Tour of Weststar Tower at Hunt Plaza
Plus ESG Lunch and Learn
Monday, Sept. 16, 2024
10 AM - 12:30 PM (MDT)
601 N. Mesa
El Paso, TX 79901
Tour: WestStar Tower
Join USGBC Texas for a tour of WestStar Tower, developed by Hunt Companies to serve as their corporate headquarters. In 2022 this project achieved Silver certification from LEED, the most widely used green building rating system in the world and an international symbol of excellence. Through design, construction and operations practices that improve environmental and human health, LEED-certified buildings are helping to make the world more sustainable.
Some specific measures that were taken at WestStar Tower included indoor and outdoor water-use reduction strategies, recycling of building materials, optimizing energy performance resulting in a 20.5% energy savings, and the use of low-emitting materials.
Following the tour Hunt's Sr. Vice President for Sustainability will discuss how this project ties into their overall corporate goals.
Lunch Presentation: ESG in Practice
Beginning at 11:30 MDT
Matt Hunt will present on the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) vision that drives them to achieve continuous improvement and remain a leader in corporate responsibility in the sectors and businesses in which it operates, and endeavors to live up to our stakeholders’ expectations through resilience, transparency, value creation, and giving back to our communities.
Hunt Companies' dedication to institutionalizing an ESG (Environmental Social Governance) program at the corporate level is a mission-driven effort led by evolving corporate polices, inclusive governance structures, and historical performance. Hunt’s mission is to analyze, integrate, and implement an enterprise-wide ESG program focused on and adapted to an evolving business footprint and risk profile.
The program is founded on four key priorities which are:
About Hunt:
Based in El Paso, Texas, Hunt Companies is a diversified, family-owned holding company that invests in operating businesses, real estate assets, and infrastructure assets. Since our founding in 1947, Hunt’s size and scope have grown substantially while gaining considerable expertise across multiple real asset sectors. Hunt provides development, investment, management and finance services to support the entire real estate lifecycle. Hunt and our affiliates’ activities range from managing and financing multifamily and affordable housing projects, to developing commercial real estate and master planned communities, as well as leading social infrastructure and construction projects and investing in future-facing technologies.
