Joe Lopez, senior vice president of property management and director of environmental impact at Equity One, Inc. (NYSE: EQY), joined REIT.com for a video interview at NAREIT’s 2016 Leader in the Light Working Forum at the Ritz Carlton – Coconut Grove in Miami. Equity One owns and operates retail assets, with a portfolio concentrated in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and South Florida. Lopez described the adoption of sustainability practices by organizations as a “learning process.” He noted that the initial goal in the early stages of implementation is to get support from the organization’s management team.