While a corporate real estate portfolio is part of your company's asset base, for many companies it operates like an expense. However, outstanding companies are able to turn their CRE portfolio from an expensive necessity into a strategic asset and long-term contributor to profitability.

There's a reason environmental sustainability is called being "green." Done right, it doesn't just help the Earth. It also can help turn get your bottom line out of the red and save more green for your company. As a tenant, you can make environmental sustainability a part of your corporate real estate strategy in two ways. First, you can demand environmentally sustainable options in the buildings that you occupy. Second, you can become a more sustainable applicant of any building.