Social Equity in Commercial Real Estate: A Deep Dive into SEAM

Rainey Shane is a co-founder of SEAM(Social Equity Assessment Method), a 501c3 nonprofit organization that created the SEAM Standard™ and administers a social equity certification for commercial real estate projects. SEAM™ is a third-party standard for real estate projects that certifies an organization's actions toward social sustainability as measured against internationally accepted criteria. It is a vehicle for organizations to leverage commercial real estate and use it to make authentic, measurable gains in social responsibility beyond health and wellness to encompass matters like justice and equity.

-Metropolis Magazine Article: Can We Actually Measure for Social Equity?