Sponsor Spotlight: Stok
Each month, SMPS San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (SFBAC) features one of our incredible sponsors. This month, we’re excited to be shining the spotlight on one of our Golden Gate-level sponsors, Stok.
About Stok
Stok is reimagining the built environment. As a team of interdisciplinary experts in the built environment, we ensure real estate owners and occupiers invest wisely. We are committed to a radically better world for all.
Founded in 2008, we provide ESG and sustainability consulting, energy and performance engineering, and real estate and workplace strategy solutions. We work across sectors to balance financial performance with environmental goals, resulting in high-performance buildings and exceptional human environments. Leveraging interdisciplinary expertise and knowledge from involvement on 1000+ projects, we provide clients with strategy, management, and technical support through all phases of the project lifecycle—all under one roof.
Stok serves five of the Forbes top 10 Most Valuable Brands, is a certified B Corp, and is an ILFI Just organization. We service projects worldwide from offices in San Francisco, San Diego, and Denver. To learn more, visit stok.com.
Years in Business
Celebrating our 15th anniversary this year, Stok was founded in 2008.
Notable Projects
While our work spans many markets — from commercial and corporate office to multifamily residential, retail, life science, mission critical, government, and education projects — sustainability is always at the core of what we do. Here are some examples of Stok’s impact, from project to portfolio level:
Chase Center
Home to the Golden State Warriors, the Chase Center is a state-of-the-art sports arena and event venue that was one of only five NBA arenas that have achieved LEED Gold certification or higher to date when completed in 2019. Learn more.
Photo credit: Jason O’Rear
Presidio Tunnel Tops
Presidio Tunnel Tops revitalizes the Presidio of San Francisco and creates a must-see, national park destination for San Francisco’s diverse community and visitors from around the globe. Targeting LEED Gold and ReScape certifications, the 14-acre project showcases best practices for sustainable buildings and landscapes while creating a place that evokes the Presidio’s natural and cultural history and welcomes all, serving as a new high-performance community hub. Learn more.
Photo credit: James Corner Field Operations
The Village SF Wellness Center
The Village SF Wellness Center will serve as a cultural and social service hub for Indigenous people. Sponsored by Friendship House, the oldest and largest Native-led organization serving American Indians in San Francisco, the Wellness Center is part of a Native community-led initiative that seeks to transform environmental, social, and economic injustice into green infrastructure development, cultural visibility, and community-wide prosperity. Learn more.
Rendering credit: PYATOK architecture + design
San Diego County Zero Carbon Portfolio Plan
Subject to funding, San Diego County’s ambitious new Zero Carbon Portfolio Plan aims to achieve a 90% reduction in operational carbon across the County’s 1,000+ building portfolio by 2030, which will be achieved through a combination of energy efficiency, retro-commissioning, monitoring-based commissioning, onsite solar, community choice power purchasing, and building electrification projects. Learn more.
Photo credit: Jeff Durkin, Bread Truck Films
Uber Global Headquarters Mission Bay 3 & 4
Mission Bay 3 and 4 of Uber’s Global Headquarters is one of the largest dual LEED and WELL certified projects in the world. Featuring massive outdoor terraces with sweeping views of the San Francisco Bay, maximized daylighting, low-emitting materials, a culinary program with produce from onsite gardens, and extensive wellness spaces, Uber’s new Global Headquarters has set the path for the next generation of healthy buildings. Learn more.
Photo credit: Eric Laignel
What differentiates Stok in terms of approach, talent, tools, values?
Our people are our greatest asset, and we reflect that in how we work. Stok’s radically unique self-managed organizational model trades traditional hierarchy for autonomy, mastery, and purpose. Led by our core values of autonomy, equity, grit, sincerity, and stewardship, we do the work to align intent with impact, walk the talk, and boldly catalyze an environmentally restorative and socially equitable world.
We say it in our vision: when our partners are the world’s most impactful leaders in environmental and social justice, and our team members view work as play, we will have reached our destination. As a certified B Corp and ILFI Just organization since 2016, we’re committed to using business for good and transparently sharing our progress along the way – and spreading joy while doing it.
How long has Stok been a sponsor of SMPS?
This is Stok’s first year as a sponsor.
What are some of the memorable or key events of SMPS that Stok has been involved with?
We’re thrilled that Stok’s Marketing Director, Justin Nagy, is the SMPS SFBAC 2023-2024 Chapter President. Additionally, Stok was featured in an SMPS Marketer article by Marjeanne Pearson on Stok’s unique organizational design and culture.
If your firm is interested in becoming an SMPS sponsor, or your firm is already a sponsor looking to take full advantage of your benefits, reach out to [email protected] to learn more.
