CBRE

CBRE Group, Inc, a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2023 revenue). They have more than 130,000 employees serving clients in more than 100 countries, including Australia. As the world’s largest commercial real estate services firm they recognise the impact they have on their communities, clients, employees and stakeholders and that’s why it is important to grow their business in socially responsible ways. This is exemplified by their commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) within both their own business and through the trusted relationships they forge with external stakeholders. they strive to create mutually beneficial relationships with diverse suppliers, including those majority owned by underrepresented communities including First Nations, Women, LGBTQI, Social and Disability Enterprises among others.

Through their Supplier Diversity Program, recognised as one of the most active and progressive among US corporations, they aim to mentor, develop and actively grow through integration within their procurement processes their diverse suppliers aligning with their core values and commitments to economic inclusion for underrepresented communities. They have pledged to spend US$3 billion with diverse suppliers by the end of 2025, and spent nearly US$2 billion to this effect in 2023, putting them on track to join the Billion Dollar Roundtable, an organisation that advocates for supply-chain diversity excellence.