2024 was a relatively quiet year for Balder in terms of financial position and stability. Throughout the year, the company focused on developing its daily operations, taking care of customers and properties, and further strengthening its financing.

"After five years of pandemic, war, inflation, higher interest rates and a weaker economy, Balder has emerged a stronger company. This is the result of a lot of hard work by all our coworkers, and a receipt of the resilience in our business model and balance sheet," says CEO Erik Selin.

Last year Balder's sustainability reporting took a major step towards the new reporting standards, ESRS. This work was further developed during 2024 in order to achieve full compliance in the report for 2025, in accordance with the EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).

"Balder's sustainability work shall be compassionate, business-driven, and rational. We have a long-term approach and focus on sustainability issues where we have the greatest opportunity to influence and prioritise measures to future-proof our operations. In 2024, for instance, Balder adopted a Group-wide climate roadmap to clarify actions needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the pace required to achieve the company's climate targets. Balder also continues to make social investments in community development, driven by the belief that we can create real change," says Klara Appelqvist, Head of Sustainability at Balder.

Some key sustainability results from Balder's Annual and Sustainability report 2024:

• Balder's climate emissions have decreased by 27% since 2022, and efforts continue in line with the company's climate roadmap.
   
• With over 3,000 charging points for electric and hybrid vehicles at Balder's properties, the conditions for employees and customers to travel fossil-free are improving.
   
• Solar energy production continues to increase, from 1,656 MWh/year in 2023 to 3,413 MWh/year in 2024.
   
• The share of Balder's turnover aligned with the EU Taxonomy has increased for three years in a row and now stands at 18%.

Balder's Annual and Sustainability Report, as well as the property list, is available in Swedish and English for downloading on www.balder.se. The Swedish report is also available in European Single Electronic Format (ESEF).

For further information, please contact:  
Erik Selin, CEO, tel. +46 (0)31-10 95 92, erik.selin@balder.se
Eva Sigurgeirsdottir, Director of Economy, tel. +46 (0)31-10 99 13, eva.sigurgeirsdottir@balder.se

This information is information that Fastighets AB Balder (publ) is obliged to make public pursuant to the Securities Markets Act. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact persons set out above, at 16:00 CET on 8 April 2025.