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EVENTS

Bisnow Sustainability Event

IFM Team Hosts Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Summit EHS professionals and safety champions recently participated in a summit themed, “Creating and Sustaining a Winning EHS Culture” at the United Technologies Leadership Centre. Hosted by Kenyon Brenish , GOS EHS Lead, and Brian Dolan , GOS IFM U.S. Lead, the summit brought together various colleagues, who represent and service clients such as Altice, Citi Bank, Prudential, United Technologies, Veritas, Google, Verizon, and more. “We wanted the meetings to provide our GOS team some much needed time to reflect on recent 2017 accomplishments while giving everyone an opportunity to discuss our continuous integration into GOS Business Processes, Strategy, and IFM platform,” said Dolan. “We have a great group of professionals with diverse experiences that will build GOS into an industry leading EHS platform,” said Brenish.

Bisnow San Francisco hosted their annual Property Management & Sustainability Summit on February 13. Darin Bernstein , Sustainability Project Manager, Cushman & Wakefield, moderated the thought- provoking panel which consisted of leaders from Salesforce, Boston Properties, Kilroy Realty, and BREEAM USA. The panel discussed notable projects in the Bay Area, including Salesforce Tower, and touched upon how both tenants and investors are driving markets towards ever higher levels of sustainability. Additionally, Cushman & Wakefield was a sponsor of the event. “Real estate has a huge impact on the environment, but it’s also a huge opportunity… Buildings generate 25% of global greenhouse gas emissions but reducing those emissions by reducing energy use is often very profitable.”

Toronto Real Estate Forum Cushman & Wakefield was a platinum sponsor of the Toronto Real Estate Forum, Canada’s largest real estate conference focusing on major trends, strategies, risks, and opportunities. Chuck Scott , CEO - Canada, spoke on the panel, which was titled “The Office Market across Canada.” Additionally, the firm hosted our centennial celebration cocktail event in conjunction with the Real Estate Forum with colleagues, clients, partners, and friends.

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