Carbon Footprint

In February 2007, ProLogis became the first real estate company in the world to join the Chicago Climate Exchange, the world’s first voluntary greenhouse gas emissions reduction and carbon credit trading program. As an associate member, the company committed to measuring and offsetting its operational “carbon footprint” through 2010.

A carbon footprint is the measure in metric tons of the greenhouse gas emissions generated by and associated with business operations.  For ProLogis, this includes emission from running our offices and from our business transportation. ProLogis offset its 2006 operational footprint in the U.S.—8,378 metric tons—and also identified further ways to save energy, such as lowering HVAC operating hours at its headquarters. The company then expanded its offset goals to include all of its business operations around the world; in 2007, the offset footprint was 14,881 metric tons.

But ProLogis’ focus on carbon footprint reduction extends beyond its own operations to that of our customers in our buildings. Learn more about some of the lowest carbon footprint distribution centers in existence in our project profiles.