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 ...
Read More »Jangro celebrates two years of Planet Mark certification
Jangro, the largest network of independent janitorial distributors in the UK and Ireland, is delighted to announce that it has achieved its second year of being Planet Mark certified. This renewal means that the company has been successful in reducing ...
Read More »Triple CRE challenges
Simon Eastlake, Managing Director, Office Space in Town (OSiT) on how landlords that adapt to the triple whammy of rising interest rates, hybrid working and the net zero challenges can still keep their tenants happy A rising interest rate cycle, ...
Read More »Sustainable institutions
Hazel Bedson, Marketing & Operations Director of Service Works Global (SWG) Sustainable Education Estates, discusses the ways in which CAFM and BIM are supporting sustainable practices at educational institutions all around the world The last few years have seen a ...
Read More »Championing a greener environment, one clean at a time
In a world of mounting environmental concerns, it’s little wonder that sustainability has become a priority. Everyone’s talking about it. From the smallest businesses to the largest enterprises, every organisation is looking to reduce its impact on the environment – ...
Read More »Training to save the planet
As the drive for sustainability in business grows, Ruth Williams of Astutis explains how environmental training can help organisations deliver an eco-blueprint to drive a more sustainable future Climate change is a hot topic. This summer’s wild fires have been ...
Read More »Scope 3 FM emissions
Kieran King, Sustainability Consultant for the SFMI & Acclaro Advisory on ways to help close the potential gap in building life-cycle emissions, where FM Scope 3 is currently excluded There has been a recent rise in companies beginning to look ...
Read More »The circle of life
From a resource efficiency perspective we all need to go beyond the three-step ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’ maxim and embrace the 10 R’s explains Rachel Houghton, Managing Director at Business Moves Group We’re all familiar with the maxim ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’. However, ...
Read More »What about water?
In the second and third parts of this three-part series, Acclaro Advisory and SFMI focus on Reporting and Targets and Risks and Opportunities In conjunction with Methven UK, the SFMI (Sustainable Facilities Management Index) has reviewed historic trending, surveyed FM ...
Read More »Ian Morehouse, Winter Maintenance Director at Ground Control, reflects on a mild but productive winter season and how are preparing our most sustainable winter season yet
Despite what in many ways was a mild winter last season, we had our biggest gritting night ever earlier year with, just under 300,000 gritting visits across the season, all whilst growing our portfolio by nearly 20%. Those successes are ...
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