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Sustainability Strategy

Sustainability that protects value and earns capital.

No matter where we come from, what we do to our buildings shapes the air, water, and climate every community shares. BES partners with owners to turn that responsibility into measurable action — ESG reporting, green building certifications, climate-risk modeling, and net-zero strategy engineered for the NYC market.

Five pillars

A complete sustainability operating model.

Sustainability is no longer a marketing layer — it underwrites refinancing, leasing velocity, and regulatory exposure. BES integrates ESG, certification, resilience, and decarbonization under one accountable team.

Pillar 01
ESG Reporting

GRESB, CDP, SASB, and TCFD-aligned disclosure programs with verified GHG inventories (Scopes 1, 2, 3) and assurance-ready data.

Pillar 02
Green Building Certifications

LEED v4 / v4.1 (BD+C, O+M, ID+C), WELL, Fitwel, and ENERGY STAR certification — registration, modeling, and submission management.

Pillar 03
Climate Risk & Resilience

Physical and transition risk assessments, flood + heat exposure modeling, and resilience capital planning aligned to NYC PlaNYC and OneNYC frameworks.

Pillar 04
Net-Zero Strategy

Science-Based Targets (SBTi), embodied-carbon analysis, electrification glidepaths, and offset / REC strategy mapped to LL97 trajectories.

Pillar 05
Tenant & Stakeholder Engagement

Green lease language, tenant sub-metering, occupant engagement programs, and investor-grade sustainability narratives.

Frameworks & certifications

Fluent across every reporting standard institutional capital expects.

LEED

v4 / v4.1 BD+C, O+M, ID+C, ND, Cities & Communities

WELL

v2 health & wellness certification across portfolios

GRESB

Real Estate & Infrastructure benchmark submissions

ENERGY STAR

Certification at 75+ score, year-over-year tracking

Fitwel

Health-impact scorecards for commercial assets

SBTi

Science-Based Targets validation & pathway design

TCFD

Climate-related financial disclosure alignment

CDP

Climate, Water & Supply Chain disclosure management

Start Your Engagement

The penalty period is here.
Let's engineer the path through it.

Share your property details and BES will return a no-obligation LL97 exposure summary, recommended audit pathway, and incentive eligibility within five business days.