What you learn.

• What social sustainability means from the property sector's perspective
• How social sustainability can be measured and valued in the property sector based on the new Swedish standard for measuring social and environmental effects (SS29000 and SS290001)
• Methods for gathering knowledge about residents and their living conditions
• What CSRD, CS3D and the EU Taxonomy mean for your company and how you work with social sustainability in accordance with regulations and standards
• Integrating social sustainability into the business strategy
• What makes social sustainability important for your company and the benefits of integrating social sustainability into your business
• How social sustainability efforts can be financed
• How you can increase market value and attractiveness with the help of social sustainability
• Investing in social efforts early to strengthen social sustainability and reduce future costs for, for example, graffiti removal and vandalism
• Success factors in governance and prioritisation, for example strategic anchoring, integration into all processes, and transparency and reporting

How the course is built.

1. Day 1

2. 09.00 Welcome and introduction to the course

   Introductory exercise

3. 09.15 What social sustainability is

   - Social sustainability, part of a whole - Human rights as the foundation of a socially sustainable society - Agenda 2030 and the global goals - Social sustainability in CSRD - Exercise: What is social sustainability from the property sector's perspective?

4. 10.30 Methods and tools for social sustainability in the property sector

   - Methods for gathering knowledge about your residents and their living conditions - Theory of change as a tool for making visible the needs and expected outcomes of social efforts - Methods for measuring outcomes and effects, in accordance with the Swedish standard for measuring social and environmental effects

5. 13.00 Integrating social sustainability into the business strategy

   - What makes social sustainability important for your company - The benefits of integrating social sustainability into your business - Financing models for social sustainability, for example sustainability-linked loans or social investments - Social sustainability as a tool for increased market value - Investing in social efforts early to strengthen social sustainability and reduce future costs for, for example, graffiti removal and vandalism - Concrete examples and success factors in governance and prioritisation, for example strategic anchoring, integration into all processes, and transparency and reporting

6. 14:00 Inspiring guest speaker

   A guest speaker goes through concrete examples of social sustainability work in the property sector, as inspiration for your company's development work

7. 15.15 Outlook, insight and organisations that have succeeded in integrating social sustainability

   We look at good examples, nationally and internationally, of organisations, initiatives and projects that highlight and integrate the social sustainability perspective.

8. 16.30 Summary and time for questions

9. Day 2

10. 09.00 Welcome and introduction to day 2

    - Check-in and reflections from day 1 - Information about the in-depth sessions and the structure of day 2

11. 09.15 In depth 1: Measuring, valuing and calculating social sustainability in the property sector

    - Why measure, value and calculate social efforts in the property sector - The evaluation ladder and a method for choosing the right level of ambition based on data availability and the evaluation's purpose and use - Examples of how other companies in the sector have measured, valued and calculated social sustainability

12. 10.30 In depth 1: Measuring, valuing and calculating social sustainability in the property sector (cont.)

    - Exercise: making visible the expected outcomes and effects of our social sustainability work - Exercise: we try the tool "Räkna med hållbarhet", a tool that lets property companies calculate the economic value of different social efforts, and thereby improve their accuracy, both for the company and for society at large

13. 13.00 In depth 2: Social sustainability in CSRD and the EU Taxonomy

    - A deeper look at the social standards in CSRD - Opportunities and implications of CSDDD and the EU Taxonomy for your company - Exercise: the significance of the social standards for your company

14. 14:00 Inspiring guest speaker

    A guest speaker goes through concrete examples as inspiration for how your company can work with social sustainability.

15. 15.15 Summary and reflections

    Together we produce an action plan that you take with you into your continued work with social sustainability.

16. 16.30 Summary and time for questions

Who is this for?

You who work with sustainability issues in the property sector. You might, for example, be a sustainability manager, head of business development, finance manager, controller, head of social housing management, property developer or have an equivalent role with strategic responsibility.