January 13, 2003—Twelve finalists have been announced from among 53 nominations for CoreNet Global’s three-year old Global Innovator’s Award. The Global Innovator’s Award, begun by CoreNet predecessor IDRC and sponsored by Equis and Gensler, honors innovation in corporate real estate. According to CoreNet Global, all of this year’s entrants had developed practices that improved efficiency, saved resources, and furthered the corporate real estate profession.
The 12 finalists were Cigna, Equity Office, Fidelity Investments, Grubb & Ellis, Honeywell, Johnson Controls, Miller Hughes Associates, The Netp@ark.tampabay consortium, Oakland County (Michigan), Sun Microsystems, the US Army, and the US General Services Administration.
From the 12 finalists, four winners were recognized at the recent CoreNet Global Summit in San Diego, California, for their innovative practices: Cigna Corp., Sun Microsystems, Grubb & Ellis and Miller Hughes Associates.
- Cigna Corp.’s E*Work program has embedded cultural change in work and the workplace, boosting performance, while driving down costs and staff turnover.
- Sun Microsystems’ iWork program optimizes Sun’s use of workspace and technology resources to provide greater flexibility and efficiency to employees.
- Grubb & Ellis has developed EPP Web, an Internet-based comprehensive emergency planning solution.
- Miller Hughes Associates’ sustainable urban regeneration methodology enables companies to grow shareholder value by adding to, or restoring, the strength of the communities in which they operate.
