PERFORMANCE REVIEW Sustainability continued Male Male % Female Female % Total Board 6 60% 4 40% 10 Management 43 65.2% 23 34.8% 66 All other employees 1,030 53.3% 901 46.7% 1,931* Total 1,073 53.7% 924 46.3% 1,997 GENDER SPLIT SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING Our Sustainability Report includes detailed data in line with the European Public Real Estate Association Sustainability Best Practice Reporting Guidelines (EPRA sBPR) and in 2025 we retained a Silver EPRA sBPR award for FY24 reporting. Climate- related risks are disclosed in line with TCFD and CFD on page 63. We also disclose to CDP, earning an A rating in 2025, see www.cdp.net/en/data/scores, and to the Global Real Estate Social matters Our Resident Ambassador programme provides peer-to-peer support for students www.unitegroup.com/ articles/resident-ambassadors-student-community. Our Positive Impact programme encourages our people and teams to work with local stakeholders on community impact initiatives www.unitegroup.com/sustainability. Market overview focuses on social trends, page 4. The Unite Group is the principal supporter of the Unite Foundation, the only charity that provides a home at university for estranged and care-experienced students, https://www.unitegroup.com/sustainability/the- unite-foundation and a signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant www.unitegroup.com/articles/unite-students- care-leaver-covenant. Support to Stay, our innovative student support framework is designed to align with universities’ processes for supporting students with mental health and wider wellbeing, www.unitegroup.com/articles/student- support-to-stay-unite-students. NON-FINANCIAL AND SUSTAINABILITY INFORMATION STATEMENT CONTINUED Environmental matters The Sustainability Committee oversees our sustainability framework, which sets out clear objectives and our progress in respect of environmental, social and governance matters. It also considers our supply chain network. You can read more on page 45 and at www.unitegroup.com/sustainability. TCFD and CFD page 63. Our Net Zero Carbon Pathway sets out our approach and commitments to transitioning to net zero carbon, www.unitegroup.com/sustainability/our-net-zero-pathway. Our energy and carbon reporting aligns with requirements of the Streamlined Energy & Carbon Reporting, page 49. For wider environmental impact details of other environmental performance metrics, targets and activity, see www.unitegroup.com/sustainability. Our sustainable construction framework sets out our approach to the sustainable design and construction of new purpose-built student accommodation, refurbishments and retrofits. It will also inform how we procure new net-zero developments, see www.unitegroup.com/building-sustainably. EPRA and sBPR Further environmental, social and governance performance is also reported in line with EPRA sBPR guidelines in our separate Sustainability Report https://www.unitegroup.com/sustainability-report-2025 . Health and Safety The Health & Safety Committee monitor our Health & Safety performance and oversee our Health & Safety strategy to help keep people safe and secure across our operational buildings and development sites, page 110. Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), retaining our 4-star GRESB rating for standing-assets and achieved a 5-star rating for new development. Our GRESB scorecard is available at www. unitegroup.com/sustainability/policies-documentation-2. We are outside of scope of EU CSRD reporting and expect to report in line with the proposed UK Sustainability Reporting Standard S1 and S2 in due course as required. THE UNITE GROUP PLC Annual Report and Accounts 2025 48 STRATEGIC REPORT