Sustainability

A growing commitment to sustainability

Our company’s increasing attention to environmental issues can make a widespread impact. We are committed to making sure our employees and shopping center personnel are environmentally conscious, and are making significant strides in reducing consumption, reusing materials and recycling natural resources.

Developers Diversified is installing solar energy systems through a multi-phase deployment, starting with shopping centers in California, Colorado, New Jersey and Puerto Rico.  The systems will produce renewable energy without generating noise, pollution or greenhouse gases.

A solar energy system deployed at a Developers Diversified shopping center will avoid an estimated 3.8 million tons of carbon dioxide pollution, as well as significant amounts of nitrous oxide and methane pollutants. 

Developers Diversified has organized an internal sustainability committee, led by our Senior Vice President of Development.  The team is organizing current sustainability initiatives across the company’s multiple business areas and identifying industry best practices. 

Our company supports the International Council of Shopping Center’s (ICSC) Sustainable Energy and Environmental Design (SEED) initiative to survey and support sustainable construction. The SEED program encompasses education, best practices, recognition, conferences, publications and legislation to promote sustainable building and business practices.

For more information about our efforts and those of the shopping center industry as a whole, click here or email us at sustainability@ddr.com.