DATES FOR THE
FM DIARY
17-19 MAY 2022
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03-05 MAY 2022
UK Construction Week London
ExCeL, London
https://www.ukconstructionweek.com/
10-13 MAY 2022
Interclean Amsterdam
RAI Amsterdam, The Netherlands
www.intercleanshow.com/amsterdam
11-13 MAY 2022
Health Estates and Facilities
Management Association Forum 2022
Stadium MK, Milton Keynes
https://www.hefmaforum.co.uk/
01-02 JUNE 2022
World Workplace Europe
Hybrid Event
https://worldworkplaceeurope.ifma.org/
07-09 JUNE 2022
FOOTPRINT+ A zero carbon future
Brighton
https://www.footprintplus.com/
08 JUNE 2022
IWFM Conference 2022
30 Euston Square, London, NW1 2FB
www.iwfm.org.uk/iwfmconference.html
27-28 JUNE 2022
Facilities Management Forum
Radisson Blu Hotel, Manchester Airport
www.facilitiesmanagementforum.co.uk
14-15 SEPTEMBER 2022
RWM & Letsrecycle Live
NEC, Birmingham
www.rwmexhibition.com
20-21 SEPTEMBER 2022
Workplace & Facilities Expo
RDS Dublin, Ireland
www.workplaceandfacilitiesexpo.com
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Corporate Real
Estate is being
driven by ESG
and adoption
of hybrid
working, fi nds
JLL report
Corporate owner occupiers
and potential investors, are
being increasingly driven by
ESG factors and the adoption
of post-COVID hybrid
working patterns. This is
according to the latest issue
of JLL’s annual – ‘Raising
Capital from Corporate
Real Estate’ report – that
reveals 2021 was another
bumper year for occupier
sales despite the pandemic,
with corporates generating
EUR 29.2 billion across more
than 670 disposals.
It marks the third
consecutive year in which
the total value of corporate
disposals exceeded EUR
25 billion. And it came as
the sale of industrial and
logistics properties raised
more than offi ce disposals
for the fi rst time.
The report remarks that
corporates are looking to
divest older offi ces that
are often too big for their
occupational needs, and too
energy ineffi cient to support
their sustainability goals.
Firms are also rethinking
the types of space they
need in light of the
pandemic and reviewing
where their offi ces should
be located to support
employee aspirations about
fl exible working patterns.
An increasing number
of corporates are also
partnering with investors
to forward fund new state
of the art facilities to better
meet their environmental
ambitions.
Offi ce sales totalled EUR
8.4 billion in 2021, with
British motorsport fi rm
McLaren selling its global
headquarters for EUR 197
million to sale and leaseback
specialist Global Net Lease.
Dutch bank ABN Amro sold
its headquarters for EUR 765
million to Victory Group.
BRITISH BUSINESSES
ARE STILL UNAWARE OF
PLASTIC PACKAGING TAX
According to new research conducted by YouGov, on behalf of
environmental solutions company, Veolia, 77 per cent of British retail
and manufacturing businesses are still unaware of the impending Plastic
Packaging Tax, which will come into force from 1 April 2022.
The research explored the views of British-based senior decision
makers across retail and manufacturing businesses on the incoming
Plastic Packaging Tax, which places a £200 per tonne levy on producers or
importers of plastic packaging if they do not include 30 per cent recycled
content.
The survey found that only a fiž h (22 per cent) of the manufacturing and
retail businesses asked had already opted for recycled content in their
packaging.
To reach the UK’s Net Zero goals, far more businesses must reduce
their reliance on virgin materials. The majority of British retail and
manufacturing businesses also support an escalator in percentage of
recycled content threshold (63 per cent) and cost charge (50 per cent) as
an incentive to use recycled content.
The British retail and manufacturing businesses who had made changes
to their plastic packaging reported:
Two thirds (66 per cent) have reduced the amount of unnecessary or
avoidable plastic packaging
Over half (58 per cent) now use recycled content
54 per cent have changed the packaging design to make it more
recyclable
39 per cent have chosen alternative materials to plastic for their
packaging
Gavin Graveson, Veolia Northern Europe Zone Senior Executive Vice
President commented: “The UK’s Plastic Packaging Tax is the right way to
start getting businesses to push sustainability up the agenda, but it needs
to go further. A tax escalator would make choosing to incorporate recycled
content in packaging both economically and environmentally preferable
to using virgin materials.
“Not only could the UK save up to 2.89 million tonnes of carbon
emissions every year if all plastic packaging included 30 per cent recycled
content, it would also incentivise investment in domestic infrastructure
which could make the UK a world leader in plastics recycling.”
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