Gentoo Group has been announced as the latest housing association to adopt the Sustainability Reporting Standard for Social Housing (SRS).

Gentoo is a major social landlord based in North East England where it provides homes for more than 60,000 people.

Peter Lenehan, Executive Director of Finance Gentoo Group, said: “We are delighted to join the SRS community.

“As a housing organisation, we are committed to delivering our ESG objectives to our customers, communities, colleagues and stakeholders. We are looking forward to working closely with the wider ESG network to make positive changes within the sector.”

Brendan Sarsfield, Chair of SfH, said: “We are glad that Gentoo sees the benefits of working collaboratively and speaking with a collective voice on ESG matters.

“We look forward to working with the team as they report their ESG performance against the Standard over the coming years.”