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Sotherly Hotels Inc..

SOHO.US | Real estate activities with own or leased property

Sotherly Hotels Inc. is a self-managed and self-administered lodging REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) focused on the acquisition, renovation, up-branding and repositioning of upscale to upper-upscale full-service hotels in the Southern United States. The company operates primarily through hotel o...Show More

Ethical Profile

Mixed.

Sotherly Hotels Inc. presents a mixed ethical profile. The company increased its cybersecurity budget to $780,000 in 2024 and invested $350,000 in encryption. However, reports suggest a reliance on third-party cybersecurity management and a lack of a dedicated incident response plan for its own data systems, raising data protection concerns. On waste reduction, Sotherly achieved a 27.4% diversion and 19.6% recycling rate in 2023, investing $890,000 in waste management. Still, the hotel industry's inherent waste means much goes to landfills. Information on sustainable products, fair pay, ethical sourcing, and community engagement is largely unavailable.

Value Scores

Better Health for All0
-100100
Fair Money & Economic Opportunity0
-100100
Fair Pay & Worker Respect50
-100100
Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing0
-100100
Honest & Fair Business0
-100100
Kind to Animals0
-100100
No War, No Weapons0
-100100
Planet-Friendly Business0
-100100
Respect for Cultures & Communities0
-100100
Safe & Smart Tech-40
-100100
Zero Waste & Sustainable Products-30
-100100

Better Health for All

0

No evidence available to assess Sotherly Hotels Inc. on Better Health for All.

Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

0

Sotherly Hotels Inc. is a lodging REIT that owns and manages hotels.

1
Its core business does not involve offering lending, deposit, or other financial services to consumers. Therefore, all KPIs related to financial products, consumer credit, financial literacy, and financial inclusion are not applicable to the company's operations. The company does not generate or manage customer finance data, nor does it operate financial service access points.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

50

Sotherly Hotels Inc. reported a CEO to median employee pay ratio of 2:1 for fiscal year 2024.

1
The company's Code of Business Conduct, effective 2023, prohibits discrimination in employment based on various protected characteristics and expects employees to maintain a healthy and safe working environment.
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It also provides a third-party hotline for anonymous reporting of concerns.
3

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

0

No specific, concrete evidence was found across the provided articles for any of the KPIs related to Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing for Sotherly Hotels Inc. The articles either explicitly state a lack of data for these metrics

1
or discuss general industry topics or financial performance without providing company-specific information relevant to the scoring rubric.

Honest & Fair Business

0

No evidence available to assess Sotherly Hotels Inc. on Honest & Fair Business.

Kind to Animals

0

No specific, concrete data points were found in the provided articles for Sotherly Hotels Inc. (SOHO.US) regarding any of the 'Kind to Animals' KPIs. The articles either discuss other companies, general industry trends without specific SOHO.US data, or explicitly state that no relevant information for SOHO.US is present.

1
As a real estate investment trust, SOHO.US is not directly involved in animal product manufacturing, sourcing, or testing, making many of these metrics not applicable to its core business model.
2

No War, No Weapons

0

Sotherly Hotels Inc. is a lodging REIT focused on hotel ownership and management.

1
The provided articles, including annual reports, proxy statements, governance documents, and codes of business conduct, contain no specific information or data related to arms manufacturing, military contracts, dual-use technology, sales to sanctioned regimes, peacebuilding initiatives, or any other activities relevant to the 'No War, No Weapons' ethical value. Therefore, all KPIs are omitted due to a lack of explicit evidence in the provided materials.

Planet-Friendly Business

0

No specific, quantifiable data for Sotherly Hotels Inc. (SOHO.US) was found in the provided articles that directly maps to the quantitative thresholds of the Planet-Friendly Business KPIs. While one article mentioned the introduction of shampoo, conditioner, and body wash dispensers at The Georgian Terrace, saving over 200,000 bottles from landfills annually,

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this specific volume could not be translated into a percentage of total waste diverted as required by the rubric's waste diversion rate KPI, nor was it stated as a company-wide initiative. Other articles either explicitly stated no relevant data was found for the company or provided only industry-wide statistics that could not be attributed to Sotherly Hotels Inc. specifically.
2

Respect for Cultures & Communities

0

No evidence available to assess Sotherly Hotels Inc. on Respect for Cultures & Communities.

Safe & Smart Tech

-40

Sotherly Hotels Inc. allocated $780,000 to its cybersecurity budget in 2024.

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This represents approximately 1.75% of its 2023 total revenue of $44.6 million.
2
The company's cybersecurity investment increased by 22% compared to 2023.
3

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

-30

In 2023, the company achieved a waste diversion rate of 27.4%.

1

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