Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2019 | Cushman & Wakefield

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (102-9, 102-10, 414-103, 414-1) Our global supply chain is comprised of thousands of suppliers and vendors of goods, services and equipment for our primarily office-based operations, supporting our facilities management activities through C&W Services. Due to the nature of these operations, most of our procurement is local. We did not undergo any significant changes to our supply chain in 2019. We respect human rights throughout our supply chain and strive to engage with suppliers that are aligned with our values and principles and uphold high standards of business integrity and ethical conduct. This minimizes risk to our business and is important for our clients, who are increasingly demanding transparency about our supply chain activity. We engage with our suppliers on matters relating to social and environmental sustainability, ensuring they understand and comply with our Global Vendor/Supplier Integrity Policy, which sets out our expectations in the areas of business integrity, labor practices, health and safety, environmental management, and anti-bribery and corruption. We screen suppliers to the best of our ability for social standards through confirmation of compliance with our Global Vendor/Supplier Integrity Policy. In 2020, we intend to implement a new supplier onboarding program that will enable us to improve tracking of supplier compliance and collect more data, such as information relative to supplier sustainability practices.

Supplier Diversity and Inclusion A key element of maintaining an ethical supply base is our focus on inclusion. We aim to improve diversity across the Cushman & Wakefield supply chain based on five key elements:

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Supplier identification

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Performance management

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Development & mentoring

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Outreach

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Continuous improvement

In 2019, we spent more than $275 million with more than 2,300 diverse suppliers in the U.S and Canada.

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