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BOMA International

BOMA International is a primary source of information on office building development, leasing, building operating costs, energy consumption patterns, local and national building codes, legislation, occupancy statistics and technological developments.

Throughout BOMA International's 100-year history, its goal has always focused on actively and responsibly representing and promoting the interests of the commercial real estate industry through effective leadership and advocacy, through the collection, analysis and dissemination of information, and through professional development.

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CoreNet Global

CoreNet Global is the world's premier association for corporate real estate and related professionals. As a global learning organization, it is the industry thought and opinion leader. CoreNet Global is the only group that convenes the entire industry. Programs and services are designed to meet the business needs of members' companies and the career needs of individual members.

CSRwire

CSRwire is the leading source of corporate social responsibility and sustainability news, reports and information. CSRwire members are companies and NGOs, agencies and organizations interested in communicating their corporate citizenship, sustainability, and socially responsible initiatives to a global audience through CSRwire's syndication network and weekly News Alerts. CSRwire content covers issues of Diversity, Philanthropy, Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) Environment, Human Rights, Workplace Issues, Business Ethics, Community Development and Corporate Governance.

CSR is defined as the integration of business operations and values, whereby the interests of all stakeholders including investors, customers, employees, the community and the environment are reflected in the company's policies and actions.

FacilitiesNet

FMLink is a comprehensive, Net-based facilities management (FM) publication. The FM publication blends information from its own sources with those from so many others, including most leading magazines and associations in the field.

IFMA

IFMA is a professional association for facility management, supporting more than 18,500 members. The Association's members are represented in 125 chapters and 15 councils in 65 countries worldwide. Globally, IFMA certifies facility managers, conducts research, provides educational programs, recognizes facility management degree and certificate programs and produces World Workplace, the largest facility management-related conference and exposition.

International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)

Founded in 1957, the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) is the global trade association of the shopping center industry. Its 65,000 members in the U.S., Canada and more than 80 other countries include shopping center owners, developers, managers, marketing specialists, investors, lenders, retailers and other professionals as well as academics and public officials. As the global industry trade association, ICSC links with more than 25 national and regional shopping center councils throughout the world.

The principal aims of ICSC are to advance the development of the shopping center industry and to establish the individual shopping center as a major institution in the community.

IWMSconnect

IWMSconnect is the leading Integrated Workplace Management System (IWMS) industry forum that empowers the IWMS business community to make sustainable business decisions through thought leadership, networking and collaboration.

National Retail Tenants Association

The National Retail Tenants Association is a not-for-profit corporation whose purpose is to enhance the personal and professional education of its members and the profitability of its member companies. The NRTA hosted its first national conference in Boston in 1996. The response to the educational event was overwhelmingly favorable, and the demand to continue its information-sharing educational forums has grown dramatically. In response to this highly favorable reaction within the lease management industry, the NRTA was formally incorporated as a not-for-profit, educational association in 1997.

OSCRE

The OSCRE Standard

This widely recognized e-commerce standard has started to revolutionize information sharing within the real estate industry. The standard enables the electronic transfer of information directly from one system into another, removes the need to send hard copy and, more importantly, the need to re-enter data manually.

The standard is an open-format standard, which can be implemented by anyone, without license royalties or related charges. The standard is a set of definitions and rules that facilitates the automatic transfer of data between different software packages. It has been used regularly for over 9 years by those involved in the property industry.