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The importance of correct lithium battery disposal

Blog from Owen George, Divisional Commercial & Resource Strategy Manager, Grundon Waste Management From laptops to mobile phones, power tools to watches – batteries are at the beating heart of almost everything we touch. While the drive towards sustainability means ...

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‘Buy Social’ – helping to achieve your environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals

Blog from Mark Rogers, Executive Director at Corps Security Ethical consumerism has become a big trend in recent years as consumers are becoming more concerned about where their money is going. And it’s not just individuals. Large corporations like PWC, ...

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Time to reskill our people to meet the needs of the digital economy

Blog from Jason Webb, Director, Electronic Temperature Instruments The Autumn Budget presented an opportunity to reshape the economy around technology and scientific innovation and take a proactive approach to reskilling for a digital era. This means the upskilling of certain ...

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Time for FM to make the switch to a more sustainable transport solution

Blog from Andrew Brown, Just Ride the Bike, Active Travel Consultancy In November, the UK hosts COP26 and the media channels will be full of debate about actions to be taken to reduce carbon emissions to combat climate change. Two ...

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Ripping up the rulebook

Blog from Joe Saisi, Operations Director at The Churchill Group September is shaping up to be the unofficial ‘return to the office’ month. We’re fully out of COVID restrictions, summer holidays are over, and kids are back at school. Plenty ...

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Technology maturity checklist

Blog from Steve Morren, EMEA Channel Director, iOffice The events of the past 16 months have accelerated enterprise-level technology adoption exponentially. Much of this innovation has happened out of necessity. Lockdowns have forced businesses to digitise their operations, sales streams, ...

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Meeting sustainability targets should start with data

Blog from Andrea Temporiti, Head of Digital for ABB Electrification Demand for electrical energy is rising, with urbanisation and industrialisation driving an expected increase of 33 per cent by 2040. These alarming upwards trajectories are spurring governments all over the ...

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In the pursuit of net zero

Blog by Rory Murphy, Commercial Director, VINCI Facilities Whether you place your trust in Government, the investment fraternity, well respected scientists or passionate activists, the unarguable fact is that we now have only 10 years available to us to save ...

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Marking ten years since the communications experts for the built environment was born

Blog from Cathy Hayward, Founder and Chairman of Magenta Associates In February 2011, I was seven years into my role heading up FM World, now Facilitate, the magazine which I had launched for the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management ...

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A time to come together

Blog from Rory Murphy, Commercial Director, VINCI Facilities If this pandemic has brought us anything to smile about it has to be the burgeoning use of new ‘pandemic’ only phrases that now seem to be common place in a business ...

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