Cushman & Wakefield Recognized by Fitwel for 2024 "Best in Building Health" Awards

Cushman & Wakefield, a leading global real estate services firm, earned three company-level recognitions by Fitwel for its Best in Building Health (BiBH) awards.

Best in Building Health is an annual list honoring the top global real estate companies and individuals leading the healthy building movement by example, leveraging the trusted Fitwel Standard to define excellence in building health for all.

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.

Cushman & Wakefield's Energy & Sustainability Services team delivers energy and sustainability benchmarking and consultation, energy performance and management and certification project management.

"As a leading real estate services provider, we are deeply committed to advancing the health and well-being of our clients and their tenants," said Marla Maloney, President, Americas Services. "At Cushman & Wakefield, we recognize the pivotal role we play in shaping healthier environments for our community. Winning the Fitwel Best in Building Health awards reaffirms our dedication to implementing innovative, sustainable and efficient solutions for our clients."

A rigorous third-party healthy building certification system, Fitwel sets the industry standard for evidence-based strategies that promote health and well-being through the built environment.

"This year's winners are true champions exemplifying Fitwel's global reach, bringing building health to all. Fitwel is empowering industry leaders to implement a framework that prioritizes stakeholder health and wellbeing, improves ESG performance and future-proofs asset value," said Joanna Frank, President and CEO of CfAD.

The 6th annual celebration of Best in Building Health Awards, Fitwel continues to recognize industry and individual leaders, as well as top-scoring projects across asset types and regions globally, highlighting their unique endeavors, motivations and successes. In addition to companies, BiBH spotlights Fitwel Ambassadors, individuals from Fitwel's global community of over 4,500 professionals across 50+ countries for their success in project registrations and Fitwel certifications and the number of people impacted through those certifications.

Created in partnership with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and operated by nonprofit research organization Center for Active Design (CfAD), Fitwel is a people-centric healthy building certification system that sets the industry standard for evidence-based strategies to promote health and wellbeing through the built environment. The Fitwel Platform integrates asset and portfolio-level benchmarking, a streamlined healthy building certification process and ?S' focused ESG reporting guidance.

The complete list of BiBH winners can be found here: https://www.fitwel.org/best-in-building-health

About Fitwel

Fitwel is the world's leading certification system committed to building health for all. Generated by expert analysis of 5,600+ academic research studies, Fitwel is implementing a vision for a healthier future where all buildings and communities are enhanced to strengthen health and well-being. Fitwel was originally created by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention and U.S. General Services Administration. The CDC remains the research and evaluation partner for Fitwel. The Center for Active Design (CfAD), a global not-for-profit organization, maintains the Fitwel standard and conducts objective third-party assessments that lead to certified projects. CfAD's new business unit, Adai (pronounced "a-DAY"), is charged with expanding Fitwel to the global market, administering the program while providing best-in-class customer service and technical support. To learn more about Fitwel, please visit: www.fitwel.org.

About Cushman & Wakefield

Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK) is a leading global commercial real estate services firm for property owners and occupiers with approximately 52,000 employees in nearly 400 offices and 60 countries. In 2023, the firm reported revenue of $9.5 billion across its core services of property, facilities and project management, leasing, capital markets, and valuation and other services. It also receives numerous industry and business accolades for its award-winning culture and commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), sustainability and more. For additional information, visit www.cushmanwakefield.com.