Fulya Kocak

The past two years have been transformative for ESG issues in the United States and around the world. Here are just a few key ESG issues for the industry to watch in 2022.

In early 2021, WPG town centers are serving as COVID-19 vaccination sites, including a formerly vacant 80,000-square-foot anchor space that is now home to a vaccination megahub at Morgantown Mall, in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Vornado Realty Trust believes that consistent health programming and communications protocols not only mitigate health risks within its buildings, but they also create a responsible behavior framework for employees, tenants and visitors to consider elsewhere in their daily lives.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are longstanding elements of Ventas, Inc.'s ESG principles.

Regency Centers Corporation seeks to constantly improve its Corporate Responsibility program and environmental impact by advancing sustainable operations and resource use initiatives, as well as by reinforcing climate resilience at its properties.

ESG is integrated into every level of Prologis, Inc.'s business, and it continually looks for ways to engage with customers to deliver best-in-class solutions that meet sustainability goals and create value.

Physicians Realty Trust's ESG program aligns with the company's mission "to help medical providers, developers, and shareholders realize better health care, better communities, and better returns."

Kimco Realty Corporation is committed to the health and safety of its tenants, associates, vendors, shoppers, and community members in the areas its centers serve.

Beyond continuing its supply chain engagement and improvement efforts, Kilroy Realty Corporation has the goal of reducing the embodied carbon of its construction materials 30% by 2030, and 50% by 2050.

In National Landing, JBG SMITH is intensely focused on physical placemaking, cultivating a vibrant, amenity-rich, and walkable mixed-use neighborhood for people who live, work, play, and learn there.

In 2020, Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. achieved 100% net zero carbon across all operations through a combination of energy efficiency, on-site renewables, off-site renewables, and carbon offsets.