Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2019 | Cushman & Wakefield

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (203-103, 203-2, 413-103, 413-1)

employees, giving each employee an opportunity to suggest worthy and fitting causes in their communities. The Foundation has supported a variety of organizations that support our main focus areas, including Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY), Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Ronald McDonald House Charities, United Way and Habitat for Humanity, to name a few.

Cushman & Wakefield is committed to supporting the communities where our employees live and work around the world, as well as in communities where the need is greatest. Because our business is real estate, we aim to make a tangible positive impact wherever we have a footprint. Throughout our long history, our culture of local community service and engagement has included support for many organizations. Each of our three regions—Americas, EMEA and APAC—operates independent charitable initiatives, leading their own regional programs. In 2018, we formalized our commitment to community support in the form of the Cushman & Wakefield Charitable Foundation to provide a formal channel for strategic philanthropic support (although not replacing local initiatives which will continue around the world). In 2019, we finalized a governance framework for the Foundation, received our first round of funding and became operational. We launched in the U.S. and opened the Foundation for requests for grants to all U.S.

Primary focus areas of our Charitable Foundation:

> STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) education > Affordable housing and the prevention of homelessness

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After-school enrichment programs for underserved or at-risk youth

We also make an impact on local communities and economies by forming strategic relationships and investing in initiatives that support job placement, enhance our service offerings and clients’ performance, and diversify our industry and supply chain.

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