2022 Global Innovator's Award Winner Announced

ATLANTA (3 November, 2022) — CoreNet Global, the premier association for corporate real estate professionals, announced at the CoreNet Global Summit being held this week in Chicago that Hewlett Packard Enterprise has won the 2022 H. Bruce Russell Global Innovator’s Award.  

The award is presented each year to a leading organization that demonstrates best-in-class practices in advancing thought leadership in corporate real estate.

The Hewlett Packard Enterprise winning entry is the “Edge-to-Office: HPE's Hybrid Workplace Strategy.”

According to the company’s website, Edge to Office ​​​​​​​provides a seamless integration between those who are in the office and those who are “on the edge” with a number of services and features:

  • Onsite activities that provide team members the opportunity to connect, collaborate, celebrate and embrace the corporate culture
  • ​​​​​​​An emphasis on maintaining strong social ties - either in an office setting or through various digital platforms
  • Workspaces designed with culture, collaboration and wellbeing in mind. 

Earlier this year, judges who are senior leaders in the association selected winners listed below in the Professional Excellence and Sustainable Leadership categories.

Professional Excellence

Winner:

Open Society Foundations, with tpbennett and Cushman & Wakefield – “Open Society Foundations London Office, U.K.”

Finalists:

  • CBRE - CBRE’s UK Headquarters Reimagined | “Realizing the Workplace of the Future”
  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise – “Edge-to-Office: HPE's Hybrid Workplace Strategy”
  • ISS World – “Leveraging AI Recruiting Technology to Foster Inclusivity and Improve Hiring Efficiency”

Sustainable Leadership 

Winner:

Google – “Bay View Campus for Google in Silicon Valley, CA, USA”

Finalists:

  • EDGE – “EDGE Amsterdam West – an office “Redeveloped to Zero”
  • IA Interior Architects, Stok, XL Construction, Lundberg Design – “Google Campus”
  • Siemens Real Estate India Bangladesh (SRE INBD) – “Sustainability Framework and Benchmarking Project by Siemens Real Estate, India”

About CoreNet Global

CoreNet Global is a non-profit association, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia (US), representing nearly 10,000 executives in 50 countries with strategic responsibility for the real estate assets of large corporations. The organization’s mission is to advance the practice of corporate real estate through professional development opportunities, publications, research, conferences, designations and networking in 45 local chapters and networking groups globally. For more information, please visit www.corenetglobal.org and follow CoreNet Global on LinkedIn.