Environmental Strategy & Results
Case Study: Mitigating Risks to Biodiversity Loss With Beekeeping
Case Study: Mitigating Risks to Biodiversity Loss With Beekeeping Biodiversity loss poses alarming risk to our communities. Seeing the growing attention this issue has received, we're supporting biodiversity wherever and whenever possible. Our teams launched an exciting mitigation measure with bees.
Bees are crucial to biodiversity around the globe. Due to a complex mix of parasites, poor nutrition, habitat destruction, pollution, pesticides and climate change, they’ve been dying off at record rates. Our new beekeeping initiative with Alvéole mitigates risk to biodiversity loss in our communities. We adopted 1.1 million bees who live in hives across six cities at twelve of the company’s properties.
At 350 N Orleans in Chicago, we invited beehives onto our 5,000-square-foot rooftop patio and planted pollinator-friendly plants that would serve as the ideal ecosystem for the bees. Local artists painted the beehives in harmony with the Art of the Neighborhood initiative. The bees became a talking point with tenants, not only at 350 North Orleans but across all 12 locations where they live.
1.1
million bees.
30
in-person or remote bee workshops this year.
12
locations across six cities.
300+
people engaged with the bee initiative.
22
bee hives.
660
pounds of honey harvested.
2,200 153
square miles pollinated.
Senior Property Manager Marisol Olvera looks at EQ's beehives at 350 North Orleans. Photo credit Alveole.
EQ Office
ESG Report 2020–2021
jars of local, raw honey produced and distributed.