ATLANTA (30 OCTOBER, 2023) — CoreNet Global, the premier association for corporate real estate professionals, has announced that DBS Bank has won the organization’s prestigious H. Bruce Russell Global Innovator’s Award (GIA), which is sponsored by Gensler.

CoreNet Global presents the award, along with finalists in the Professional Excellence and Sustainable Leadership categories each year to organizations that demonstrate best-in-class practices in advancing thought leadership in corporate real estate.

DBS’s Newton Green branch is the first net-zero building by a bank in Singapore.

The winners and finalists in the other categories are listed below.

Professional Excellence Award

Winner: Kitson & Partners - Babcock Ranch – model for sustainability

Finalists:

• Google – Chicago’s Thompson Center Reimagined by Google
• The Fourth Place @ Liberty Group Limited – Workplace 5.0: Africa’s First
• Little Diversified Architectural Consulting, Inc. – Lowe’s Global Tech Hub: Where Hardware Meets Software, Charlotte, N.C.
• Shell – ESG in Real Estate: A Balanced Approach to Delivering Enhanced Value and Risk Management

Sustainable Leadership Award

Winner: DBS Bank - DBS Newton Green – First Net-Zero Building by a Bank in Singapore

Finalists:

• Shell – Refurbishment of Monumental Office Building in The Hague, Netherlands
• ZGF Architects – PAE Living Building

About CoreNet Global

CoreNet Global is a non-profit association, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia (US), representing more than 10,000 members 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 46 local chapters and networking groups globally.

For more information, please visit corenetglobal.org.