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title: Regency Receives 2020 Green Lease Leader Award for Sustainability
description: Regency was recently honored with the 2020 Green Lease Leader Award for its commitment to company-wide sustainability practices.
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# [Regency Receives 2020 Green Lease Leader Award for Sustainability](https://connect.regencycenters.com/blog/regency-receives-2020-green-lease-leader-award-for-sustainability)

 Written by [Regency Centers](https://connect.regencycenters.com/blog/author/regency-centers) | Jun 8

Regency received the 2020 [Green Lease Leader](https://www.greenleaseleaders.com/)award. Granted by the Institute for Market Transformation and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Alliance, the honor recognizes forward-thinking companies and real estate practitioners who break down barriers to high-performance buildings by revolutionizing leases to incorporate energy efficiency and sustainability.

This recognition is a result of Regency Centers' commitment and dedication to implementing sustainability practices including the [Tenant Sustainability Guide](https://regcorpweb.blob.core.windows.net/sitefinityfiles/docs/default-source/corporate-responsibility/tenant-sustainability-guide.pdf?sfvrsn=70536732_2), which is provided to merchants upon commencement of their lease and contains tips and advice on how to be more sustainable.

The Green Lease Leaders program is a reflection of dozens of conversations with commercial, retail, and industrial real estate leaders and other leasing stakeholders, as well as market progress in green, also known as "energy- and water-aligned" or "high-performance" leasing. The cumulative floor area managed by Green Lease Leaders is now nearly 3 billion square feet, representing a huge potential for growth in green leases.

> We work with our merchants to make our centers sustainable, which is a key piece of our environmental stewardship program,” said [Kirrin Winning, Senior Manager, Corporate Responsibility.](https://www.regencycenters.com/employee/2730/Kirrin-Winning) “And we will continue to find ways to partner with our merchants in this important area.

*Regency's The Village at La Floresta shopping center in Brea, CA*

> It’s an honor to be recognized as a Green Lease Leader,” said [Mark Peternell, Vice President of Sustainability](https://www.regencycenters.com/employee/1637/Mark-Peternell). “By structuring our leases to better align incentives for sustainability and energy efficiency, we are helping the entire shopping center to reduce its environmental impact.

*Regency's The Market at Springwoods Village shopping center in Spring, TX*

Learn more about the Green Lease Leader award [here](https://www.greenleaseleaders.com/).

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