Tag Archives: sustainability

Amey Consulting’s Managing Director Alex Gilbert warns that the UK needs new skills and new thinking if it is to meet its net zero targets The need to build a more sustainable future is not in doubt. Tackling climate change ...

FMs play a critical role in meeting sustainability goals with the crucial challenge of helping to support the circular economy in order to cut carbon emissions. By recycling existing materials the highly energy-intensive production of new raw materials is reduced, ...

Anthony Ainsworth, COO at npower Business Solutions explains why Scope 3 needs to be on your sustainability agenda At the start of this year, there was real optimism that 2021 would be a year of major climate action. While several ...

Eurest, the workplace division of foodservice provider Compass Group UK and Ireland, has made a ‘Kitchen Promise’ to its clients and employees as part of its overall commitment to reach climate net zero by 2030. This comprises a set of ...

A coalition of UK institutional investors are urging the British government to create an environment for businesses seeking to build long-term thinking and sustainability into their business models. The group which is led by Greenbank Investors has written an open ...

With the COP26 Climate Change Conference in Glasgow bringing the climate crisis into sharper focus, it’s clear that there are many pressing global sustainability issues. And whilst the Covid-19 pandemic may have pushed sustainability further down the agenda for some ...

Around three-quarters of contributors to the Q3 RICS Facilities Management survey believe that clients consider sustainability to be either the most important or an important issue in the tendering process, a rise from 70 per cent in the last quarter. ...

As 2021 draws to a close, Lee Fox, Director of Global Business Development and Key Accounts for Kleen-Tex, discusses the impact the pandemic has had on the facilities management industry, whilst looking ahead to the trends and opportunities 2022 presents. ...

Leading FM companies have demonstrated real progress in sustainability but there must be more transparency around net zero, according to the Sustainable Facilities Management Index (SFMI) which has published the results of its annual assessments. Five FM services providers have ...

The Sustainable Facilities Management Index (SFMI) and BAM FM have released part 1 of an FM industry standardised approach to measure the full extent of emissions for the delivery of FM services. This is aiming to support customers on with ...