At this year’s EDR Prism Awards, CBRE’s Valuation & Advisory Services was recognized for excellence for their Going Green Initiatives and Community Service efforts. The awards were presented as part of the first-ever PRISM conference in Austin, TX.
The conference brought together over one hundred leaders in the property risk management industry to network and learn. EDR, the nation’s provider for property risk information and due diligence tools, recognized distinguished companies and individuals in seven categories at the PRISM 2016 Awards.
Speaking of efforts to improve and protect the physical environment, Charles Mulligan, Managing Director of the Assessment and Consulting Services Group at CBRE, said “CBRE’s corporate culture and our people are committed to bettering the communities in which we work and live. Our commitment to the environment is a significant component of our mission, our values and our vision.”
CBRE is committed to fulfilling its role as a responsible corporate citizen by supporting and adding value to the communities in which theiremployeeslive and work around the world.CBRE Cares, the company’s corporate giving and volunteerism organization, facilitates this effort by serving as an overarching platform to further a wide variety of charitable activities. CBRE Cares leverages the passion and talents of employees across the globe to create real benefit for individuals in need through community outreach and support, disaster-response initiatives, and locally driven, regionally sanctionedprograms.
“I am very proud of the participation of our employees in the CBRE Cares program. With over a 75% participation rate, our employees strive to create a real benefit for individuals in need, community outreach, disaster-response initiatives and locally driven, nationally sanctioned programs.” said Linda A. Bryson, Senior Managing Director for CBRE’s Valuation & Advisory - Assessment & Consulting Division.
CBRE was also recognized for its “Toward a Greener Tomorrow Certification program” that promotes industry-leading standards of excellence in operations and business efficiency throughout the company’s occupied space in the U.S. The program, aligned with tenets of USGBC® LEED® and EPA ENERGY STAR®, serves as the organization’s internal certification system to support and reinforce operations that reduce carbon emissions.
PRISM nominations were submitted for both company and individual awards earlier this spring, and were reviewed and judged by a third party consultant, the Zweig Group, a firm with anestablishedhistory of running recognized awards programsfor thearchitecture, engineering andenvironmental consultingindustries. Nominations for the 2017 PRISM awards will open in late 2016 to any professional, firm or lending institution participating in the property risk management and due diligence space.
“EDR is proud to recognize and champion professionals and organizations that have inspired us, delivered innovations in challenging markets, and improved the industry as a whole.” said Chris Aronson, CEO at EDR. “The excitement of the award recipients, along with the extraordinary support from industry peers in attendance, made the first-ever PRISM Awards a truly remarkable experience.”
CBRE’s Valuation & Advisory Servicesprovides appraisal, property condition, market studies, feasibilities, underwriting due-diligence, environmental, zoning and telecommunication consulting services to a broad base of local, regional and global clients. It has a professional staff of more than 1,700 appraisers, engineers, architects and environmental scientists in more than 300 major metro areas globally. CBRE was named the leading global valuation services provider in the 2015 Euromoney real estate awards for the fourth year in a row. In addition to the global awards, CBRE was named as the leading real estate advisory firm in Western Europe, North America, Latin America and Africa, as well as the U.S. and in 20 individual countries.
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 2015 revenue). The Company has more than 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.
