EPR Properties Releases 2024 Corporate Responsibility Report Aligned with TCFD and SASB

U.S. real estate investment trust EPR Properties has published its fourth annual Corporate Responsibility Report, covering 2024 ESG progress aligned with TCFD, SASB Real Estate Standards, and UN Sustainable Development Goals. The report includes the company's first portfolio-wide climate risk assessment and scenario analysis.

EPR Properties, which operates approximately $5.6 billion in total assets across 43 U.S. states and specialises in experiential net lease real estate, conducted a portfolio-wide climate risk assessment and scenario analysis in 2024 to evaluate climate-related risk exposure. The company also elected two new trustees to its Board in 2024 and early 2025, and awarded its 2024 EPR Impact Grant to children's health non-profit KidsTLC. The report is available on EPR's corporate responsibility website.

The adoption of TCFD-aligned climate risk assessment represents a growing standard for U.S. real estate companies responding to investor demand for standardised climate disclosure. SASB Real Estate Standards provide a sector-specific framework for disclosing financially material sustainability information, covering areas including energy and water management, tenant engagement, and climate risk. For experiential REITs specifically, physical climate risks to leisure and entertainment properties are a growing area of investor scrutiny.

EPR Properties' voluntary alignment with multiple disclosure frameworks, despite the absence of mandatory U.S. climate disclosure requirements following SEC rule reversals, reflects continued voluntary ESG reporting momentum among mid-cap U.S. REITs. The company's fourth consecutive annual report also demonstrates the embedding of ESG reporting as a standard corporate practice. Real estate sector disclosures aligned with TCFD and SASB are increasingly referenced by Indian real estate companies and REITs benchmarking their sustainability programmes against global peers.

Key figure — Approximately $5.6 billion in total assets across 43 U.S. states