Environment

Only 24 per cent of businesses currently include biodiversity impact within their sustainability strategies.  This is according to findings from a global survey of over 500 senior sustainability officers, commissioned by AiDash, a provider of vegetation management and other satellite- ...

SC Johnson Professional is launching a new washroom soap dispenser made from recovered coastal plastic. The SCJ Professional® Proline WAVE 1 litre washroom soap dispenser is made from 70% recovered coastal plastic, which is post-consumer recycled waste plastic collected on ...

Technical facilities service provider, Inviron, has announced a three-year partnership with Make it Wild, a family owned business, founded in 2017, which gives space back to nature across seven locations. In a bid to plant one tree for every employee ...

Arcus FM has launched its Pathway to Net Zero strategy which will provide the business with a clear, measurable, and data-driven framework to ensure that its operations are net zero by 2040, and impact is substantially reduced by 2030. Arcus ...

Mitie is on track to meet net zero carbon by 2025. The release of the company’s annual ESG report shows that all 13 targets, which form part of its social value framework have been achieved or exceeded. Spanning Mitie’s People, ...

Sodexo is supporting the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) with a £17,000 donation and providing volunteering initiatives to combat climate change and preserve British beaches. In 2022, almost 70 Sodexo colleagues volunteered, delivering over 250 hours to help the MCS’s Beach ...

Building Services Engineers have a vital role in delivering net zero buildings which are adapted for climate change. The CIBSE Climate Action Plan reflects the ongoing work and impact that building services engineers have in finding innovative ways to make ...

Guidance has been issued for the first time setting out how the emissions of buildings in operation can achieve net zero carbon. The new guidance will transform the ability of those who run and manage services in buildings to measure ...

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has published new insight into the positive impact circular thinking can have in delivering whole life carbon reductions and value creation across construction projects. The study, ‘How Circular Economy Principles can impact carbon and ...

In June 2022, The Sustainable Facilities Management Index (SFMI), in partnership with BAM FM, released a standard to calculate Scope 3 carbon emissions for the facilities management sector – “Setting the foundations for net zero”. The vision aims to create ...