Industry-leading CSO joins JLL to succeed Richard Batten upon his retirement
CHICAGO, Sept. 28,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JLL (NYSE: JLL) announced today
the appointment of Erin Meezan as
the firm's new Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) effective
October 1 reporting to Guy Grainger, global Head of Sustainability
Services & ESG. She will be responsible for growing JLL's
sustainability program, continuing its reputation as a purpose-led
organization and its commitment to playing a leading role in
sustainable real estate operations. Meezan succeeds Richard Batten, upon his retirement.
Meezan joins JLL with more than 19 years of sustainability
experience. In her role as Chief Sustainability Officer at
Interface, Inc., she led and surpassed company goals to achieve
carbon neutrality across all product lines, developed its strategy
to achieve a carbon-negative enterprise by 2040 and achieved early
success in its 25-year sustainability mission to have no
environmental impact by 2020.
"We welcome Erin as the new Chief Sustainability Officer who
will build on the work JLL Is unlocking for climate action in built
environments, leading us towards our goal of shaping the future of
real estate for a better world," said Grainger.
"JLL is a leader in the real estate industry, establishing
ambitious net zero carbon and alternative energy goals and helping
clients reach theirs," said Meezan. "I am looking forward to
helping JLL achieve its ambitious goals, and throughout our
progress at JLL, showing the pathway for the rest of the industry
and our clients to follow."
Meezan has a Masters in Environmental Law and a Juris Doctorate
from Vermont Law School, and a
Bachelors of Arts from Michigan State
University. She is a founding member of the advisory board
for the Sustainable Entrepreneurship MBS program at the
University of Vermont's Grossman School of Business and a guest faculty
member for the Executive Education for Sustainable Leadership
Program at Harvard University.
Batten took on the CSO role in January
2017, having focused on advising investor clients on
commercial property. In addition to his role as CSO, Batten is an
advisor on the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), Net Zero
Expert Advisory Group, and sits on the Bloomberg Green Council,
previously representing JLL's efforts to drive climate action in
the built environment.
"I want to thank Richard for his contributions over the last
five years as an invaluable leader helping transform the way our
company and our clients view sustainability, embedding it as a key
pillar of our business," said Grainger.
Batten was recognized in March
2022 as #5 of the Top 10 CSOs of global organizations by
Sustainability Magazine and won the IR Magazine 2022 ESG
Integration Award for Best ESG by a senior management team. He also
created and now manages the HUGE Partnership to educate children in
Uganda and founded the JLL
Property Triathlon, raising nearly $5
million for local charities in the UK.
About JLL
JLL (NYSE: JLL) is a leading professional services firm that
specializes in real estate and investment management. JLL shapes
the future of real estate for a better world by using the most
advanced technology to create rewarding opportunities, amazing
spaces and sustainable real estate solutions for our clients, our
people and our communities. JLL is a Fortune 500 company with
annual revenue of $19.4 billion,
operations in over 80 countries and a global workforce of more than
102,000 as of June 30, 2022. JLL is
the brand name, and a registered trademark, of Jones Lang LaSalle
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