Public Storage (NYSE: PSA) announced today the release of its 2026 Sustainability Report. The report highlights the Company’s continued dedication to sustainability, and details how its engaged and talented team, innovative and efficient operations, and disciplined financial strategy support long-term resilience, growth, and value creation. Our continuous focus on advancing sustainability initiatives goes hand-in-hand with enhancing the next era of leadership and growth through PS Next™, the Value Creation Engine, and an “Own-It” culture built to win.
Public Storage’s recent sustainability highlights include:
- Earning a fourth consecutive Great Place to Work™ Certification and being recognized by Comparably for Best Company Culture and Best Work-Life Balance;
- Continuing to invest in our people through the third year of Preparing the Path, our leadership accelerator program;
- Being named to Newsweek's Most Responsible Companies, ranking in the top 9% of Sustainalytics' global coverage universe, and maintaining GRESB Sector Leader status;
- Achieving a 14% reduction in Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions intensity from a 2022 baseline, demonstrating continued progress toward our 45% reduction target by 2032;
- Reaching more than 1,060 properties with rooftop solar installations, and remaining on track to reach 1,300 solar properties by the end of 2026;
- Reaching 263 certified green buildings, including the successful pilot and scale of Arc Performance Certificates to enhance our green building program;
- Receiving recognition by Black Bear Energy as a leading U.S. real estate owner in onsite solar deployment;
- Advancing future-focused initiatives including PS4.0™, our next era of leadership and growth;
- Embedded sustainability into internal audit, compliance, and risk management frameworks.
“Sustainability has long been an integral part of how we operate and grow with additional progress in 2025. As we move into our next era at Public Storage, our vision rests on the pillars of improving customer experience, capital allocation excellence, and a new Own-It culture to drive per share earnings growth in a compounding and long-term sustainable way,” said Tom Boyle, Chief Executive Officer.
The 2026 Sustainability Report is available in the Sustainability section of Public Storage's website.
About Public Storage
Public Storage, a member of the S&P 500, is a REIT that primarily acquires, develops, owns, and operates self-storage facilities. At March 31, 2026, the Company: (i) owned and/or operated 3,546 self-storage facilities located in 40 states with approximately 259 million net rentable square feet in the United States and (ii) owned a 35% common equity interest in Shurgard Self Storage Limited (Euronext Brussels: SHUR), which owned 333 self-storage facilities located in seven Western European countries with approximately 19 million net rentable square feet operated under the Shurgard® brand. Public Storage is headquartered in Frisco, Texas.
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