In recognition of its support of the IFMA Foundation’s goals to make facilities services and management a career of choice, C&W Services has been awarded the 2016 IFMA Foundation Trustees’ Award for a corporation. C&W Services, a leading North American facilities services provider, accepted the award at IFMA’s 2016 World Workplace conference in San Diego.
“C&W Services became the charter advisory partner in the IFMA Foundation’s Global Workforce Initiative in early 2016 and has been a committed champion of our goals,” said IFMA Foundation Executive Director Jeff Tafel, CAE. “The GWI is a critical Foundation priority, seeking to ensure the continued sustainability of the facility management and facility services profession. Every day, more organizations are coming to the realization that there is a serious labor shortage on the horizon within the industry and that without decisive action this shortage will have serious ramifications for the future of their organizations and the economy. As the first charter member of the IFMA Foundation Global Workforce Initiative, C&W Services is making a critical investment in its own future, the future of productive workplaces and the future of those who run them.”
“C&W Services has 14,000 employees that focus on maintaining safe and effective environments in our clients’ facilities every day. Even with this deep bench of skilled employees, it is critically important to bring new talent into facilities careers,” said Paul Bedborough, Chief Executive of C&W Services. “Facilities staff are behind the scenes keeping the world’s workplaces, plants, schools, malls and public venues operating at peak performance. We’re honored to be part of an industry initiative to bring this important sector to the forefront as a career choice, and to celebrate the people—across all trades—that keep facilities running smoothly every day.”
More than half of today’s practitioners are expected to retire in the next five to 15 years. The Global Workforce Initiative seeks to fill that growing facility management and facilities services workforce talent gap. Working in partnership with impacted industries around the world, the IFMA Foundation is leading the charge to make facility management and facility services a career of choice. By working with educators at all levels and increasing the number of accredited FM degree programs around the world, the Global Workforce Initiative is helping to create a clear career pathway to an exciting and fulfilling career in FM. More information can be found at:http://foundation.ifma.org/ global-workforce-initiative.
About the IFMA Foundation
Established in 1990 as a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation and separate entity from the International Facility Management Association (IFMA), the IFMA Foundation works for the public good to promote priority research and educational opportunities for the advancement of facility management. The IFMA Foundation is supported by the generosity of the FM community including IFMA members, chapters, councils, corporate sponsors and private contributors who share the belief that education and research improve the FM profession. To learn more about the IFMA Foundation, visit http://foundation.ifma.org.
About C&W Services
C&W Services is one of the largest facility services companies in the USA & Canada with a 65 year history of helping clients drive down operating expenses, increase facility efficiency, and enable strategic business decisions. Services are janitorial, maintenance, critical environments, landscaping, and office services. Formed by the merger of Cushman & Wakefield and DTZ, C&W Services is the only firm in commercial real estate to self-deliver facility services.
About Cushman & Wakefield
Cushman & Wakefield is a leading global real estate services firm that helps clients transform the way people work, shop, and live. Our 43,000 employees in more than 60 countries help investors and occupiers optimize the value of their real estate by combining our global perspective and deep local knowledge with an impressive platform of real estate solutions. Cushman & Wakefield is among the largest commercial real estate services firms with revenue of $5 billion across core services of agency leasing, asset services, capital markets, facility services (C&W Services), global occupier services, investment & asset management (DTZ Investors), project & development services, tenant representation, and valuation & advisory. To learn more, visit www.cushmanwakefield.com or follow @CushWake on Twitter.
