Paradigm is a leading not-for-profit provider of affordable housing in the South East, registered with the Regulator of Social Housing and committed to sustainability. Paradigm’s overall performance, both in terms of its financial position and the delivery of its strategic objectives, is set out in Paradigm’s Annual Report and Financial Statements. The purpose of this separate report is to make a public report for the benefit of all stakeholders about how Paradigm performs, or what it does, in relation to a common set of environmental, social and governance criteria for the housing association sector. We have also maintained a commitment to continue to build new homes, albeit at a 20% lower rate than originally intended, and to invest in our existing homes, both to ensure that they are safe and to make progress in improving the energy efficiency of our homes and reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. Paradigm provides homes in areas where market housing costs are high. For homes which are subject to rent regulation, this means that the discount of our rents to market levels is significant.