Month: March 2025

Barclays, CBRE, Cisco, Citi Global, EDGE Technologies, Embassy REIT, Empire State Realty Trust, Enel, Genentech, GSK, KinderCare Learning Companies, JLL, Johnson Controls, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Lendlease, Sunrise Senior Living, T-Mobile and Uber among Award Recipients

NEW YORK, March 18, 2025 /3BL/ – The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), the global authority for advancing healthy buildings, organizations and communities, today announced the winners of the annual 2024 IWBI Organizational Awards. All in all, the organizations being honored by IWBI for demonstrating exceptional leadership and impact at scale account for more than one billion square feet of real estate engaged in the WELL program.

Among the organizations being recognized this year are Global and Fortune 500 companies, including Citi Global, Enel, GSK and JPMorgan Chase & Co., as well as world-class real estate portfolios, including those led by Embassy REIT, Empire State Realty Trust and Lendlease.

“The WELL movement is propelled forward by visionary organizations from all across the world. This year’s honorees have inspired us with the depth of their commitments to people-first places and a healthier world for all,” said IWBI President and CEO Rachel Hodgdon. “We are humbled and grateful to each and every one of our award winners for their dedication and leadership.”

Citi, one of several organizations that received multiple awards, has embraced innovative strategies to deploy WELL, such as widespread adoption of the WELL Health-Safety Rating, earning them the Health and Safety Leadership Award. “What’s most remarkable about the WELL Health-Safety Rating is that we earned it on a global scale. Citi encourages and enables people to live their best, healthiest lives and the WELL Health-Safety Rating supports that objective,” said Karinna Carrillo, Global Sustainability and Wellness Operations Analyst at Citi. “The rating not only celebrates our long-term efforts, but also validates them through the research behind the WELL Building Standard. The research is also internationally based which supports our global workforce strategy.”

The IWBI Organizational Award winners are as follows:

Barclays – Global WELL Leadership Award (over 100 locations)Embassy REIT – Global WELL Leadership Award (50-99 locations)Lendlease International Towers Sydney Trust (LITS) and Lendlease One International Towers Sydney Trust (LOITS) – Global WELL Leadership Award (less than 50 locations)Barclays – Regional WELL Leadership Award (Americas)Hongkong Land – Central Portfolio – Regional WELL Leadership Award (Asia)EDGE Technologies – EDGE developments Europe – Regional WELL Leadership Award (Europe)Citi Global – Regional WELL Leadership Award (Africa)Lendlease International Towers Sydney Trust (LITS) and Lendlease One International Towers Sydney Trust (LOITS) – Regional WELL Leadership Award (Oceania)Embassy REIT – People First Award (Real estate)JPMorgan Chase & Co. – People First Award (Non-real estate)Hongkong Land – Central Portfolio – WELL Concept Leadership Award (Air)Hongkong Land – Central Portfolio – WELL Concept Leadership Award (Water)Nan Fung Group Real Estate – Operating; EDGE Technologies – EDGE developments Europe – WELL Concept Leadership Award (Light)Investa Commercial Property Fund (ICPF); Investa – ICPF Managed; Embassy REIT; Hongkong Land – Central Portfolio – WELL Concept Leadership Award (Movement)China ISA International School; Hongkong Land – Central Portfolio – WELL Concept Leadership Award (Thermal Comfort)Lendlease International Towers Sydney Trust (LITS) and Lendlease One International Towers Sydney Trust (LOITS) – WELL Concept Leadership Award (Sound)Lendlease International Towers Sydney Trust (LITS) and Lendlease One International Towers Sydney Trust (LOITS) – WELL Concept Leadership Award (Nourishment)Investa – ICPF Managed; Lendlease International Towers Sydney Trust (LITS) and Lendlease One International Towers Sydney Trust (LOITS) – WELL Concept Leadership Award (Materials)Lendlease International Towers Sydney Trust (LITS) and Lendlease One International Towers Sydney Trust (LOITS); Deloitte US Firms – WELL Concept Leadership Award (Mind)Investa – Investa Commercial Property Fund (ICPF); Investa – ICPF Managed; Lendlease International Towers Sydney Trust (LITS) and Lendlease One International Towers Sydney Trust (LOITS); Lendlease – Australian Prime Property Fund (APPF) Commercial Core Portfolio; Deloitte US Firms; Cisco Systems Inc; Citi Global; NEO; Sunrise Senior Living; KMC Community Inc – WELL Concept Leadership Award (Community)Enel – Offices [Italia]; Investa – Investa Commercial Property Fund (ICPF); Investa – ICPF Managed; Lendlease International Towers Sydney Trust (LITS) and Lendlease One International Towers Sydney Trust (LOITS); Deloitte US Firms; Veris Residential – WELL Concept Leadership Award (Innovation)Brookfield Commercial Operations; Cadillac Fairview – Select Offices; Citi Global; Cisco Systems Inc; D. M. Wenceslao and Associates Inc. – Select Offices; DPR Construction; Embassy REIT; Empire State Realty Trust; GSK Americas – Select Offices; GSK APAC – Select Offices; JPMorgan Chase & Co.; KMC Community Inc; KinderCare Learning Companies; Lendlease – Australian Prime Property Fund (APPF) Commercial Core Portfolio; Lendlease International Towers Sydney Trust (LITS) and Lendlease One International Towers Sydney Trust (LOITS); M Moser Associates Ltd.; NEO; Royal Bank of Canada; Sunrise Senior Living; Swire Properties – Pacific Place Portfolio; T-Mobile – Corporate Owned Locations; TMG; Uber – Global Talent Hubs and Regional Priority Offices; 上海星卓物业管理有限公司 Shanghai Starplus Property Management Co. Ltd – Health and Safety Leadership AwardEmbassy REIT – WELL Certification Leadership AwardBarclays; Cisco Systems Inc; Empire State Realty Trust; KMC Community Inc.; NEO; Sunrise Senior Living; Veris Residential – Equity Leadership AwardNucleus Office Parks PVT Ltd – Building Performance Leadership AwardCbus Property (Commercial Office); China World Trade Center; Hongkong Land – Central Portfolio; Laguna; Nucleus Office Parks PVT Ltd; Sunrise Senior Living – Outstanding Health Progress AwardJLL – WELL AP Impact AwardCBRE Group, Inc. – WELL Enterprise Provider of the Year AwardHB Reavis – Sustainable Finance AwardBarclays; Citi Global; Kerry Properties Limited; MSD – Commercial Offices Portfolio (JCAP EMEA LATAM) – Commitment and Engagement AwardResorts World Sentosa – Leadership in Sustainability Reporting AwardCMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP; Precinct Properties; American Century Investments; DPR Construction; Genentech; CapitaLand Development – Commercial Properties and Offices; MGM China Holdings Limited; Sanofi – Select Office Sites; Johnson Controls; CR Mixc Lifestyle – Rising Star WELL at scale Award

Award recipients from around the world, spanning dozens of industries and sectors, highlight the surging global demand for WELL and its evidence-based strategies to enhance employee health, productivity and well-being. These leading companies and organizations are at the forefront of an incredible wave of WELL adoption, driving a tenfold increase over the past five years and now reaching nearly six billion total square feet of real estate worldwide.

The majority of award recipients are leveraging WELL at scale, which enables organizations to measure and improve organizational health performance and the effect it has on the people who frequent these places and spaces day in and day out.

The positive impacts driven by WELL at scale participants are steadily progressing year over year, with 20,000 locations enrolled in the program. Based on occupancy reported by WELL at scale participants, from 2023 to 2024 the number of people impacted by WELL strategies grew 72%, with WELL Certifications increasing by 42% during the same period. Platinum level certifications – the highest tier of WELL achievement – saw the most growth, rising by 73%. Across all of IWBI’s thematic offerings, the WELL Equity Rating demonstrated particularly impressive uptake, with a nearly nine-fold increase from the previous year.

Locations in Oceania achieved the highest average performance of any region globally as measured by their WELL Scores. Europe achieved the second highest average regional performance.

Based in Australia, Lendlease’s several awards include the Global WELL Regional Leadership Award (less than 50 locations), the Regional WELL Leadership Award (Oceania) and WELL Concept Leadership Awards for Sound, Nourishment, Materials, Mind, Community and Innovation.

“Lendlease is proud to be at the forefront of advancing health and well-being in the built environment. As the first portfolio globally to achieve a WELL Portfolio Score, we have demonstrated how WELL’s evidence-based strategies can be leveraged at scale to create healthier, more sustainable workplaces,” said Vanessa Orth, Managing Director, Lendlease Investment Management Australia. “IWBI’s leadership in shaping global standards has been instrumental in this journey, and we value our collaboration in enhancing the health, productivity and experience of building occupants worldwide.”

As leading brands increasingly use WELL to drive annual reporting performance, IWBI has recognized Investing in Health Award winners. These organizations are committed to elevating their WELL achievements, notably HB Reavis in sustainable finance, and Resorts World Sentosa in annual reporting.

“We are honoured to be recognised with the Sustainable Finance Award, which highlights the innovative ways we have integrated WELL standards into our sustainability-linked loans. By making the highest level of WELL Certification for new projects – and the maintenance of existing WELL Certified assets – a core KPI, we are firmly embedding health and well-being into our financial strategy,” said Abhishek Parmar, Head of Sustainable Development, HB Reavis. “This recognition affirms our commitment to delivering tangible social and environmental benefits alongside strong financial performance, and we look forward to continuing to advance these goals in the years ahead.”

These award-winning organizations will be recognized at WELL 2025, IWBI’s global event series featuring regional summits in cities around the world.

For more information about WELL, please visit www.wellcertified.com.

Notes to Editors:
The 2024 WELL at scale leaderboard and awards are based on data from the last completed review cycle of WELL at scale participants through December 31, 2024. Awards are available only to organizations or entities with five or more enrolled locations.

About the International WELL Building Institute
The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) is a public benefit corporation and the global authority for transforming health and well-being in buildings, organizations and communities. In pursuit of its public-health mission, IWBI mobilizes its community through the development and administration of the WELL Building Standard (WELL), WELL for residential, WELL Community Standard, its WELL ratings and management of the WELL AP credential. IWBI also translates research into practice, develops educational resources and advocates for policies that promote people-first places for everyone, everywhere. More information on WELL can be found here.

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We’re thrilled to announce that our online trading platform, hubbIT, was recognized as a finalist in Georgia State University – J. Mack Robinson College of Business’ 2025 Marketing Awards for Excellence in Innovation. This is a significant honor that validates the hard work our team put into launching hubbIT, a one-of-a-kind tool that opens the recycling marketplace to thousands of businesses previously unable to get the value they deserve from their recyclable materials.

Thank you, Georgia State University Department of Marketing and the Marketing RoundTable at the Robinson College of Business, for seeing hubbIT‘s value.

About Georgia-Pacific 
Based in Atlanta, Georgia-Pacific and its subsidiaries are among the world’s leading manufacturers and marketers of bath tissue, paper towels and napkins, tableware, paper-based packaging, cellulose and building products.  Our familiar consumer brands include Angel Soft®, Brawny®, Dixie®, enMotion®, Quilted Northern®, Sparkle® and Vanity Fair®. Georgia-Pacific has long been a leading supplier of building products to lumber and building materials dealers and large do-it-yourself warehouse retailers. Its Georgia-Pacific Recycling subsidiary is among the world’s largest traders of paper, metal and plastics. The company operates more than 150 facilities and employs approximately 30,000 people directly and creates more than 80,000 jobs indirectly. For more information, visit: gp.com/about-us. For news, visit: news.gp.com. Follow Georgia-Pacific on LinkedIn, Meta, Instagram, X and YouTube.

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Packaging lawn products like seeds sustainably can be a challenge. Bags have to be very durable, watertight, and airtight to protect the seeds until they’re ready to be dropped on the ground to grow. Home improvement and garden departments can also be rough and tumble environments.

Remarkably, Scotts Miracle-Gro has created a 100% recyclable paper bag for a new sub-brand called O.M. Scott & Sons. The new line of lawn care products includes Tall Fescue seed, Bermuda Grass seed, Clover seed, and Grass Food. O.M. Scott & Sons is also free of artificial ingredients or pesticides and is kid and pet-friendly.

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We’re proud to once again be ranked in the top five of Americas Most Just companies in biopharma. The honor reflects our ongoing commitment to operate responsibly and empower our employees to help create a healthier world for all. 

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet medical need. The company strives to transform and simplify care for people with life-threatening illnesses around the world. Gilead has operations in more than 35 countries worldwide, with headquarters in Foster City, California. 

RESTON, Va., March 18, 2025 /3BL/ – For the eighth consecutive year, Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) has been named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by Ethisphere, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices. Leidos is one of only two honorees in the Information Technology category this year.

“We are gratified that Ethisphere has again recognized Leidos for our commitment to ethics, integrity, and responsible business practices,” said Tom Bell, Leidos chief executive officer. “Our employees embody these values every day, ensuring we operate with trust and accountability in everything we do.”

Leidos fosters a strong culture of ethics and integrity, guided by its Code of Conduct, which outlines principles for conducting business at the highest ethical standards. The code serves as a foundational resource for employees, helping to enhance and sustain a strong culture in daily operations.

“Behind this honor is a true dedication and a commitment to advancing business integrity,” said Erica Salmon Byrne, Ethisphere’s chief strategy officer and executive chair. “This approach is good for business. Employees and other stakeholders value companies that prioritize the kinds of practices we measure. Congratulations to Leidos for once again achieving recognition as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies.”

Grounded in Ethisphere’s Ethics Quotient®, the World’s Most Ethical Companies assessment evaluates companies across more than 240 different proof points related to ethics and compliance, governance, a culture of ethics, environmental and social impact, and initiatives that support a strong value chain. In 2025, 136 companies spanning 19 countries and 44 industries were recognized for their commitment to ethical business conduct.

The full list of the World’s Most Ethical Companies can be found at https://worldsmostethicalcompanies.com/honorees.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 48,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.leidos.com.

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