Picton Property Income Limited Annual Report 2022

Being Responsible continued

Stakeholder engagement

We have in place a framework for conducting business in a way that makes a positive contribution to society, while minimising the impact on people and the environment. We are committed to engaging with our occupiers, shareholders, suppliers and wider community and the Board acts to promote the long-term success of the business for the benefit of all our stakeholders. Occupier engagement We are always seeking to improve our occupiers’ experience, which is why we created the Picton Promise: five key commitments including Action, Community, Technology, Support and Sustainability. Each commitment underpins every aspect of the occupier experience we provide. During 2021 we continued to maintain regular contact with our occupiers through measures such as our occupier meetings and ensured our buildings remained fully accessible on a Covid-19 compliant basis. We issued information packs to our office occupiers, which helped them plan for their staff to return to the workplace following the UK Government’s work from home advice ending. The completion of our new business hubs at Angel Gate, London and Longcross, Cardiff, have allowed us to provide more flexible services to occupiers at these locations. We have recently launched our two new occupier engagement apps at Colchester Business Park and Angel Gate, which will help us to improve the effectiveness of our communication at these locations. Occupier and employee health and safety Our health and safety record continued to be strong over the year with no reportable accidents or health and safety related incidents. We were 99% compliant in critical and secondary documentation. Our Health and Safety Committee meets every month to ensure that compliance and performance is measured appropriately for all our stakeholders, our employees, occupiers, contractors, and other visitors to our buildings. Our incident response and business continuity strategies have been updated and we have reviewed the current policies for all our managing agents. During the year, our team received training sessions on fire safety as well as general health and safety updates. Occupier wellbeing and satisfaction Occupancy levels during much of 2021, particularly at our offices, continued to be affected by the pandemic. As a result, for much of this period our focus has been on reassuring our occupiers that our buildings remain safe to use and we have used our information packs and regular occupier meetings to reinforce this. The launch of our new occupier apps at Colchester Business Park and Angel Gate, London were timed to coincide with occupancy levels beginning to return to normal levels. We have used these to promote a wide range of occupier focused events structured around

What we have achieved this year ‒ Introduced new occupier amenities and improved communication methods ‒ Introduced new supplier clauses and a due diligence questionnaire to address modern slavery risks ‒ Helped develop the BBP Responsible Management Toolkit ‒ Made charitable donations of £16,000 to 15 charities ‒ Carried out an annual employee engagement survey ‒ Returned to working in the office on a flexible basis ‒ Provided further sustainability training for the team ‒ Held two employee offsite days What we will do next year ‒ Host occupier sustainability workshops ‒ Maintain a high level of Health and Safety compliance ‒ Continue the roll out of supplier modern slavery clauses and due diligence questionnaires ‒ Continue to roll out our occupier engagement plan wellness for employees. Utilising the facilities at these locations such as the communal space outside the Village at Colchester and the business hub at Angel Gate, London we have hosted many events. A wide ranging programme is planned for 2022. We plan to roll out more occupier apps at other locations during 2022, using the experience which we gained from the projects noted above.

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