Sustainability How-to Guides

A Practical Sustainability Series

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HOW-TO GUIDES SERIES

We make it practical! Taking sustainable action may be easier than you think. We show you how to do it with our Sustainability How-to Guides - a set of clear, actionable initiatives you, the investor, owner or occupier can do right now to make your asset or even organization more sustainable and better optimized.

Our Guides

HOW TO GET READY FOR ASRS - AUSTRALIA

This guide is designed to help real estate owners, occupiers and investors understand their mandatory sustainability reporting obligations. It outlines steps to developing data management, reporting capabilities and internal processes that will be integral to compliance.

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HOW TO RETROFIT - AMERICAS

In our Americas edition of How to Retrofit, we look at the region-specific data and offer a tailored 4-step approach. Whether you’re in for a big change or wanting to start small, any change can have an impact. Let’s get started.

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HOW TO MANAGE CLIMATE RISK

This guide is a companion to help you better identify and mitigate physical climate risks. It may seem like a big task, but we help outline simple steps.

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HOW TO RETROFIT - APAC

Retrofitting is the least capital-intensive way to make your existing buildings smarter and more efficient in order to reduce carbon emissions.
Start with our three-step program!

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HOW TO GREEN THE BROWN

Most buildings globally were not designed and constructed with sustainability in mind. The majority of commercial properties are ageing, brownfield structures needing an urgent uplift in green credentials. Find out how you can transform your brownfield buildings into greener assets.

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SUSTAINABILITY SERVICES

We take practical steps across your sustainability journey to protect and enhance the value of your real estate. We can create your strategy and implement it too. We work with some of the largest occupiers and investors globally to action ideas and strategies for a more sustainable world. What sets us apart is our ability to collaboratively execute these strategies at all stages for all asset classes

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Our Sustainability Services in action

Living Change Now

Life is what we make it. That’s why we are making changes for people and the planet. Together with our clients, we are living change now. We are driving the shift to a net-zero world; delivering sustainable, healthy places; and creating a positive social impact.

World Trade Center, Netherlands

In Rotterdam, we’re working on the city’s most iconic building, the World Trade Center. WTC sets a high bar for the sustainable retrofitting of historic properties, including solar panels, renewable energy and climate control systems. It started out at a “G” energy rating, and together we brought it up to “A++”.

Singapore Sports Hub, Singapore

Life is about maximizing our resources. That’s why in Singapore we help the Singapore Sports Hub embed sustainability into everyday solutions. Like harvesting rainwater so the pitch stays green. Because by including sustainability in everything we do, we can help ensure that Life Is What Singapore Makes It.

Comcrop, Singapore

Because life is about making the planet greener, in Singapore we’ve partnered with ComCrop to build Singapore’s first commercially scalable urban rooftop greenhouse. Together we’re bringing fresher greens from farm to table, and helping to achieve Singapore’s food security goals.

750 E Pratt, USA

We are living change in Baltimore, where the award-winning 750 E Pratt has been setting sustainable building standards. We’ve been helping them consume less energy and optimize building solutions, achieving Baltimore’s first LEED platinum and consistently high ENERGY STAR scores.

World Port Center, Netherlands

We’re living change now in Rotterdam, where we helped the sale of World Port Center by assessing and confirming its strength in ESG. Because together, life is what Rotterdam makes it.

One Court Square, USA

As one of the tallest buildings outside of Manhattan, the iconic 57 storey skyscraper in Queens has always stood out. But now it’s winning awards, too. Taking the lead from our client, Savanna, our team helped modernize all 1.5 million sqm, to save over 4.4 million kilowatt-hours of electricity - 20% less than the previous year.

Hektar Nektar Program, Germany

We partnered with Hektar Nektar, on ‘Project 2028’, an initiative to protect the regional bee population and increase their number by 10% by 2028. We’ve given 500,000 honeybees a new home close to each of our German locations. Our beehives, complete with Cushman & Wakefield door signs, are buzzing with life and not only producing amazing honey but are also helping rebalance the ecosystem.

Related Insights

IS SUSTAINABILITY CAUSING OBSOLESCENCE?

Gordon Marsden considers how ESG impacts different investor profiles, and Mika Kania shares some sustainability solutions available to each.

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RETHINKING THE OFFICE SECTOR

Our report takes a deeper dive into the underlying dynamics and drivers across the region’s major markets and provides a roadmap for asset optimisation.

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