# DSE4: Community Engagement Program

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**Does the entity have a community engagement program through its development projects in place that includes sustainability-specific issues?**

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## Assessment Instructions

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<summary><strong>Intent</strong>: What is the purpose of this indicator?</summary>

This indicator examines the entity's strategy for supporting communities associated with its development projects. A structured and comprehensive approach to community engagement demonstrates the extent to which community engagement issues are integrated into the entity’s overall strategy.

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<summary><strong>Input</strong>: How do I complete this indicator?</summary>

Select yes or no. If yes, select all applicable sub-options.

**Open text box:** The content of this open text box is not used for scoring, but will be included in the Benchmark Report. Describe the community engagement program and the monitoring process for development projects. The description should refer to the applicable topics included in the community engagement program and elements below:

1. Program objectives
2. Examples of specific activities/projects
3. Scope of the activities/projects

### Terminology

**Assistance or support in case of disaster**

> Financial, social or other assistance required to respond to disaster situations, such as the formation of a disaster response team and training.

**Community/public**

> Persons or groups of people living and/or working in any areas that are economically, socially or environmentally impacted (positively or negatively) by the entity’s operations.

**Community concerns**

> Issues of importance raised by the community, that are causing social, mental or other distress.

**Community engagement**

> Community engagement refers to the communication, interaction, and formation of relationships between the entity and those groups.

**Enhancement programs**

> Programs designed to improve public spaces to increase accessibility and livability, and encourage greater community interaction and well-being.

**Sustainability education program**

> A program designed to increase awareness and knowledge of sustainability issues within the community.

**Health and well-being program**

> Program designed to address and increase the health and wellbeing of the local community.

**Public spaces**

> Refers to spaces that are open and accessible to the public for social and recreational use.

**Research and network activities**

> Activities and events organized for/with groups and members of the local community for the purpose of research and networking.

**Resilience**

> Preparedness of the built environment towards existing and future climate changes (i.e., the ability to absorb disturbances such as increased precipitation or flooding while maintaining its structure). This can be achieved by management policies, informational technologies, educating tenant, community, suppliers and physical measures at the asset level.

**Supporting charities and community groups**

> Providing financial, social or other support to local community groups and charities.

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<summary><strong>Validation</strong>: What evidence is required?</summary>

No evidence required. Only the 'Other' answer is manually validated.

#### **Other Answer**

&#x20;State the alternative topic included in community engagement. It is possible to report multiple other answers. If multiple other answers are acceptable, only one will be counted towards scoring.

<a href="/pages/utxKQNLSUKyW8QMeUwEi" class="button primary" data-icon="shield">Validation Basics</a>

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## Scoring

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<summary><strong>Scoring</strong>: How does GRESB score this indicator?</summary>

The scoring of this indicator is equal to the fraction assigned to the selected option, multiplied by the total score of the indicator.

**Other:** The 'Other' answer is manually validated and assigned a score, which is used as a multiplying factor, as per the table below:

| Validation status | Score |
| ----------------- | ----- |
| Accepted          | 1/1   |
| Not Accepted      | 0     |
| Duplicate         | 0     |

**Open text box:** The open text box is not scored and is for reporting purposes only.

<a href="/pages/SmkaMa2MwR7Pm97QbSwO" class="button primary" data-icon="hundred-points">Scoring Basics</a>

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<summary><em>References</em></summary>

ISO 14001, Environmental Management Standard

SITES v2 Rating System

LEED BD+C: New Construction, v4, Sustainable Sites

BREEAM International New Construction, 2016

RobecoSAM Corporate Sustainability Assessment, 2017: 3.5.5, ESG integration in supply chain strategy

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## Get Support: Solution Providers

**GRESB Solution Providers** are independent, third-party organizations within the GRESB Partner network that offer specialized products, tools, and services to support sustainability performance outside the GRESB Assessment process.

Currently, there are no GRESB Solution Providers associated with this indicator.

GRESB will continue to update this section as the GRESB Solution Provider network grows. Please check back regularly to find GRESB Solution Providers who can support your sustainability performance.


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