Blog by Neil Grundon, Chairman of Grundon Waste Management I like to refer to Scope 3 emissions as society’s dirty secrets – unlike their big brothers (Scope 1 and 2 emissions), they are rarely reported or discussed, and it is ...

By Prabhu Ramachandran, CEO & Co-founder at Facilio Inc In a world that is barreling towards dwindling resources, higher energy costs, unprecedented carbon emissions and global warming, buildings are set to become the largest consumers of power by 2030. Sustainability ...

By Chintan Soni, CEO and Co-Founder of Ecolibrium Research from the World Economic Forum has found that the built environment is responsible for 40 per cent of global energy consumption and 33 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, with one-fifth ...

By George Adams, Director of Energy and Engineering, SPIE UK Ahead of last year’s COP26 climate conference in Glasgow and the signing of the Climate Pact, the UK government launched its flagship Net Zero Strategy to move forward on its ...

Blog by Jack Yarrow from waste management experts Grundon It’s good to see facilities managers thinking differently about waste in recent years. Items once thrown out with barely a second thought are today increasingly seen as a valuable commodity that ...

Blog from Jim Melvin, Chairman British Cleaning Council The recent shocking findings of the Sue Gray report into Downing Street parties showed that we still have some way to go until we achieve the recognition the cleaning sector and staff ...

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 ...

Blog from Owen George, Divisional Commercial & Resource Strategy Manager at Grundon Waste Management When facilities managers are tasked with how best they can meet their organisation’s environmental goals, they will invariably be shown a plethora of interesting and innovative ...

Blog from Louise Hosking, Director of Hosking Associates, IOSH President & OneWISH Co-founder How we do business has and continues to change. Change is our current constant and we are not going back to how we worked before. The pandemic ...

Blog from Fabio Monachesi, Global Leader of Energy Management, for ABB Electrification Establishing an effective sustainability strategy is essential to helping facilities managers and their organisations meet increasingly stringent environmental targets. However, without knowing how much energy is being used ...