ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL & GOVERNANCE
CoStar Group is committed to building and maintaining a foundation on responsible environmental, social and governance practices that drive value for our people, communities and shareholders.Our Commitment
Transformation and Empowerment
Moving us forward
Operational Efficiency
We are committed to developing resilience and efficiencies into our workplaces to conserve resources and use energy responsibly.
- CoStar Group locates offices in buildings that are LEED certified or Energy/Star rated.
- CoStar Group's Field Research fleet is comprised of eco-friendly electric and hybrid vehicles.
- The corporate headquarters and larger corporate offices provide an open work environment, utilizing daylight that harvests technology to control light levels — optimizing energy savings.
- Mass transit subsidies are provided to employees to utilize public transportation, reducing CO2 emissions.


Sustainability
Protecting the future of our planet is at the heart of our sustainability efforts at CoStar Group.
- Healthy habits for our employees are supported with the elimination of vending machines, stocking pantries and kitchens that provide healthy snacks and organic fruits and vegetables.
- Our workspaces are outfitted with water coolers that use 3-level reverse osmosis filtrations, eliminating plastic bottle waste.
- All company computer equipment is Energy Star rated and utilizes automated power controls to drive energy efficiency.
- Green roof gardens are used in the corporate headquarters to minimize heat gain by capturing rain run-off.
Industry stewardship
CoStar, our subscription-based integrated platform for commercial real estate intelligence, provides users with green rating certifications on buildings.
- Customers can identify properties that are Energy Star, BREEAM, and LEED certified.
- Users can also add Flood Risk layers to any map search to assess potential risks associated with a property.
- With CoStar News, subscribers receive news coverage on sustainability and leadership in healthy building environments.
- 100% of CoStar subscribers have access to green rating sustainability data.

By the numbers:
1.7M
square feet LEED and/or Energy Star rated planned and occupied office space
400+
electric and hybrid research fleet vehicles
1 in 5
employees are ERG members
50%
of electricity consumed at our colocated data centers came from renewable energy sources
Data through December 2023