Designing, Building, Managing and Investing in cities, neighbourhoods and buildings that are innovative, diverse, inclusive and connected with a reduced carbon footprint. Desirable places to live and work.

This is our ambition.

This is our goal.

This is our Purpose.

 

Icade was formed to meet France’s urgent need for housing and health infrastructure in the 1950s as a result of challenges posed by post-war reconstruction and a fast-growing population undergoing rapid transformations at that time. Icade was then known as SCIC.

After being the first to launch off-plan sales, Icade then built the first flexible dwellings to facilitate home ownership. It subsequently opened the first retirement homes followed by the first student residences with integrated services to meet the specific needs of all age groups. It next built multiple healthcare facilities. As a result of the office market boom, Icade expanded its property portfolio by developing offices and business parks to promote economic growth throughout the country.

Icade’s people underlying vocation has remained the same—to design the city of the future in addition to building and managing liveable spaces that encompass homes, offices, healthcare facilities, shops, childcare centres and green spaces for pleasant cities to live in.

As a responsible real estate player confronted with today’s climatic, ecological and societal challenges, our goal is to design the city of tomorrow and reinvent the spaces of the future.

In response to changing cities and lifestyles, we have made the well-being of all central to the design of our products— we co-design with future owners the home of their dreams; we have transformed our business parks into leafy, balanced and mixed-use neighbourhoods; and the healthcare facilities we build set the standard for the industry.

To ensure that our growth does not adversely impact the environment, we have made resource conservation a priority through: managing energy consumption in collaboration with our tenants by systematically using “green leases” (similar to the practice we initiated in the 1970s by involving resident councils and our stakeholders in the management of residential buildings); reducing the carbon footprint of our buildings by creating a platform dedicated to the reuse of construction materials available to all players involved in real estate; launching pilot sites for new environmental labels; building low-carbon structures; researching air quality in the buildings; and including urban agriculture in our projects.

These innovations have been made possible as a result of trust-based relationships which are built each and every day, both in Greater Paris and other large French cities, with local authorities, healthcare professionals, residents, companies and their employees. Benefiting from the support of our shareholders and engagement of our employees, they are key to the success of all our initiatives.

Number of employees who took part in the Purpose online consultation

1127

Number of employees involved in Icade's purpose definition process

500

Number of Forums organised to define the Group's purpose

4

Our 15 indicators of progress

After incorporating the strategic priorities of its Purpose into operational  roadmaps for each of its business lines, Icade defined 15 performance indicators  in late 2021 to oversee the implementation of its Purpose, and has created  a dedicated monitoring committee to this end.

Commercial Investment
  • Indicator 1

    Tenant Net Promoter Score as measured by an NPS (the Net Promoter Score measures the recommendation rate) survey. In 2023, the rate is positive.

  • Indicator 2

    Reduction in carbon intensity between 2019 and 2030 (in kg CO2/sq.m/year). Carbon intensity reduced by 35% between 2019 and 2023.

  • Indicator 3

    Proportion of offices and hotels with enhanced sustainable mobility solutions. The proportion in 2023 is 37%.

Property Development
  • Indicator 4

    Home buyer Net Promoter Score as measured by an NPS (the Net Promoter Score measures the recommendation rate) survey on project completion. This rate is positive in 2023.

  • Indicator 5

    Reduction in carbon intensity between 2019 and 2030 (in kg CO2/sq.m/year, based on a life-cycle assessment over a 50-year horizon). Carbon intensity reduced by 12% between 2019 and 2023.

  • Indicator 6

    Proportion of affordable and inclusive housing: social and intermediate housing units, low-cost and affordable home ownership units or land leases that promote affordable home ownership (BRS). The percentage of affordable and inclusive housing is 50% in 2023.

  • Indicator 7

    Number of trees planted per resident. The number of trees planted per inhabitant in 2023 is 1.

  • Indicator 8

    Proportion of housing units (one bedroom apartment or bigger) with access to an outdoor space. 100% of homes have access to outdoor space in 2023.

Finance
  • Indicator 9

    Sustainable debt as a percentage of total debt. Sustainable financing represents 65% of total debt in 2023.

Humans Resources
  • Indicator 10

    Employee Net Promoter Score as measured by an NPS(1) survey. This recommendation rate is negative in 2023.

CSR & Innovation
  • Indicator 11

    Number of innovation projects incorporated each year into day-to-day operations. 21 innovative projects have been defined for 2023.

  • Indicator 12

    Progress made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in absolute terms. Greenhouse gas emissions reduced by 21% between 2019 and 2023.