The RICS Governing Council has announced the appointment of Lord Michael Bichard as an Interim Senior Independent Governor. It follows the recommendations made in Bichard’s Review into the RICS’ Purpose, Governance and Strategy. As per recommendation 30 of the Bichard ...

Mears Group, the support services group to the social housing and care sectors, has successfully retained its FTSE 4 Good accreditation for 2022, once again securing a place in the top 40 per cent of companies in the Index Series ...

A series of events were recently held across the UK by CBRE’s Global Workplace Solutions with support from its supplier partners, focusing on assisting facilities management clients on their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) journeys. The events aimed to drive ...

According to a new survey by EcoOnline, a leading technology platform for safer workplaces, 50 per cent of employees merely regarded ESG as a box-ticking exercise, indicating significant levels of employee disengagement with and disinterest in this important activity. The ...

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 ...

Office Space in Town (OSiT), a leading serviced office and flexible workspace provider, has appointed Georgia Sandom, already the company’s youngest ever Director, as its new Director of ESG. This appointment comes at the same time as OSiT launches its ...

Blog by Clare Legrys, Principal Risk Manager/HSEQ Manager, Vercity Consulting Following recent changes to the Social Value Act and increasing focus from corporations, investors and consumers, company ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) and sustainability activities are now becoming vitally important ...

Meeting Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria is now an essential part of the FM remit, encompassing as it does the many strands of sustainability, from achieving net zero to supporting the supply chain. It also incorporates the core goal ...

ESG is a massive strategic opportunity for the FM sector but we’ve got to work together as a sector to share best practice. That was a key message of James Bradley, COO – Churchill Group, during the FMJ panel discussion ...

Andy Mercer has joined Colliers to lead the ongoing development and implementation of a market-leading ESG strategy for the firm’s property management clients in the UK and across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Mercer has a strong track ...