As the world’s largest commercial real estate services
company, CBRE is committed to fulfilling its role as a responsible
corporate citizen by supporting and adding value to the communities in
which our employees live and work. CBRE Cares, the company’s
corporate giving and volunteerism arm in the U.S., helps facilitate this
effort by serving as an overarching platform to further a variety of
charitable endeavors, both large and small in scope. Governed and
executed by the CBRE Foundation—an independent, non-profit,
public-benefit corporation that funds the company’s philanthropic
programs—CBRE Cares strives to create real benefit for individuals in
need through local community outreach and support, disaster-response
initiatives, and locally driven, nationally sanctioned programs.
The company financially supports our employees in the charitable
efforts that are most important to them. Of all funds raised during the
annual campaign, 75% is returned to local offices and client account
teams to be allocated to the causes of their choosing. The CBRE
Foundation matches half of these employee donations up to the annual
budgeted match amount. In addition, 25% of all funds raised are used to
support corporate giving to causes related to shelter and poverty
housing, environmental sustainability and community service. The company
also supports a handful of signature programs, including the Birthday Cakes and More for Homeless Children Program.
In 2010, CBRE enhanced its corporate philanthropy program by launching the Shelter Program,
which aligns the company’s philanthropic works with its business by
focusing on improving housing opportunities for those in need. Through
this program, CBRE employees partner with housing nonprofits Rebuilding
Together and HomeAid to participate in rebuilding projects at homeless
shelters, transitional housing and private residences in markets across
the U.S. The CBRE Cares motto, “Building on Compassion,” echoes the
overarching goal of the Shelter Program: to build on CBRE’s business
expertise and the already significant community involvement of our
people to deliver a meaningful contribution to the individuals it
serves.
At CBRE, our core values of Respect, Integrity, Service and
Excellence are the guiding principles in all that we do. And we approach
our commitment to service with the same enthusiasm and creativity as we
approach our business, every day. Our professionals are dedicated to
bettering the communities where they live and work, and we continue, as a
firm, to build on that compassion for the good of those in need, all
over the world.