IRT’s Mission

IRT’s mission is to provide exceptional living experiences within our multifamily apartment communities for residents and attractive returns for shareholders. Our values define the way we run our business each and every day.

People

People

Our people drive our success. We support one another and grow together.

Opportunity

Opportunity

We embrace the opportunity in change and in overcoming challenges.

Integrity

Integrity

We value and expect honesty and accountability from ourselves and one another.

Service

Service

We are committed to serving our residents, our local communities, and protecting our environment.

Excellence

Excellence

We deliver outstanding results and work to continuously improve our performance.

We believe that operating multifamily real estate communities can be conducted with a conscious regard for the environment and wider society, while also benefiting our business success and long-term value creation for our residents, associates and investors. Our core values are integrated into each of the four pillars of our sustainability strategy, which provide a framework for achieving our mission statement:

Enhancing
Residential Living

We are dedicated to pursuing excellence, providing our residents with an exceptional living experience and delivering superior customer service — all in an effort to make our residents feel “at home.”

Supporting
Our Associates

We believe that fostering a workplace built on our core values of excellence, opportunity, integrity and service is vital to our associates and our long-term success.

Managing Our Environmental Impact

We seek to lessen our environmental impact and strengthen our resilience to climate risks. We are committed to sustainable practices within our offices and throughout our communities.

Promoting Good Governance

We seek at all times to conduct our business in accordance with the highest standards of ethical conduct and regulatory compliance.

This report covers our progress in 2024 related to our sustainability strategy and management of the sustainability risks and opportunities most relevant to IRT’s business. We have aligned our report with the accounting standards published by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), now part of the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation (IFRS Foundation), related to the real estate industry. We have identified the business activities and key priority areas that best align with our strategic objectives and are most impactful on our business. Unless otherwise noted in the 2024 sustainability report, all quantitative data provided for IRT throughout this report covers our fiscal year 2024 (FY2024), reflecting data for the period from January 1 through December 31, 2024.