Bentall Kennedy continues to set the industry green standard, having been named World Wildlife Fund-Canada’s company of the year. Sustainability manager Melissa Jacobs, snapped at the reception with WWF-Canada CEO/ex-TO mayor David Miller (and sponsor HP Canada’s Frances Edmonds) tells us her firm got the award for its ForeverGreen tenant engagement program, which provides employees and tenants with literature, checklists, and sustainability-focused activities. Bentall Kennedy implemented ForeverGreen at its own offices, too.

Here’s Bentall Kennedy's Blue Team (its version of a green team): Kathy Segismundo, Sarah Campitelli, Ella Farias, Marissa Doongoor, Justine Mulligan, the WWF panda, Melissa Jacobs, Irene Hawkings and Jill Tate (missing: Tanya Clarke). Under the Blue Team’s guidance, Bentall Kennedy employees took part in WWF campaigns this year like National Sweater Day and Earth Hour, while a number of BK properties in Ontario supported WWF’s Arctic conservation work by raising $37k. Melissa, who joined BK just over a year ago, says she's been “blown away” to see how deeply sustainability is ingrained in Bentall Kennedy's culture.