2022 Environmental Social Governance (ESG) Report
SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY & SERVICES
REALIZING BIG ENERGY SAVINGS OPPORTUNITIES IN BRAZIL
SECURING CERTIFICATIONS FOR OUR CLIENTS Cushman & Wakefield’s Sustainability Services teams work with clients to help achieve their award and certification ambitions. These are important goals that help firms set sustainability priorities and demonstrate their values and advancements to key stakeholders. In 2022, one example included achieving LEED Gold BD+C certification for Homero 1500, a multi-tenant building in Mexico City. In close collaboration with Facilities Management, we helped facilitate the optimization of the building’s performance.
In 2022, our Engineering and Quality team used data from energy benchmarking to create a ranking of 10 buildings in different Brazilian states that consume large amounts of electricity. The team made visits to each building to identify opportunities for leveraging renewable sources of energy (wind, solar and small hydroelectric plants) and ways to reduce energy consumption and costs. The team reviewed equipment, operating schedules, occupancy patterns and energy bills to create a diagnosis and plan with zero-, low-, medium- and high-cost investment opportunities. The proposals estimate energy savings of approximately 2,100 MWh/year and billing reduction of approximately $2,800,000/year across the 10 buildings. Some actions are already in progress, and others are anticipated to be fully executed between 2023 and 2024. LEED Gold certification for their building in Sunnyvale, California. LEED certification is a globally recognized mark of achievement that lays the groundwork for healthy, energy and water efficient, lower-carbon and cost-effective green buildings. These certifications can help facilities save money, improve energy and water efficiency, reduce carbon emissions and provide a better, healthier working environment for all employees. Going forward, we believe continued data collection and education on the part of our teams will be instrumental in gaining annual re-certification for the LEED Gold status. We’re also thrilled to partner with Fortinet on their sustainability goals, including becoming carbon neutral by 2030 across Scope 1 and 2 emissions for its owned facilities and achieving net zero emissions over the Sunnyvale building’s lifetime. GOING FOR GOLD CERTIFICATION FOR FORTINET For our client Fortinet, our C&W Services facilities management teams were instrumental in securing
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