2021 Environmental Social Governance (ESG) Report
MAKING AN IMPACT WITH OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE
As one of the world’s leading real estate services firms, Cushman & Wakefield remains committed to maintaining the highest levels of integrity in our business operations. We hold ourselves to high standards when it comes to limiting our environmental impact, maintaining a responsible supply chain, prioritizing the health and safety of our stakeholders, and adhering to the principles established through our Ethics and Compliance program. As such, we remain focused on continually measuring and managing our operational performance and practices and improving them over time.
ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE (102-11, 305-103, 307-1)
Cushman & Wakefield is committed to being a responsible steward of the environment, as defined in our Global Environment Policy . We adhere to the precautionary principle and seek to identify all environmental risks and opportunities associated with our business including climate change and resource depletion. We aim to conduct our operations and deliver our products and services with high standards of environmental care and social responsibility while striving for continual improvement. As a global real estate services firm largely operating in leased office space, our direct environmental impacts are primarily due to office energy and water consumption, business travel, and waste generation. We manage our energy use, GHG emissions, water withdrawals, waste generation and environmental compliance by: > Collecting measured performance data where available for our operations globally
> Reducing GHG emissions in our operations aligned with our science-based targets > Engaging with our suppliers to set GHG emissions targets
> Communicating our environmental performance to our stakeholders
> Providing education and training to employees on environmental management topics All suppliers and subcontractors are expected to operate in an environmentally responsible manner and adhere to applicable environmental standards. Certain Cushman & Wakefield locations are managed through a formal ISO 14001-certified environmental management system (EMS), including operations in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand and Greater China. Cushman & Wakefield did not receive any material fines or non-monetary sanctions for non compliance with environmental laws or regulations in 2021.
> Monitoring resource use at our facilities
> Calculating and disclosing our annual resource consumption and GHG emissions
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