2021 Environmental Social Governance (ESG) Report

Beekeeping at Client Buildings Cushman & Wakefield’s U.S. Asset Services in conjunction with our Energy & Sustainability Services team has found a creative way to benefit the environment and promote tenant engagement with honeybee projects around the U.S. and Canada. Taking millions of bees under our wing through relationships with urban beekeepers, we help spread awareness about the vital role of all pollinators. As an example, one of the beekeeping companies we work with is Alvéole, which cares for hives on 17 of our managed commercial assets, including properties in Dallas, Chicago, Nashville and Toronto. Those hives have housed 1.45 million honeybees that pollinated plants in their neighborhoods and yielded 2,900 jars of honey, and additional properties are expected to participate through Cushman & Wakefield in 2022. Alvéole has also held events with our tenant communities, including beeswax candle making, “Hive-to-Honey Jar” and “Meet Your Bees” workshops. We plan to continue growing these efforts in 2022 with more hive sites expected in Dallas, Boston, and Phoenix.

Improving Sustainability for More Than a Decade in Dallas Lincoln Centre, a 1.6 million-square-foot mixed use property in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area, has been a client of Cushman & Wakefield for more than a decade. As the site’s property manager, we have helped Lincoln Centre achieve a 28% overall reduction in energy use since 2009. In 2021, the complex earned Fitwel and Fitwel Viral Response certifications for the first time, and it renewed its ENERGY STAR, BOMA360 and LEED Gold certifications. Our management team often cooperates with building occupiers on community projects such as toy drives, care packages for veterans, and public book exchanges. Lincoln Centre is also one of the Cushman & Wakefield-managed sites participating in an urban beekeeping initiative. In 2022, we’re working with Turn Compost to reduce and recycle food waste in dining halls and tenant spaces, upgrading the roofs with higher reflectivity, and upgrading lighting and installing of electric vehicle charging stations in the garage.

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