NEW YORK CITY-The Blackstone Group, Equity Office Properties and TIAA-CREF all have joined the roster of the Greenprint Foundation, an alliance of owners, investors and financial institutions committed to reducing carbon emissions across the global property industry. Greenprint CEO Charles B. Leitner says the addition of Blackstone, EOP and TIAA-CREF brings the roster to 31 firms representing $480 billion worth of assets under management.
The inclusion of the group’s three newest members, along with a recently announced alliance with the Better Building Partnership, has led Greenprint to push back the release of the second volume of its Greenprint Carbon Index to June 30. A spokeswoman for Greenprint tells GlobeSt.com the original release date was the end of March; the new schedule will allow the group to include a significant amount of additional portfolio data.
“Our growing membership further strengthens Greenprint’s goal of bringing together the world’s leading real estate owners and managers to share best practices and investigate emerging technologies,” Leitner says in a release. “Most significantly, our Greenprint Carbon Index benchmark will now include an even larger sample of the global investment real estate market.”
Blackstone and EOP are joining at the Gold Founding Level, while TIAA-CREF is coming in at the Silver Founding Level. Other Gold Founding Members of Greenprint include Aetos Capital, AvalonBay, Henderson Global Investors, Hines, Prudential Real Estate Investors and Sonae Sierra. Platinum Founding Members include Beacon Capital Partners, Douglas Emmett, GLL Real Estate Partners, Jones Lang LaSalle, LaSalle Investment Management, McArthurGlen Group, Paramount Group, PATRIZIA Immoblien, ProLogis and Rreef. Greenprint was founded in 2009.
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