In the run-up to Recycling Week (16-22 October), total waste management firm, Axil Integrated Services, has set out its first Sustainability and Social Value Charter, emphasising its commitment to positive environmental impacts. Since its foundation in 2018, Axil says it ...

By Anthony Hanley, Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain Compliance, Alcumus SafeContractor In the ever-evolving landscape of facilities management, supply chain complexity stands as a challenge that demands the attention of FM businesses. Anthony Hanley, Senior Vice President, Global Supply ...

CBRE has appointed Sophie Priest as its first corporate Social Value Manager in the UK – boosting its ESG and Public Sector expertise. Priest joins the global real estate advisor from consultancy firm, The Connectives, where she supported public and ...

Arcus FM’s social value team has delivered “outstanding” results with its employability schemes that help disadvantaged people get into work. In 2022, the facilities management provider laid out its five-year Social Value Strategy that aims to support the communities in ...

G4S Secure Solutions (UK) has become a founder member of the Social Recruitment Advocacy Group, which places greater emphasis on the recruitment of people who are disadvantaged in the labour market. Social recruitment is an approach to hiring that positively ...

The third annual Social Value in Construction Benchmarking Report, produced jointly by social value measurement and monitoring platform Social Value Portal and SCAPE, one of the UK’s leading public sector procurement authorities shows that £1.08 billion social value was generated ...

Caterer Elior UK has raised £90,000 for Water Unite to help fund progressive initiatives in Kenya. Charlotte Wright, Elior UK’s Director of CSR, and Andy Grant, Elior UK’s Communications Manager, visited Kenya to witness first-hand the remarkable work being done ...

Eight SEs have won a spot on a unique business support programme led by Wates Group and Impact Hub London, giving them an opportunity to expand nationally and secure larger contracts. The seven-month Assisting Social Enterprises to Succeed (ASSETS) programme ...

A refurbishment of a McDonald’s restaurant in Lymm, Warrington – with furniture donated to YMCA Together as part of a social value initiative –  has provided a new circular template facilitated by outsourced provider of waste and resource-led services, Reconomy. ...

As an intrinsic part of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) demonstrating Social Value is increasingly a prerequisite in winning FM contracts. Guy Battle, CEO, Social Value Portal explains what a successful tender should look like Facilities Management is on the ...