Social value is an important part of ESG commitments and businesses across numerous industry sectors are rethinking how they can positively impact their colleagues, communities, and wider society. From improving employment opportunities for marginalised groups to strengthening local engagement initiatives, ...

Construction end-to-end service provider, Morris & Spottiswood Group, has generated £79 million of social value throughout 2024 for UK communities. This figure has been generated through a range of initiatives – from facilitating accessible arts and culture programmes to enabling ...

SBFM has been crowned winner of the Social Impact in Sustainability Award at the Yorkshire Sustainability Excellence Awards, which took place at Swinton Park in North Yorkshire on the 24 April. The soft FM service provider won for the success ...

Property services specialist, DMA Group, has been appointed to Fusion21’s Workplace and Facilities Management Framework, securing a position on Lot 4 – Building Engineering Services. The framework worth up to £700 million, set to run over the next four years, ...

The shortlist for the British Business Awards 2025, in association with NatWest, has been released with Pareto FM announced in the top eight Socially Responsible businesses in the UK. Pareto will now go up against; Andron, BSW Timber, Change Waste ...

Compass One, which brings together the specialist expertise of Compass Group UK & Ireland’s ESS, Healthcare and One Retail sectors, has become the first catering and facilities management provider to achieve Level One of the Social Value Management Certificate. The ...

Sodexo UK & Ireland’s Government business has launched a new client-focussed, data-driven reporting platform to support its public sector clients define, track, measure and evidence the social value over the lifetime of client’s contract. Aligned to UN Sustainable Development Goals ...

Churchill Group’s ESG roundtable series has facilitated a new project among its clients to benefit local communities. The inaugural roundtable connected the charity Oasis and The University of Law, resulting in industrial kitchen equipment being donated to help feed families ...

By Sunil Shah, MD of Acclaro Advisory & The SFMI The Sustainable Facilities Management Index (SFMI)’s latest report, ‘FM leaders reach the point where sustainability really pays’, highlights the growing commercial benefits of sustainability in the FM sector. Notably, there ...

The soft services provider has reinforced its commitment to creating inclusive and equitable employment pathways for disadvantaged groups by signing the 2024 Social Recruitment Covenant. Created by recruitment and training provider PeoplePlus, the Social Recruitment Covenant is a collaborative national programme, ...