by Shane Henson — December 24, 2012—CoreNet Global, an association for corporate real estate (CRE) and workplace professionals, service providers and economic developers worldwide, has announced the launch of its CoreNet Global Issues Advocacy Focus Group. According to CoreNet Global, the group was formed to give CRE occupiers a unified voice on public policy issues and CRE industry practices impacting business and society.
“Our added emphasis on issues advocacy sets an important precedent for our industry,” said CoreNet Global CEO Angela Cain. “For the first time, corporate occupiers have a voice in the public affairs arena to serve the specific needs of corporate asset managers as they align with the strategic direction and preferences of their companies.”
As part of its new advocacy approach in 2012, CoreNet Global introduced its Industry Leaders Opinion Poll and surveyed more than 200 senior-level CRE executives, who rated the most urgent issues facing the industry. The list starts with the quality of working environments and work experiences, and extends to energy management and conservation, says CoreNet Global.
Other issues of importance identified within the poll are existing building retrofits and dispositions, reliable performance metrics to inform the triple bottom line, green location incentives, lease accounting standards, sovereign debt and fiscal instability, global infrastructure upgrades, property taxation, corporate income tax rates, and global regional location incentives.
