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ESG Policy
Introduction
As a diversified developer, operator, and investment manager of top-tier real estate around the globe, Tishman Speyer is committed to making a positive impact across our portfolio, firm, and supply chain, and to building inclusive and welcoming communities in all of our markets.
With roots in a family business dating back more than 100 years, Tishman Speyer’s Guiding Principles serve as the ethical foundation for our global firm. Our core business, which can begin with land purchase and extend through decades of ongoing property ownership, must reflect the values and needs of the local communities where we invest. We adhere to the highest standards of social, employment, and environmental practices, striving to make each community in which we operate a better place to live and work. This is both a top-down mandate and an integral part of our culture as we conduct day-to-day business.
Scope
This ESG Policy applies to Tishman Speyer globally, guiding management as it makes investments and conducts business.
Strategy
To achieve the commitments outlined in this policy, Tishman Speyer has developed an ESG framework in alignment with ISO 14001, the internationally-recognized standard for environmental management, which requires the firm and our investment vehicles to:
- Establish roles, responsibilities, accountability, and resource allocation.
- Establish operational procedures to implement best practice ESG initiatives throughout day-to-day business activities.
- Work towards establishing specific, measurable, and time-dependent objectives and targets, which, alongside this policy, will be reviewed by senior management on a regular basis.
- Identify ESG-related risks and opportunities throughout the investment cycle.
- Ensure the continual improvement of ESG performance.
- Be demonstrable to stakeholders, serving as evidence of ESG practices.
- Promoting responsible consumption by actively monitoring energy, water and waste data and the associated greenhouse gas emissions.
- Minimizing our impact on the environment, including reducing energy and water consumption and decreasing waste production, through better design, technology, sustainable operating procedures, and innovative strategies that continually improve resource efficiency and performance.
- Managing the short-, mid- and long-term risks associated with changing regulatory, legislative and stakeholder requirements, as well as climate change resilience-related risks, including physical, social and transition risks.
- Controlling pollution and use of resources, while effectively addressing other impacts of our business including transportation, site selection and land use.
- Practicing sustainable procurement, including sourcing sustainable materials and products, for operating assets and new development projects by embedding ESG requirements within processes and policies.