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SPECIFIC STANDARD DISCLOSURE

ETHICS AND INTEGRITY

REFERENCE

Simon company website for Simon core values: careers.simon.com/corevalues.aspx Simon’s Code of Business Conduct & Ethics guidelines lay out the ethical principles and policies created to deal with issues such as bribery, investments, political contributions, equal employment opportunity, confidentiality, and proprietary information. Simon is committed to being a responsible and law abiding citizen and all employees are to abide by these principles. Code of conduct training is completed by all employees. Managers are encouraged to discuss ethics and integrity topics with employees on a regular basis. Simon’s Code of Business Conduct & Ethics guidelines describes the means and methods by which employees are expected to report to potential violations. These include reporting to employees’ immediate supervisors, or reporting anonymously through a twenty-four hour, year-round fraud hotline.

Economic GRI INDICATOR DESCRIPTION

REFERENCE

UNIT OF MEASUREMENT

Direct economic value generated and distributed

Annual Report 2015

G4-EC1

Financial implications and other risks and opportunities for the organization’s activities due to climate change

Simon CDP Report 2015

Describe the organization’s values, principles, standards and norms of behavior such as codes of conduct and codes of ethics

G4-EC2

G4-56

Environment Energy GRI INDICATOR DESCRIPTION

REFERENCE

UNIT OF MEASUREMENT

Energy

G4-DMA Disclosure on management approach

EN 3

ENERGY CONSUMPTION WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION

Report the internal and external mechanisms for seeking advice on ethical and lawful behavior, and matters related to organizational integrity

G4-57

Total fuel consumption from non-renewable sources (incudes diesel, gasoline, natural gas, and propane) Total fuel consumption from renewable fuel sources (includes ethanol blends such as E10 and E85)

387,112

GJ

A

3,366

GJ

B

C

Report the internal and external mechanisms for reporting concerns about unethical or unlawful behavior, and matters related to organizational integrity, such as escalation through line management, whistleblowing mechanisms or hotlines

Breakdown of total consumption Electricity consumption

G4-58

2,663,064

GJ GJ GJ

Cooling consumption Steam consumption

146,276

0

Energy sold

N/A

D

Total energy consumption

3,199,819

GJ

E

Methodology

Standards, methodologies, and assumptions used

F

Methodology

Source of the conversion factors used

G

EN 4

ENERGY CONSUMPTION OUTSIDE OF THE ORGANIZATION

Energy consumed outside of the organization (Excludes fuels from employee commuting. Available for downstream leased assets and rental vehicles)

3,646,617

GJ

A

Methodology

Standards, methodologies, and assumptions used

B

Methodology

Source of the conversion factors used

C

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, INC.

SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2015