The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has announced the launch of a global initiative designed to harmonise the measurement and reporting of whole-life carbon emissions across the global built environment. CLEAR (Coalition for Life Cycle Emissions Alignment and Reporting) is ...

According to a recent survey, by SFG20, the industry standard for building maintenance, 38 per cent of facility maintenance professionals do not update their asset registers or do not know how frequently they are updated. Although the number of FM ...

Many of the sustainable solutions needed to deliver a net zero, nature-positive and climate-resilient built environment already exist, but systemic barriers are preventing them from scaling, warns a new report from the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC). Without faster action, ...

The CIBSE Technical Symposium 2026, one of CIBSE’s flagship events, took place at Loughborough University on 26–27 March, uniting top industry experts, academics, policymakers and practitioners to explore how the built environment can be reshaped to prioritise wellbeing, inclusivity and ...

The Built Environment Trust, an independent charity, which promotes and delivers education with the aim of improving the quality of the built environment, has appointed Sara Lipscombe as its next Chair. Lipscombe, who has served as acting Chair for the ...

CIBSE has welcomed the Government’s recognition that whole-life carbon assessments will play an important role in decarbonising the UK’s buildings. However, the body for building services professionals is disappointed that it has rejected the Environmental Audit Committee’s recommendation to introduce ...

Circularity in Practice, a new, nationwide, voluntary initiative inspired by His Majesty King Charles III, that brings businesses together to encourage circularity, designing out waste, focusing on reuse, high‑quality recycling, remanufacturing, and repurposing, where we live and work has launched. ...

The Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM) has published a new guidance note, Climate Adaptation for WFM, to help organisations strengthen the resilience of their workplaces and estates in response to escalating climate risks. Extreme heat, intense rainfall, flooding ...

Sarah Foley has been appointed as Head of Project Management Office (PMO) at Tendra Technical Services to help drive its strategic business objectives. Established by the Triton Smaller Mid-Cap Fund II (Triton) in December 2025, Tendra’s aim is to become ...

New data from SFG20, the industry standard for building maintenance, reveals the FM industry’s biggest challenges, from compliance and budget constraints to technology and AI adoption. According to a recent survey, 72 per cent of FM professionals stated that improving ...