Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2019 | Cushman & Wakefield

Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

We support global efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change and work to reduce our energy consumption and resulting GHG emissions across our global offices and activities. We consume energy and generate direct GHG emissions (Scope 1) through stationary and mobile fuel combustion and indirect GHG emissions (Scope 2) through purchased energy at our office facilities. Additionally, we calculate other indirect GHG emissions (Scope 3) associated with employee business travel (commercial air and rail), certain extraction, production, and distribution losses due to fuel- and energy-related activities and waste generated in operations. Over the past several years, while our global footprint has grown as we have expanded our business internationally, we have significantly improved our energy and emissions efficiency through ongoing improvements in energy controls, real estate consolidation efforts, installation of energy-efficient appliances, and employee education and behavioral change. Where feasible, we occupy offices that are certified under a sustainability rating system such as ENERGY STAR®, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®), National Australian Built

Environment Rating System (NABERS), Fitwel® and the WELL Building Certification. As part of our corporate standard, we consider energy and sustainability best practices, such as, regularly purchasing ENERGY STAR® equipment for our offices. Through our partnership with BuildingOS software provider Lucid, Cushman & Wakefield collects building energy data through an online platform we call ES Edge. We utilize this platform to model each Cushman & Wakefield building, collect available utility bill data, and calculate the associated carbon emissions. ES Edge also uses utility bill data to identify potential energy and cost savings opportunities. We intend to start collecting water and waste data through ES Edge in the future. We account for Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions across all of our global operationally controlled owned and leased operations. This includes all full service and operating lease locations where the energy utilities are inclusive of rent obligations and/or not specifically metered for our operations. For these operations, where purchased energy activity data is unavailable, we apply industry best practice methodologies for estimation.

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