Winners of the second annual Global Wellness Awards, which honour industry members and students, were announced at the Global Wellness Summit earlier this month.

• The University of Nevada Las Vegas, US, won the Student Challenge Award.

• The award for Wellness Innovator went to Mel and Enid Zuckerman, founders of Canyon Ranch, which has locations in Arizona and Massachusetts, US, and is set to open its first international location in Kaplankaya, Turkey. The Zuckermans also helped found the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona and the Wellness Council of Arizona, a non-profit organisation fostering worksite wellness.

• The Leader in Sustainability award went to the Green Spa Network – the first time the Global Wellness Institute has given the award to an organisation rather than a spa. Members of the Green Spa Network, which is a not-for-profit trade association that explores the connections between personal wellbeing, economic sustainability and the health of the planet, gathered on stage to accept the award.

• The Leading Woman in Wellness award went to Geraldine Howard, founder of spa brand Aromatherapy Associates, who accepted the award via a live video link. Howard is battling cancer, so was not able to travel to the event. She also presented delegates with a special essential oil blend.

• The Leader in Workplace Wellness – a new award this year – went to Dr Kenneth Pelletier, Professor of Medicine and Professor of Public Health at UCSF and the University of Arizona Schools of Medicine. Dr Pelletier also spoke about workplace wellness at the conference, where he said said today’s measure of return on investment will be replaced by value on investment.

• And the Building a Well Word Award 2015 went to Michael R Bloomberg, American business magnate, politician, and philanthropist, who served as the 108th Mayor of New York City for three consecutive terms.