Nextensa's sustainability governance
Our Board of Directors entrusts the ESG Committee with overseeing impacts, risks, and opportunities (IROs). The committee translates these into concrete project proposals, which are then presented to the Executive Committee for validation. The Executive Committee, representing the Board, oversees daily operations and approves the budgets for IRO-related projects, ensuring they align with the company’s strategic goals.
The committee translates sustainability strategies into actionable plans, sets targets and ensures that data is collected and monitored by all internal teams. It also develops tools, such as the “asset fiche” and project development documents including the “development fiche”, to support departments in achieving sustainability goals.
The ESG committee oversees controls and procedures tailored to managing material sustainability impacts, risks and opportunities, in line with the business strategy and compliance framework.
Progress is reported to the executive committee and the board of directors on a half-yearly basis. Quarterly consultations ensure ongoing monitoring and coordination with the executive committee.
The ESG Committee consists of four members: Valérie Vanderveken (Project Manager ESG), Tim Van Dorpe (Head of Energy & Projects), Jan Bergé (Head of Property Management) and Trees Verhoogen (Project & ESG Manager).
In 2022, the new role of Energy Manager was created within Nextensa to ensure focus on reducing the CO2 footprint of all Nextensa assets. Tim Van Dorpe, one of the ESG Committee members, has taken up this role to focus further on the collection of data and the implementation of action plans to decarbonise Nextensa’s portfolio.
All Nextensa employees have been and will continue to be involved in developing and implementing this ambitious process. The ESG Committee encourages initiatives taken by colleagues to reduce our CO2 footprint or implement actions. We don’t want it to remain simply an abstract idea full of empty words, but aspire for it to become integral to our daily work and decision-making and, increasingly, to be part of the new DNA of the organisation.
The sustainability governance structure at Nextensa is as follows:
| Board of directors | Strategic validation |
| ExCom | Strategic decision + approval of budget |
| ESG-committee | Collecte d'informations, mise en place d'une stratégie ESG, élaboration d'un plan d'action, proclamation de recommandations, suivi de la mise en œuvre |
| Responsables Initiatives | Implementing actions, developing expertise, formulating propositions and initiatives |
| Departments Nextensa |
ESG Committee
Valérie
Vanderveken
Jan
Bergé
Tim
Van Dorpe
