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THE UNITE GROUP PLC | Annual Report and Financial Statements 2022
SUSTAINABILITY AND NON-FINANCIAL REPORTING continued
NON-FINANCIAL INFORMATION STATEMENT
The table below summarises how we comply with non-financial performance reporting requirements. Relevant policies and
statements are available online at www.unitegroup.com.
Description of
the business
model
Details of who we are, how we operate
and the value we create can be found
on page 8 onwards
Employees
Our new Diversity, Equity,
Inclusion, Belonging and
Wellbeing strategy is focused on
providing opportunities for all
p50
The Academy provides
learning opportunities to
enhance knowledge, skills
and development
p48
Our employee engagement
forum, Culture Matters, puts the
employee voice front and centre
p49
Our Whistleblowing Policy
enables employees to raise
a concern in confidence
Gender diversity and pay gaps
across the Group. Our full
Gender Pay Gap Report can
be found on our website and
at: https://gender-pay-gap.
service.gov.uk/Employer/
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Our Board Diversity Policy seeks
to enhance the overall diversity
of the Board and ensures an
appropriate and diverse mix of
skills, experience and knowledge
p103
The policies included in this nonfinancial information statement
contain further details (as cross
referenced herein) of the policy,
due diligence conducted and
policy outcomes, which also
include the following:
Risk management detailing our
risk management framework
and risk review process
p80
Principal risks and uncertainties
considering both internal and
external risks, the potential
impact and details of risk
mitigation in place
p82
Viability statement considering
the viability of the Group for
the next three-year period
p81
Audit & Risk Committee Report
p119
Group Health & Safety Policy
which details the Group’s
commitment to the health &
safety of our employees, students
and visitors to our site
p63 &
p155
Non-financial KPIs relevant
to the Company’s business
p31
Our Resident Ambassador
programme provides peer-topeer support for students
p51
Our Positive Impact programme
encourages our people and
teams to work with local
stakeholders on community
impact initiatives
p54
Market overview focusing
on demographic trends
p20
The Group is the principal
supporter of the Unite Foundation,
the only charity that provides a
home at university for estranged
and care-experienced students
p49
Our response to the cost-of-living
crisis including a one-off payment
p97
Our sustainability strategy sets out
clear objectives and our progress
in respect of environmental, social
and governance matters
p46
TCFD
p69
p116
Anticorruption
and bribery
Our Anti-bribery Policy confirms our
zero-tolerance approach to bribery
and corruption and outlines employee
responsibilities. Read our policy at
unitegroup.com
Our policies
All of our public policies are available on
our website, unitegroup.com
Human rights
Policy, due
diligence and
outcomes
We operate a zero-tolerance approach
to slavery to ensure it does not
occur anywhere within our business
or supply chain. We carry out due
diligence on all third parties we
work with. Read our Modern Slavery
statement and Code of Ethics at
unitegroup.com
Social matters
Environmental
matters
Our Net Zero Carbon Pathway
sets out our pledge to be net zero
carbon by 2030. Read more at
unitegroup.com/sustainability/
our-net-zero-pathway
