FRANKLIN, Tenn., May 21, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Community Healthcare Trust Incorporated (NYSE:
CHCT) (the "Company") today announced the release of its inaugural
Corporate Sustainability Report for the year 2023. This
comprehensive report highlights the Company's commitment to
environmental stewardship, social responsibility, and good
governance practices (ESG). The report is aligned with the Global
Reporting Initiative (GRI) and can be found on the Corporate
Responsibility page of the Company's Investor Relations section of
its website at www.chct.reit.
"Our dedication to sustainability is deeply embedded in our
corporate culture, guiding our decision-making processes and
driving us to continuously improve and innovate," said David H. Dupuy, Community Healthcare Trust
Incorporated's President and Chief Executive Officer. "Together, we
are building a future where responsible and sustainable business
practices lead the way to a better world."
Key Highlights of the Report:
While this inaugural Corporate Sustainability Report
showcases our ESG progress to date, it is also a blueprint for
future sustainability endeavors, outlining our newly created goals,
strategies, and targets for the years ahead.
- Short and long-term Environmental, Social, and Governance
goals
- Environmental performance for our corporate office and real
estate portfolio
- Sustainability initiatives implemented in our corporate office
and real estate portfolio
- Strategies and policies implemented to guide us in our
sustainability journey
- Employee engagement and diversity, equity, and inclusion
metrics
- Tenant and community engagement programs
- Governance practices to ensure and improve transparency,
accountability, and ethical conduct
About Community Healthcare Trust Incorporated
Community Healthcare Trust Incorporated is a real estate
investment trust that focuses on owning income-producing real
estate properties associated primarily with the delivery of
outpatient healthcare services in our target sub-markets throughout
the United States.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking
Statements
In addition to the historical information contained within,
the matters discussed in this press release may contain
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, pursuant to the safe
harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Forward-looking statements are generally identifiable by
use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes", "expects",
"may", "will," "should", "seeks", "approximately", "intends",
"plans", "estimates", "anticipates" or other similar words or
expressions, including the negative thereof. Forward-looking
statements are based on certain assumptions and can include future
expectations, future plans and strategies, financial and operating
projections or other forward-looking information. Such
forward-looking statements reflect management's current beliefs and
are based on information currently available to management. Because
forward-looking statements relate to future events, they are
subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in
circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are
outside of the control of Community Healthcare Trust Incorporated
(the "Company"). Thus, the Company's actual results and financial
condition may differ materially from those indicated in such
forward-looking statements. Some factors that might cause such a
difference include the following: general volatility of the capital
markets and the market price of the Company's common stock, changes
in the Company's business strategy, availability, terms and
deployment of capital, the Company's ability to refinance existing
indebtedness at or prior to maturity on favorable terms, or at all,
changes in the real estate industry in general, interest rates or
the general economy, adverse developments related to the healthcare
industry, changes in governmental regulations, the degree and
nature of the Company's competition, the ability to consummate
acquisitions under contract, catastrophic or extreme weather and
other natural events and the physical effects of climate change,
the occurrence of cyber incidents, effects on global and national
markets as well as businesses resulting from increased inflation,
rising interest rates, supply chain disruptions, labor conditions,
the conflict between Russia and
Ukraine, and/or new and ongoing
hostilities between Israel and
Hamas, and the other factors described in the section entitled
"Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2023, and the
Company's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
from time to time. Readers are therefore cautioned not to place
undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained herein
which speak only as of the date hereof. The Company intends these
forward-looking statements to speak only as of the time of this
press release and undertakes no obligation to update
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future developments, or otherwise, except as may be required by
law.
CONTACT: Bill Monroe,
615-771-3052
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