Cushman & Wakefield provides sustainability services across its business lines to help clients implement sustainability strategies. Its vision is that by embracing sustainability, it can help clients reduce costs and generate value, making its own business more sustainable and profitable. As the largest contributor to carbon emissions, sustainability must be central to how the firm thinks about property and advises clients. It is committed to securing a better future through the advice and example it provides.

1. Cushman & Wakefield
sustainability
Leading property to a sustainabLe
and profitabLe future

2. sustainability Vision
our vision is based on a fundamental belief that by embracing the sustainability agenda and by
helping clients implement sustainability strategies that reduce cost and generate value, our own
business will become more sustainable, grow stronger and thrive.
property is our business and our expertise. it is also the single largest contributor to carbon
emissions. sustainability and climate change has to be central to how we think about property and
how we frame the advice we give to clients.
We recognize our responsibility to our clients and the communities within which we operate,
both present and future. We are committed to help secure a better, more sustainable future for all
through the advice that we provide and the example that we set.
bryan laxton
Ceo uK

3. the Cushman & Wakefield Carbon reduCtion Commitment inVestment
sustainability offering – energy effiCienCy sCheme
there exists a fundamental link between sustainability
our sustainability offering runs across C&W’s service following the government’s recent Comprehensive and the bottom line performance of investment
lines, and our property experts are on hand to spending review, changes to the CrC scheme have assets. Risk factors such as exposure to flooding
provide solutions to stand alone issues or to provide been put into effect. could adversely affect property values, but
you with a co-ordinated sustainability strategy for sustainability also brings opportunities to help achieve
your property portfolio. our services include: Whilst this has relieved many landlords and commercial objectives by, for example, boosting
occupiers of their immediate responsibilities, there revenue returns through capitalising on renewable
are still some ramifications and key points that need incentives, reducing energy consumption and thus
to be addressed. service charges, or improving marketability through
stronger sustainability credentials.
Corporate deVelopment inVestment & Cushman & Wakefield and the BRE (Building
research establishment) have come together to at C&W our team of specialists understand that
oCCupiers planning asset management sustainability is best achieved when it underpins core
provide a unique combination of expertise to help
you prepare for the scheme. business objectives and can help you to develop
effective strategies and initiatives to achieve this.
Carbon reduCtion eia Coordination C&W employs breeam Corporate strategies and adViCe
Commitment ees and management in use aCross all
managed properties. We advise corporate occupiers on developing
sustainable real sustainability
and implementing sustainable real estate strategies
estate strategies strategies and target setting and
that enable companies to realise the cost benefits
target setting for benChmarking of sustainability, whilst supporting their own green
epCs, deCs and air neW deVelopment agendas.
Conditioning Carbon reduCtion
inspeCtions sustainability design strategies
in addition we ensure that sustainability considerations
adViCe and metrics are incorporated in all standard processes
building optimising
aCCreditations breeam and Code inVestment and documents, e.g. site selection and assessment.
for sustainable performanCe
optimising the homes adViCe and through
CommerCial assessments sustainability
opportunity

4. deVelopment planning our oWn business Case studies
our focus is around three key areas of our sustainability policy is to lead by example. in the
development planning: uK we have introduced breeaM in-use ratings to all 3m ubs global asset
our occupied properties and all buildings have, or plan sustainable proJeCt management
environmental impact assessment (eia) to have, a metered system to provide exact energy management sustainability
We provide a comprehensive range of eia services, use meters. strategy strategy
from specialist advice and support on the commercial project management and Commercial sustainability
aspects, to the production of a full eia and in the us we have entered into a Memorandum of sustainability support policy, strategy and action
preparation of an Environmental Statement (ES). understanding with the environmental protection for this high quality HQ plan for their uK fund
development in italy which portfolio.
Agency. C&W is the first real estate company to do
won MipiM green building
sustainability strategies and target setting for so with the aim of addressing environmental issues in of the year 2011.
new development our industry.
demonstrating the sustainability and energy
credentials of development proposals – a key
requirement for every planning application. hermes lightsourCe
building accreditations and design/feasibility advice automatiC metering feed-in tariffs
C&W’s initiative to install solely retained to identify
as breeaM assessors, we have a strong track record
automatic meters in 7 and acquire large scale
of delivering the required level of performance whilst shopping centres delivered (>5,000 sqm) rooftop
ensuring the commercial objectives and aspirations of a return on investment of and open land sites
the project are met. 900% in the first year. for photovoltaic panel
installation.
asset management
We offer a wide range of property specific and To find out more about
portfolio wide services and advice to help clients our sustainability offer, City north Westbrook
manage their impacts and carbon footprints. please contact: (islington) ltd partners
in June 2010 we registered every one of our managed eia and CrC
properties with breeaM in-use, this was an industry andries van der Walt sustainability adViCe Advice for fulfilling CRC
Head of sustainability sustainability champion obligations across their
first. We chose BREEAM as they are the leading and
most widely used environmental assessment method and eia coordinator for portfolio.
major mixed use scheme in
for buildings and we now use this to monitor and e: andries.vanderwalt@eur.cushwake.com prominent location.
drive each assets performance. to aid and support t: 020 7152 5269
this move we are currently installing aMrs across our
entire managed portfolio.
“Cushman & Wakefield were an invaluable component of “Cushmans’ Sustainability professionals, led by Andries
the team that worked on the City North project with us. Their van der Walt, have given Westbrook Partners a hands-
experience and knowledge was key in assisting us through on, seamless and highly commercial service with respect
the intricacies of the planning process and it was a pleasure to CRC registration requirements and the ongoing
working with them throughout the application”. compliance obligations of the CRC regime”.
[sustainability work carried out during the planning for
City north islington]
dominiC Jones daVid Collard
business design Centre group Ltd Westbrook partners