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CORPORATE OPERATIONS— LEADING THE WAY
The vast majority of our business operations are located in leased office space.
As a result, it is difficult to accurately report on environmental data since these
multi-tenant buildings limit our ability to track energy use, water withdrawal/
discharge, air emissions, and recycling efforts. As a tenant, we also do not have
authority over numerous property policies including the ability to submeter
electricity. However, Cushman & Wakefield does give notable preference to
certified green buildings for our leased offices, and pursues recognized green
building standards such as LEED and BREEAM for facilities larger than 20,000
square feet. Our New York City, Atlanta, and San Francisco locations are LEED for
Commercial Interiors Gold certified offices. In 2015, we began an initiative with
Cushman & Wakefield’s Corporate Real Estate team to embed sustainable design
and construction processes in our corporate standards for future office build-
outs.
CARBON FOOTPRINT
Cushman & Wakefield is committed to reducing the impact of our corporate
footprint on global greenhouse gas emissions. By working closely with our global
team of operation managers, we were able to calculate and disclose our carbon
footprint from corporate operations in alignment with CDP. The legacy Cushman
& Wakefield firm responded to the CDP Supply Chain Questionnaire in 2015; 2016
will be the first time we report as a fully integrated, unified organization.
Cushman & Wakefield is committed to continuing to respond to CDP in future
years. We plan to utilize our 2016 footprint calculation as a benchmark, as 2016
will be our first full year of fully-integrated operation. Based on the 2016
footprint, we plan to set a carbon reduction goal to guide our corporate
operations in future years.
CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD OPERATIONAL CARBON FOOTPRINT
2014*
2015
Scope 1
1,477
2,070
Scope 2
21,586
27,743
*Legacy Cushman & Wakefield
(Metric tons CO2e)
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