The latest ProLogis' report documents significant progress onall three fronts. Conceding that raising the report to the level offinancial reporting is important to the company's shareholders,Jack Rizzo, managing director of global development, tellsGlobeSt.com that "employees worldwide" is the company's majoraudience for the report.

On the environmental front, 5.7 million sf of ProLogis warehousespace under design or construction is pursuing LEED certification.Projects in the UK are catching up with 3.7 million sf completed,underway or planned for BREEAM ratings, the UK equivalent of LEED,and another 2 million sf are eligible there for equal rating. ThisJanuary ProLogis committed to develop all new warehouses in the USand UK to LEED and BREEAM standards. ProLogis will retrofit between7 million and 10 million existing sf a year in the US.

As for the rest of the world, Rizzo says, "a universal standardis a long way off. This year we are coming up with our ownchecklist, a kind of global checklist regarding constructionstandards for the way to score in China and Poland, forexample."