Global real estate adviser CBRE has appointed its first corporate social value manager in the UK.
CBRE said Sophie Priest would improve its environmental, social and corporate governace and public sector expertise.
Sophie Priest joins from the consultancy firm, The Connectives, where she advised public and private organisations on the social and environmental impact of their activities, including large-scale regeneration projects.
She will be based in CBRE’s Manchester office, working across its national ESG and public sector teams and reporting to Elizabeth Kingdom, associate director, corporate ESG. CBRE said Priest will be responsible for "embedding social value into CBRE’s internal practices and client work".
Martin Guest, head of public sector at CBRE, said in a statement: “Our ability to deliver social value from our public sector contracts and the wider business is paramount. We have to look beyond the financial cost of a contract, and real estate advice we provide, and really consider how we can improve the economic, social and environmental wellbeing of the people and places impacted."