On
25-26 May 2009, the Habitat Business Award Selection Committee gathered in Beijing
to deliberate on the First cycle of the Award. The international jury members
made their decision taking into consideration the impact of each initiative, their
sustainability, their level of innovation, incorporating the affordability factor
in the given urban environment.
The following five companies received
the Habitat Business Award as BEST PRACTICES in four categories:
Category 1: Affordable Housing Solutions
One of the largest cement companies in the World, CEMEX,
was awarded for the Community Blockers and ‘Patrimonio Hoy' initiatives for innovative
steps to empower the poor to build their homes. The two outstanding initiatives
are innovative business models that demonstrate the social and economic returns
at the bottom of the pyramid in the housing sector. web:
http://www.cemexmexico.com/
Category 2: Sustainable Water, Sanitation,
Waste Management and Urban Infrastructure Solutions
The Indian IT giant, WIPRO Ltd., won the award for its initiative
to design and build energy efficient buildings. The objective is to reduce energy
and water conservation, and to manage pre- and post-construction waste for all
its new facilities across India .
web: http://www.wiprocorporate.com/ecoeye/
‘Adopt a Light' , a private-public partnership
project to light-up the streets and slums of Nairobi, Kenya, was rewarded
for its unique business model that allows the financing of installation and maintenance
of efficient public lighting infrastructure in slums, streets and other public
areas to reduce crime, enhance road safety and improve the urban environment.
web: http://www.adopt-a-light.com
Category 3: Clean Urban Energy Solutions,
Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change
China Merchants Property Development impressed the jury for
its development of “The Hills” project, which is described as “a green, creative
and international community.” Based on an ‘Integrated Community Development'model,
the initiative seeks to impact
the regional economy, industry and lifestyles, create local employment opportunities
by attracting a number of small and medium-scale companies from the creative industries
to settle in. web: http://www.gzcmpd.com
Category 4: Innovative Information
and Communications Technology Solutions
Safaricom
was awarded for its M-Pesa Money Transfer Service, a state-of-the-art
mobile phone based service that enables customers, especially the unbanked population,
to transfer funds amongst each other and to their families in the rural areas
in a fast, secure, efficient and cost effective manner. The initiative boots urban
entrepreneurship and clearly demonstrates the role and impact of innovative IT
solutions for sustainable urbanization.
web:
http://www.safaricom.co.ke
The following 20 initiatives were recognized as
GOOD practices by the international jury:
- Baltic
Pearl , by Baltic Pearl Ltd, China
web:
http://www.baltic-pearl.com
- North Ankara Entrance Urban Renewal
Development Project, by TOBAª Metropolitan Municipality Construction, Real
Estate and Project Co. Inc., Turkey
web:
http:// www.tobas.com.tr
- The Green – Environmentally
Responsible Living for Seniors by The Sala Group, Australia
web:
http:// www.thesalagroup.com
- ADPROSA – Administradora
de Proyectos SA by ADPROSA, Guatemala
web:
http://www.adprosa.com
- Por Fin Nuestra Casa (PFNC) by PFNC
LLC, USA
web: http://
www.pfnc.net
- Tanaji
Malusare City by TMC Matheran Realty Ltd, India
web:
http:// www.tmcity.in
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- Integrated Planning by
Lodha Group of Companies, India
web:
http://www.lodhagroup.com
- Social Real Estate Investment Trust
by Wiros Lokh Institute (Trust), Sri Lanka
web:
http://www.ashoka.org/node/3963
- Dayu Chengbang by
Changchun Quinyuan Real Estate Development and Construction, China
- Qionghai City by Qionghai's Municipal
People's Government, China
web:
http://www.Qionghai.gov.cn
- Rapidwall environmentally friendly
housing by Rapid Building Systems, Australia
web:
http://www.rapidwall.com.au
- Coal Mining Subsistence Area Management
and Shanty Town Renovation by Tangshan 's Municipal People's Government, China
- Unique Straw Products
Project by Kinawataka Women Initiatives, Uganda
web:
http:// www.kwiuganda.com
- MECKOW
Aquapur by MECKOW International Ltd, United Kingdom
web:
http:// www.MECKOW-international.com
- Tieling New Town by Tieling
Municipal People's Government, China
web:
http://www.tieling.gov.cn/
- Nanjing Tiptop International Apartment
by Beijing Fengshang Real Estate, China
web:
http://www.fengshang2002.com
- Tree Planting for Children's Health
Initiative by Our Lady of Nazareth Primary School, Kenya
- Wipro
Energy from Organic Waste by WIPRO Ltd, India
web:
http:// www.wipro.com
- Jeddah Urban Observatory
(JUO) by Khatib & Alami, Lebanon
web:
http://www.khatibalami.com
- Sichuan Dujiangyan People's Government
by Dujiangyan City , Sichuan Province, China
web: http://www.djy.gov.cn/
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