Managing our Impact

[SO1; EN14] When ProLogis enters a community, we often take part in studies and engagement mechanisms with the communities. As part of our analysis and due diligence, we complete development and environmental impact analyses that enable us to do some or all the following:

• Estimate the total number of jobs to be created and new tax revenues to be generated as a result of the development.
• Conduct traffic studies to estimate the total number of vehicle and truck trips for each development.
• Develop traffic plans in conjunction with municipalities to efficiently manage traffic flows in order to minimize impacts to the surrounding community.
• Minimize any adverse impacts from light or glare.
• Attend community planning meetings to address and respond to citizen and government questions and concerns.
• Develop storm water management plans to properly control runoff quality and quantity, which includes treating run-off from impervious surfaces such as parking lots prior to discharge.
• Determine whether the development will impact any wetlands and if so, apply appropriate mitigation efforts so there is no net decrease in wetland quality or quantity.
• Verify whether any endangered plant and animal species will be impacted by our development and if so, change our development plans so the threat is eliminated and the species is not negatively impacted.

In response to public infrastructure concerns from the City of Pataskala in Ohio, which was responsible for approving phase two of development at ProLogis Park 70-Etna, ProLogis committed to providing new tax revenue for public infrastructure projects as well as support the activities of the local school district. This included a donation to the Southwest Licking Education Foundation, which will be used for education-enhancing and scholarship purposes; a donation to the Township for the new Etna Township Hall; and, other school levy donations. It also included public infrastructure improvements, which will be reimbursed over a period of time.

[EN13] During the remodeling of two lakes at The Bridge, a ProLogis mixed-use development in England, we worked to restore the habitat for a water vole population - Arvicola terrestris – that would have been impacted by the modifications. In addition to transplanting reeds, sowing grass seeds and planting native shrubs, we ensured the banks of the lakes were formed with a minimum of two meters of clay fill, which is ideal for water vole burrows. We also installed pre-planted coir matting along the southern bank of the south lake, which supports vegetation growth, protects the banks against erosion and creates an ideal foraging and burrowing environment for the voles. ProLogis completed the transformation in conjunction with its joint venture partner at The Bridge, Dartford Borough Council, and Natural England, a division of the public sector of the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.