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EMCOR UK has achieved the Sustainable Facilities Management Index (SFMI) Gold Award for the second consecutive year.
The accreditation follows an extensive assessment that includes more than 300 questions across 23 criteria that align with major ESG frameworks and are highly relevant to the FM industry.
EMCOR UK received an overall score of 83 per cent from the SFMI, an improvement on its 2023 score. This is the average of the scores it received for the three key areas of the report: governance, society, and the environment.
EMCOR UK was praised for the launch of its Carbon Transformation solution which encompasses three key areas – data insights, digitalisation and decarbonisation. Anchored by EMCOR UK’s engineering excellence and innovative nature, EMCOR UK collaborates with customers to develop bespoke, evidence-based solutions, using a versatile toolkit that provides support from asset planning and benchmarking to project delivery.
The SFMI also praised EMCOR UK for its approach to embedding wellbeing in strategy, noting that the company was the first organisation to be certified against the new ISO 45003 standard for psychological health and safety. In addition to stronger engagement with its employees, EMCOR UK has seen a 12 per cent improvement in its overall score on internal wellbeing KPIs, and a 32 per cent reduction in absences due to mental health/stress.
In addition to identifying EMCOR UK’s strengths, the SFMI also made suggestions that could further improve its score. These include ensuring that the value of its systems and processes is fully communicated and continuing to support suppliers with Scope 3 reporting.
Kam Singh, Executive Director – ESG at EMCOR UK, said: “We’re delighted that the work we have put in since the previous assessment has been recognised. The SFMI has provided us with a clear framework for what sustainability/ESG means in an FM context. This allows us to plot an improvement plan at an organisational level and explore how we use the framework to measure our delivery at a contract level. We have plenty of plans for 2025 and will aim to increase our score again next year.”
