CBRE's Climate Change Transparency Recognized by CDP for Third Consecutive Year
CBRE earns a perfect score of 100, its highest ever
Los Angeles, November 18, 2015 /3BL Media/ CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBG) today announced that for the third consecutive year, it has been recognized for climate-change transparency through its inclusion in CDP’s S&P Climate Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI). This year, CBRE received a perfect score of 100, its highest score to date. The annual index spotlights Standard & Poor’s 500 companies that have disclosed high quality carbon emissions and energy data through CDP’s climate change program.
S&P 500 companies graded within the top 10% constitute the CDLI. Top scores indicate a high level of transparency in the disclosure of climate change-related information, providing investors with a level of comfort as to its corporate accountability and preparedness for changing market demands and emissions regulation.
“A firm’s ability to improve its environmental performance begins with an accurate understanding of its impact. We have placed a great deal of importance on measurement and metrics to guide our practices and are pleased to have again been recognized for those efforts,” said Dave Pogue, CBRE’s Global Director of Corporate Responsibility. “We know how important it is to accurately disclose our own carbon emissions and energy data, and we encourage our clients to do the same.”
CBRE’s 2015 CDP disclosure, as well as the company’s disclosures from previous years and the complete CDP S&P 500 Climate Change Report 2015, is publicly available at www.cdp.net.
About CBRE Group, Inc.
CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBG), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Los Angeles, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (in terms of 2014 revenue). The Company has approximately 70,000 employees (excluding affiliates), and serves real estate owners, investors and occupiers through more than 400 offices (excluding affiliates) worldwide. CBRE offers strategic advice and execution for property sales and leasing; corporate services; property, facilities and project management; mortgage banking; appraisal and valuation; development services; investment management; and research and consulting. Please visit our website at www.cbre.com.
