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title: Sustainability Roundtable Inc. Recognized Bentall Kennedy as SBER’s Outstanding Landlord 2013
description: "At SR Inc’s Q4 Executive Symposium on Sustainable Optimization and Innovation: Advanced Sustainability Strategy held at Member-Client Nokia’s campus in San Diego, Bentall Kennedy was recognized as the “Sustainable Business & Enterprise Roundtable’s Outstanding Landlord 2013,” for its outstanding leadership in the move to sustainable high-performance portfolio-wide, particularly regarding employee and tenant engagement, enhanced governance […]"
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# [Sustainability Roundtable Inc. Recognized Bentall Kennedy as SBER’s Outstanding Landlord 2013](https://sustainround.com/blog/sber-outstanding-landlord-2013)

 Written by [Admin](https://sustainround.com/blog/author/admin) | Jan 16, 2014 7:09:57 PM

Bentall Kennedy’s Newport Tower in Jersey City, NJ; Source: Bentall Kennedy 2013 Corporate Responsibility Summary.

At SR Inc’s [Q4 Executive Symposium on Sustainable Optimization and Innovation: Advanced Sustainability Strategy](https://www.sustainround.com/events/sber-q4-executive-symposium-2/) held at Member-Client [Nokia](http://www.nokia.com/us-en/)’s campus in San Diego, [Bentall Kennedy](https://bentallkennedy.com/) was recognized as the “Sustainable Business & Enterprise Roundtable’s Outstanding Landlord 2013,” for its outstanding leadership in the move to sustainable high-performance portfolio-wide, particularly regarding employee and tenant engagement, enhanced governance structure, a focus on transit-oriented development, and setting goals for continuous improvement.

SR Inc chose Bentall Kennedy as Outstanding Landlord 2013 due to its outstanding corporate-wide approach to sustainability, specifically, its:

- Ongoing commitment to energy efficiency projects
- Development of a methodology to integrate information on environmental performance into external appraisals and valuation process
- Aim to increase sustainability alignment among brokers, construction teams, and designers
- Leveraging of a comprehensive Tenant Improvement Manual to promote greater alignment with and certification under LEED-CI
- Executive support for a long-term sustainability vision that includes goals like energy cost reductions portfolio-wide and improved tenant wellbeing

For years, Bentall Kennedy has been an industry-leading landlord in the realm of sustainability. Currently, $6.9 billion of Bentall Kennedy’s assets are LEED certified or better. The company uses sustainability KPIs to assess performance of divisions, reports to senior management on a quarterly basis, and participates in external reporting frameworks CDP, GRI, and GRESB.

This past year, sustainability highlights within Bentall Kennedy’s organization include prioritizing transit-oriented development and central business district (CBD) locations for new acquisitions and projects, implementing zero waste and composting programs in pilot sites, and the creation of a Sustainability Innovation Committee tasked with reviewing new technologies and services.

*If you are a landlord who is seeking to become a leader in the realm of sustainability, we’d love to hear from you. Please check out our** *[*Digital Library*](https://www.sustainround.com/library/?q=SRIncDocs)* **for full reports of related research, or reach out to your SR Inc advisor directly. To find out about SR Inc membership, please** *[*contact us*](https://www.sustainround.com/blog/info@sustainround.com)*.*

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