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Property management Cushman & Wakefield, a leading global real estate services firm, earned three company-level recognitions by Fitwel for its Best in Building Health (BiBH) awards.
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- Cushman & Wakefield, a leading global real estate services firm, earned three company-level recognitions by Fitwel for its Best in Building Health (BiBH) awards.
- As part of the Certification Project Team, Cushman & Wakefield was recognized for Highest Scoring Multi-Tenant Base Building v2.1 (Built) for AMA Plaza / 330 N. Wabash in Chicago.
- Additionally, Cushman & Wakefield’s Daniel Busi, Sustainability Project Manager, and Kate Scrimizzi, Sustainability Project Manager, have been named Top 20 Fitwel Ambassadors.
- The Fitwel Platform integrates asset and portfolio-level benchmarking, a streamlined healthy building certification process and ‘S’ focused ESG reporting guidance.
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Ambassador NEW YORK, March 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Fitwel, the world's leading certification system committed to building health for all, proudly announced the winners of the 2024 Best in Building Health Awards today. This prestigious annual recognition honors the most innovative real estate companies and individuals setting the standard for health and wellbeing in the built environment across the globe, leveraging the trusted Fitwel Standard to enhance quality of life and drive value through design and operational excellence.
Key Points:
- "This year's winners are true champions exemplifying Fitwel's global reach of bringing building health to all.
- Fitwel is empowering industry leaders to implement a framework that prioritizes stakeholder health and well-being, improves ESG performance, future-proofs asset value, and mitigates risk," said Joanna Frank, President & CEO of Fitwel.
- The Standard, now providing 100% portfolio coverage, reflects the latest research on health, climate change, and value, positioning Fitwel as a catalyst for industry-wide change."
- Below is the full list of 2024 Best in Building Health winners, which can also be found here .
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Ambassador NEW YORK, March 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Fitwel, the world's leading certification system committed to building health for all, proudly announced the winners of the 2024 Best in Building Health Awards today. This prestigious annual recognition honors the most innovative real estate companies and individuals setting the standard for health and wellbeing in the built environment across the globe, leveraging the trusted Fitwel Standard to enhance quality of life and drive value through design and operational excellence.
Key Points:
- "This year's winners are true champions exemplifying Fitwel's global reach of bringing building health to all.
- Fitwel is empowering industry leaders to implement a framework that prioritizes stakeholder health and well-being, improves ESG performance, future-proofs asset value, and mitigates risk," said Joanna Frank, President & CEO of Fitwel.
- The Standard, now providing 100% portfolio coverage, reflects the latest research on health, climate change, and value, positioning Fitwel as a catalyst for industry-wide change."
- Below is the full list of 2024 Best in Building Health winners, which can also be found here .
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Barings LLC,
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Work CANNES, France, March 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Fitwel®, the global healthy building certification and data insights platform, launched phase two of its groundbreaking new solution that, for the first time, quantifies Social performance by overlaying health research and financial data to identify strategies that have the greatest impact on stakeholders and asset value. Phase one was successfully piloted last year in collaboration with sustainability advisor, EVORA Global, enlisting an exclusive first cohort of some of the largest commercial real estate owners and asset managers worldwide. This portfolio-scale certification pathway has proven to be essential for substantiating "S" data for real estate, addressing the growing demand - driven by both investors and forthcoming regulations - for a rigorous and standardized approach to integrate "Social" metrics, including health and wellbeing measures, into ESG reporting. Social Performance by Fitwel will receive recognition by GRESB for 2024 reporting.
Key Points:
- Phase one was successfully piloted last year in collaboration with sustainability advisor, EVORA Global, enlisting an exclusive first cohort of some of the largest commercial real estate owners and asset managers worldwide.
- Social Performance by Fitwel is the only solution designed to measure 'S' value of real estate funds on an entity scale.
- "Social Performance by Fitwel is the only certification pathway applicable to all real estate assets and designed to measure and track the Social performance of real estate funds on an entity scale.
- Philippa Gill, Executive Director at EVORA Global, added: "We are delighted to be working with Fitwel on such a critical step forward for the real estate sector.
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Work CANNES, France, March 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Fitwel®, the global healthy building certification and data insights platform, launched phase two of its groundbreaking new solution that, for the first time, quantifies Social performance by overlaying health research and financial data to identify strategies that have the greatest impact on stakeholders and asset value. Phase one was successfully piloted last year in collaboration with sustainability advisor, EVORA Global, enlisting an exclusive first cohort of some of the largest commercial real estate owners and asset managers worldwide. This portfolio-scale certification pathway has proven to be essential for substantiating "S" data for real estate, addressing the growing demand - driven by both investors and forthcoming regulations - for a rigorous and standardized approach to integrate "Social" metrics, including health and wellbeing measures, into ESG reporting. Social Performance by Fitwel will receive recognition by GRESB for 2024 reporting.
Key Points:
- Phase one was successfully piloted last year in collaboration with sustainability advisor, EVORA Global, enlisting an exclusive first cohort of some of the largest commercial real estate owners and asset managers worldwide.
- "Social Performance by Fitwel is the only certification pathway applicable to all real estate assets and designed to measure and track the Social performance of real estate funds on an entity scale.
- Philippa Gill, Executive Director at EVORA Global, added: "We are delighted to be working with Fitwel on such a critical step forward for the real estate sector.
- Pilot users from a diverse range of real estate investors and fund managers provided invaluable input which enabled the product to be ready for a full public launch.
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Collaboration NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Fitwel®, the healthy building certification platform operated by the Center for Active Design (CfAD) and Active Design Advisors Inc. (Adai), announced today the launch of its Certified Metrics pilot in partnership with sustainable technology and services company EVORA Global. A global first for the industry, the new tool is a giant step forward in validating data for real estate, addressing the growing need for a rigorous and standardized approach to integrate the 'Social," including health and well-being measures, into ESG reporting.
Key Points:
- Certified Metrics answers a question long asked by the global market: how do we quantify & validate the "Social" in ESG?
- Certified Metrics can be used across funds and portfolios with a variety of asset types, ultimately delivering data-driven insights to inform investment decisions.
- "This is the appeal of Certified Metrics – in offering a much-needed pathway for companies to maximize the value they are creating by prioritizing health."
- Fitwel Certified Metrics will deliver increased value by providing:
A report showcasing a fund or portfolio's certified metrics, including key stats and narratives to bolster regulation and compliance reporting as well as marketing and ESG submissions
"EVORA's long-standing relationship with Fitwel has moved a step closer now thanks to our collaboration on the Certified Metrics standard," shared Philippa Gill, EVORA Global Executive Director, Strategic Accounts.
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Collaboration NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Fitwel®, the healthy building certification platform operated by the Center for Active Design (CfAD) and Active Design Advisors Inc. (Adai), announced today the launch of its Certified Metrics pilot in partnership with sustainable technology and services company EVORA Global. A global first for the industry, the new tool is a giant step forward in validating data for real estate, addressing the growing need for a rigorous and standardized approach to integrate the 'Social," including health and well-being measures, into ESG reporting.
Key Points:
- Certified Metrics can be used across funds and portfolios with a variety of asset types, ultimately delivering data-driven insights to inform investment decisions.
- Fitwel's entity-level solution builds on the latest health evidence base by, for the first time, connecting health outcomes with economic value, pointing to clear substantiation of value and risk.
- "This is the appeal of Certified Metrics – in offering a much-needed pathway for companies to maximize the value they are creating by prioritizing health."
- Fitwel Certified Metrics will deliver increased value by providing:
A report showcasing a fund or portfolio's certified metrics, including key stats and narratives to bolster regulation and compliance reporting as well as marketing and ESG submissions
"EVORA's long-standing relationship with Fitwel has moved a step closer now thanks to our collaboration on the Certified Metrics standard," shared Philippa Gill, EVORA Global Executive Director, Strategic Accounts.
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Fitwell NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Fitwel today announced the latest cohort of companies to join its global community of Champions, Providers, and Partners, signaling an intensifying race for quality to meet the demand for healthy buildings in real estate.
Key Points:
- NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Fitwel today announced the latest cohort of companies to join its global community of Champions, Providers, and Partners, signaling an intensifying race for quality to meet the demand for healthy buildings in real estate.
- The Fitwel Standard translates the global public health evidence base into practical, implementable design and operational strategies and guidelines to be used at the building level, community level, and at scale.
- We're thrilled to welcome these trailblazing companies as we continue on our mission to transform the real estate market by leading the healthy building movement."
- Champions are real estate owners and managers that have committed to implementing Fitwel Healthy Building Certification at scale.
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Fitwell NEW YORK, June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Center for Active Design (CfAD) today announced the promotion of Sara Karerat to Managing Director and appointments of Ari Frankel and Fulya Kocak to its Board of Directors. This expanded leadership within the organization will help advance CfAD's mission to drive the healthy building movement forward and quantify ESG performance from a people-perspective.
Key Points:
- "Over the past several years, ESG has evolved from an emerging trend into a core component of real estate business practices that create and protect value, but metrics supporting the Social pillar remain unsettled," says Sara Karerat, Managing Director of the Center for Active Design.
- Previously, Kocak served as head of ESG for Nareit , where she helped design and shape ESG and sustainability initiatives for the U.S. real estate industry.
- Fulya Kocak comments, "I am thrilled to join the Center for Active Design and contribute to driving the healthy building movement and ESG benchmarking in social impact.
- Through these exciting new appointments, the Center for Active Design and Fitwel will continue to pave the way for the healthy building movement and ESG benchmarking.
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Tishman Speyer NEW YORK, June 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Fitwel and Tishman Speyer announced today that Rockefeller Center, one of the world's most iconic landmarks, has received the prestigious Fitwel® Healthy Building Certification. This achievement underscores Tishman Speyer and Rockefeller Center's commitment to prioritizing the health and well-being of its customers, visitors, and surrounding community.
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- The iconic Tishman Speyer campus exemplifies how the built environment can maximize physical, mental, and social health
NEW YORK, June 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Fitwel and Tishman Speyer announced today that Rockefeller Center, one of the world's most iconic landmarks, has received the prestigious Fitwel® Healthy Building Certification.
- "We are honored to have been awarded the Fitwel Healthy Building Certification.
- "We are delighted to announce that Rockefeller Center has achieved Fitwel Certification, and we are proud to have our own offices there as well."
- Rockefeller Center invites the public to experience the positive impact of this certification firsthand.
