Rich Tesler is an MA candidate at Steinhardt, New York University, and a Net Impact member. He is a 2010 EDF Climate Corps fellow at SunGard Data Systems Inc.
For large companies, every year may bring lease renewals, relocations and consolidations, offering a window of opportunity for improving operating costs and performance at low to no marginal cost. Integrating sustainability considerations and sustainability personnel into the site selection and lease negotiation processes is increasingly becoming an industry best practice, and typically leads to cost and performance benefits.